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United Spinal Policy Fellow Kent Keyser says a fully automated passenger vehicle must have these four accessible components :

• An automated ramp to board and depart the vehicle safely.
• An automated securement system for wheelchairs and the person in the wheelchair.
• A redundant emergency response system to get assistance promptly in an emergency on the road.
• A fully accessible communications system on board so passengers can reach a human being for assistance. And wheelchair users must be able to access all the assets — think wifi, artificial intelligence, and advanced information and entertainment technologies.

United Spinal partners with big names in AV toward these goals, including Waymo, Beep and May Mobility.

May Mobility partnered with BraunAbility, to make its Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS (S-AM) vehicles wheelchair accessible.

The company uses the modified vehicles at its Grand Rapids, Minnesota, project. 

Also, United Spinal is a founding member of Cruise’s cross-disability Accessibility Council.