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Disabled people who use rideshare apps Lyft and Uber say their experience is not a seamless task of pressing a few buttons and being whisked to their destination minutes later.
Advocates and disabled users say they want to see drivers be better educated about how to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and want the companies to put in stricter discrimination policies.
Uber and Lyft have been the target of past federal lawsuits that allege they didn't follow ADA laws.
TriMet , the city’s public transit operation, signed a contract with Uzurv .
It's been an “out-of-the-box” solution that Eileen Collins Turvey , TriMet 's director of accessibility programs, is satisfied with.
She hopes to make it an on-demand service next year .
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