You could set up an automated phone tree for this. I've seen multiple large organizations have phone trees where several paths down the tree leads to an automated answer at the leaf (sometimes you can't even get to a representative once you reach some leaves).
Sure. You could. But there's a big step between it being possible, and being (what the author implies) a moral obligation. In fact, there's probably a big step between it being possible and it being worth it.
If Uber actually got big enough that it became one of the only transportation options, then they might have some kind of moral obligation to setup a phone tree to help people who don't have any other options. But I don't think they're anywhere close to that.
