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Patricia Adams, a former school bus driver, has been transporting 30 to 40 people daily to physical therapy, dialysis and doctors appointments safely for six years.
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Received an extra $1.2 million from the state even as it has caused thousands of MaineCare recipients to miss rides to appointments since the broker took over arranging the rides last summer. Meanwhile local, nonprofit paratransit providers that had provided the service have lost money; one had to lay off employees.
Read More →Days one and two packed with the International Bus Roadeo, Bus Display and informational sessions.
Read More →While Way2Go has provided 59,000 trips in the past 11 months, each year they are forced to deny 3,000 trips for dialysis patients and almost 1,000 trips for regular medical appointments.
Read More →Addressing complaints brought up by several customers and Marybeth Melendez, the former democratic hopeful for State Assembly who uses the service regularly, an MTA spokesman said complaints against Staten Island car services, which address 30% of Staten Island intra-borough trips, have remained relatively flat.
Read More →Staten Island-based Access-A-Ride customers' issues include being stranded at their destinations and difficulty in scheduling with the customer service department. The service recently implemented a number of cost-cutting measures.
Read More →Donna Fredericksen, coordinator, worked with the city Clerk’s Office, the mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, and an MTA contractor to ensure the plans went smoothly, and that the couple got VIP treatment.
Read More →The RTA's board voted to buy 10 new ElDorado coaches that run on propane to replace 10 paratransit vehicles that have 200,000 miles on them.
Read More →Each Phoenix vehicle, manufactured by Coach & Equipment Mfg. Corp., is wheelchair accessible, featuring a side-entry lift near the front of the bus with double leaf lift doors.
Read More →University officials based in Michigan, New Jersey, West Virginia, Oklahoma and Indiana discuss increasing ridership, contracting service and travel training.
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