Tenn. transit's travel training helps disabled riders
Assisted more than 400 riders who are disabled, elderly, or immigrants adjusting to a new city.
Assisted more than 400 riders who are disabled, elderly, or immigrants adjusting to a new city.
Offering same-day service will be an upgrade from its current paratransit service, the RIDE, which requires trip scheduling at least one day prior to pickup.
Purchased Transportation Management Services UK Ltd., the Major Games Division and wholly owned subsidiary of Transportation Management Services Inc., which designs, plans and operates transportation systems for major special events around the globe.
High fuel prices cited as being a contributor. Increase touted at Rail Conference in Dallas.
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit operates 34 routes using a fleet of 55 buses, including eight electric diesel hybrid buses. The system originates from three systems operated by the City of Ithaca, Tompkins County and Cornell University, with each stemming as far back as far as a half of a century.
Despite the bus system being equipped with ramps and low-floor access for wheelchair users, critics have complained that drivers have refused to pick them up.
Chairman says combining redundant service routes, purchasing, personnel, marketing and maintenance departments, could save taxpayers $150 million a year.
The area of heaviest investment will be traffic management systems, including traveler information, congestion charging, and adaptive signaling.
Longer lead times required for scheduling with the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority's dial-a-ride service and the possibility of being bumped from a seat have been challenging for senior center staffers.
Chained their wheelchairs together and blocked traffic at a busy intersection to protest the agency’s decision to double fares for The Ride, its service for disabled riders.
To make Ryers Station more accessible, a new 240-foot high level platform, stairway and an Americans with Disabilities ramp were added.
Westchester County's BeeLine paratransit service currently serves 5,500 registered riders a year, providing 220,000 trips annually.
The OCTA recently received statewide recognition as Paratransit System of the Year for its ACCESS paratransit service, which provides more than 1.3 million trips annually for seniors and persons with disabilities.
MetroAccess customers will benefit from shorter boarding times as a result of the MV-1 ramp design, which allows customers to board without the use of a lift. The vehicles cost about $50,000 each.
The Transportation Assistance Program for Seniors has provided $3 coupons to hundreds of participants to defray some of the $6 round trip LIFT service fee.
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