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Willamette Valley Transport serves patients who need wheelchair and non-emergency stretcher transportation, utilizing specially equipped vehicles outfitted with wheelchair lifts and wheelchair securement stations inside.
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After receiving a $4.2 million fleet replacement grant, the Texoma Area Paratransit System announced plans to increase its number of buses from 94 to more than 120, and is working with veterans groups to set up a route that would serve them.
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The line, which officially opened on Jan. 28, has already generated $2.7 billion in development along the streetcar’s new corridor, including new apartments, condominiums, and an entertainment/sports complex.
Read More →The proposal would increase the cost per ride from $1.60 to $2, which would increase the price of a five-ride ticket from $8 to $10.
Read More →The grant, which will allow senior citizens to ride for any donated amount and disabled citizens to ride for a nominal charge, is spread over two years.
Read More →They are concerned that Cambria County Agency on Aging’s decision to eliminate van service for older adults and let CamTran, Cambria County's public transportation authority, take over the transportation, will eliminate services such as helping them with groceries or to the vehicle.
Read More →Rockford Mass Transit District's ParaTransit received a $92,359 federal grant for same-day scheduling of medical trips for qualified, disabled area residents.
Read More →The new diesel-electric hybrid SmartBuses were purchased with federal grant funds and will replace the eight oldest buses in the agency’s fleet.
Read More →New railroad crossing safety enhancements at a crossing in Dana Point from late 2011 have allowed the city to officially apply for quiet zone status with the FRA. Improvements included upgraded and updated warning devices, additional gate arms, extended and raised medians, improved signage and coordinated traffic signals.
Read More →Construction of the rail line, which parallels the highly congested I-4 corridor in Orange, Seminole and Volusia counties, has put about 800 people to work and spurred a $250 million investment in a 176-acre Health Village at Florida Hospital.
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