Uber has agreed to pay over a million dollars in compensation to riders with disabilities who were charged discriminatory fees to settle a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ).
According to the DOJ, Uber charged disabled customers wait time fees after two minutes of arriving at the pickup location. The fees were charged after two minutes for the extra time the disabled customers needed to get into the cars up until the car began its trip.
The DOJ said in a release that its lawsuit claimed that this violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because some passengers needed more than two minutes to get into an Uber car due to their disability. The ADA prohibits discrimination by private transportation companies like Uber….