Thursday, May 19, 2011

Disability rights group sues NY City taxi commission over inaccessible cabs

From amNew York:A leading U.S. disability-rights group is suing the Taxi and Limousine Commission to put the brakes on the Nissan minivan heralded as the “taxi of tomorrow,” amNewYork has learned.Disability Rights Advocates, in a suit filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, argues that choosing the Nissan NV200 – which cannot accommodate wheelchairs - as the standard taxi cab of NYC violates