The company signed a five-year and three-month contract and will be managing both the operations and maintenance aspects of DART’s paratransit services.
Guadalupe Steele has been utilizing Dial-a-Ride for 13 years. She is disabled and cannot drive but is still active in her community. Steele is a business owner, an employee at Phoenix City Hall, and volunteers for her local community group. Here she discusses her experience on the City of Phoenix's Dial-a-Ride service. Video via the City of Phoenix.
A construction accident left Ben Capelle with a severely broken leg and unable to drive for over two months.
Will maintain the City of Santa Clarita's fleet of over 100 vehicles, providing transportation for three million passengers, annually.
The new service, called MODE, will improve curb-to-curb and door-through-door transportation.
The $970,536 comes from the Ohio DOT's Ohio Transit Preservation Partnership Program.
The three-phase capital project included engineering, construction of the fueling station, and installation of indoor propane detectors for safety inside Laketran’s 122,000 square foot vehicle storage and maintenance area.
With ridership and costs up on systems around the nation, many are looking for ways to not only eliminate some of those costs, but also, in many cases, expand mobility for seniors and people with disabilities.
Ridership has increased 14 percent over the last three years and has no sign of slowing down. The January 2017 ridership is up 12% over January 2016.
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