Last week, a Bay Area advocacy group filed a class action lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc., claiming the ride-hailing company discriminated against wheelchair users. The suit, filed by Disability Rights Advocates, argues that those in wheelchairs who use San Francisco-based Uber’s services don’t receive the same access as others, because they allegedly face much longer wait times and are often told no accessible vehicles are available.

“For us, the bottom line is that, from a user’s perspective, we want our clients and people like them to be able to go on an app like Uber and be able to call an Uber to come pick them up, and in a reliable fashion, like for people who don’t use wheelchairs,” said Melissa Riess, a Berkeley-based staff attorney for DRA. “That would be tremendously liberating for them.”