Uber offers wheelchair-accessible cabs in effort to overtake taxis

Disability group welcomes launch in London of UberWAV, which will charge same as Uber - but with a longer wait time

For the first time, Uber users in London can book wheelchair-accessible vehicles through the company's minicab app.

UberWAV is offering specially-outfitted cars to wheelchair users in the capital for the same price as a normal UberX ride. But users will have to wait considerably longer than most: the company says that in the first few weeks "we expect average wait times of around 25 mins in zones 1-2 and 40 mins in zones 3-4".