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The new center provides a more convenient assessment location for paratransit applicants who live or work in Manhattan and increases capacity across the system of AAR Assessment Centers that serve thousands of paratransit customers each month.
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Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority received $3.36 million from the FTA for vehicle upgrades. The funding will pay for up to 42 new vehicles.
Read More →Demand for paratransit services will continue steady growth as the population ages and baby boomers begin to deal with mobility issues. With diminishing sources of funding, transit agencies are looking for innovative ways to balance the demand for service with the rising costs of operation.
Read More →Awarded a five-year $5.7 million contract by the Los Angeles DOT to provide technical support for the CityRide Paratransit Service.
Read More →There have been great gains in best practices in the areas of eligibility, telephone hold time, on-time performance, no-show policies, and origin-to-destination service, but they are often not implemented, according to the newly released National Council on Disability report.
Read More →Peoria's acting public works and utility director said for residents a trip that now take two hours to get into Phoenix will drop to about a half hour.
Read More →Laidlaw will provide all aspects of this 34-vehicle service including vehicle operations, road supervision and maintenance.
Read More →The Hop Fastpass is a regional, account-based system shared by TriMet, C-TRAN, and Portland Streetcar, and provides cross-state services within the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan region.
Read More →In our ongoing effort to improve our paratransit service and provide it in the most cost-effective way possible, OCTA recently completed a state-of-the art indoor center to qualify disabled individuals for the service, called ACCESS, which provides one million rides annually.
Read More →Refining and improving demand-response service is a never-ending challenge. Advances in vehicle tracking have helped, but other areas to scrutinize include staffing, eligibility screening, driver recruitment and customer amenities.
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