Tentative deal reached for Nev. senior transportation service
The city of Henderson would subsidize the program for $50,000 per year so the nonprofit group, ITN would continue to transport the current 111 unique riders for the $1 fee.
The city of Henderson would subsidize the program for $50,000 per year so the nonprofit group, ITN would continue to transport the current 111 unique riders for the $1 fee.
The transit system conducted a transportation service review that identified the need for a third handyDART service bus to meet the needs of seniors. The City of Powell River mayor said the service may need a fourth vehicle to meet demand.
The Sussex Senior Transportation Cooperative would follow a national model to provide rides for a suggested $1 per mile for seniors throughout Sussex County. About $100,000 is needed to get the cooperative up and running.
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Will lead to 50,700 jobs per $1 billion invested, with 28,900 jobs per $1 billion attributed to the productivity gains enjoyed by households and businesses.
Some have trouble boarding VIA Metropolitan Transit buses and have suffered falls resulting in injuries. The buses and their ramps meet ADA standards, but many of the bus stops are not built to accommodate bus ramps, which causes riders to navigate steep climbs.
Says the service is necessary because existing township, county and private services are not adequately meeting the needs of seniors and people with disabilities in the community.
Approximately 400 of the more than 13,000 yellow cabs now on city streets can accommodate wheelchairs. That number will rise to more than 7,500 by 2020.
Hope Hezel, who served as director from 2010 to 2012, allegedly used the vehicles to complete personal errands outside her scheduled hours of employment and also used the vehicles to travel to personal events, such as a youth sporting event in Pennsylvania.
When an 80-year-old parishoner with a memory impairment went missing after church services, Toledo Area Regional Paratransit Service driver Maureen Wilcheck put out a radio call to other drivers and within minutes, driver Lori Brooks spotted the man.
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