Abstract: An approach is provided for providing a ride-hailing/ride-booking service based on user disability data that minimizes pickup wait time. The approach involves selecting a pick-up location, a drop-off location, or a combination thereof by analyzing map feature data queried from a geographic database of one or more candidate pick-up locations, one or more candidate drop-off locations, or a combination thereof as a function of disability information associated with a user . The approach also involves providing the pick-up location, the drop-off location, or a combination thereof as an output to a user device of the user, a vehicle picking up or dropping off the user, a ride booking service, or a combination thereof .

Abstract: An approach is provided for determining a POI ride hailing pickup point based on step count information that minimizes user pickup wait time. The approach involves determining a location of a user of a ride hailing service. The approach also involves determining at least one pickup point for the ride hailing service based on the location. The approach further involves calculating a path from the location to the at least one pickup point with respect to a step count, wherein the step count indicates an estimated number of steps to be taken by the user to reach the at least one pickup point. The approach further involves providing a representation of the step count.