Ride-hailing services have received attention as part of the growing work around the sharing economy, but the focus of these studies has largely been on drivers. In this paper, we examine how ride-hailing is transforming the transportation practices of one group of passengers – people with visual impairments in metropolitan India. Through a qualitative study consisting of interviews and observations, we examined the
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