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Board accepts continued review of disabled taxi applicant’s challenge to SFMTA driving rule
Summary
A disabled medallion applicant challenged the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency—s 800-hour driving requirement as violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. After hours of testimony and legal argument, the Board of Appeals continued the case to its indefinite calendar to allow administrative and legal processes to proceed.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on June 30 took no final vote on a challenge by Joan Ann Radu Soneiko to the city—s taxi medallion eligibility rules, instead continuing the case to the board—s indefinite calendar as SFMTA and the applicant pursue administrative and legal avenues.
Soneiko, a taxi driver who says she lives with a long-term disability, asked the board to direct SFMTA to modify its 800-hour-per-year driving eligibility rule or to grant an accommodation that would let her obtain a medallion and drive a baseline number of hours subject to annual review.…
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