Independent Living Partnership’s TripTrak subscription service was designed to facilitate complete administration and management of special needs senior transportation model programs. It originally assisted the TRIP Program in Riverside County. Eventually, other organizations operating TRIP model services asked for the software.
One Chicago Regional Transportation Authority ADA Advisory Committee member said that the RTA board needs disability awareness training, particularly in proper terminology.
According to a councilmember, the council was surprised by the amount of calls the department had been receiving requiring the use of a lift van.
Despite increased use, GAO investigators found the federal government is doing little to ensure that transit agencies are providing services in compliance with the law.
William Rouse, whose Los Angeles Yellow Cab fleet of 1,200 vehicles is the largest cooperatively owned taxi company in the western U.S., was sworn into office at the TLPA’s 94th Annual Convention & Trade Show in Las Vegas in October.
The program, funded through a $1.7 million federal New Freedom grant, will reimburse expenses to convert taxicabs to accommodate wheelchairs.
Donated by Larimer County to The Lift of Northern Colorado, a nonprofit transportation system for the elderly and disabled, which was formed to fill the void when the county defunded The Larimer Lift.
Monthly Transit Savings Report examines how an individual in a two-person household can save money by taking public transportation and living with one less car.
Paratransit and NEMT are being overwhelmed with an uptick in Medicaid-eligible riders. If implemented, the Affordable Care Act will make the influx even higher. Operators are facing changes in how they are funded and deliver transportation. They say they need to work more closely with partners to cope.
Because the three-tenths of 1% sales tax hike was not approved, the agency will be forced to reduce services by 53%, mostly affecting the poor, elderly and disabled.
Tri-County Communication Action Program will expand its Dial-a-Ride service by three hours a day and offer free bus service for out-of-town day trips to seniors.
On Monday, agency will offer free rides as well as unveil newly wrapped buses.
Even before the industry kicks off its new veterans initiative, there are active targeted hiring programs in place for veterans in 22% of the public transit systems surveyed and 11% have instituted their own outreach programs.
Porter County Aging and Community Services partnered with Clean Zone Marketing to put ads on its V-Line buses in an effort to extend its hours of service. The money from the ads will help pay for fuel.
John Gates Jr. called paratransit service “federally mandated limousine service,” during a meeting. He later said the remark was “off the cuff and thoughtless."
Here’s a look at the Bus Roadeos held in North Carolina by the Charlotte Area Transit System and Florida by Palm Tran.
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