Phoenix Transit enhances Dial-a-Ride with 'overflow' service
The approved partnership between Dial-a-Ride contractor MV Transportation and their subcontractor Discount Cab provides overflow service during the regular service day.
The approved partnership between Dial-a-Ride contractor MV Transportation and their subcontractor Discount Cab provides overflow service during the regular service day.
The new buses are equipped with a wheelchair lift, fold-up seats to accommodate up to four wheelchairs, slip-resistant flooring, an electronic transit door, and a central heating and cooling unit.
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.
Officials say using separate van fleets will improve the on-time performance for the paratransit trips with no changes in dial-a-ride service.
While residents who depend on the transit service are frequently denied rides, nearly 300 students use the transport daily.
The Final Rule applies to public entities providing fixed route, dial-a-ride and complementary paratransit services. It establishes that an individual’s disability cannot preclude a public transportation entity from providing full access to its service except where doing so would fundamentally alter the service.
For more than two years, Marion Miller relied on RTA’s Dial-A-Ride service to get to and from Mt. San Jacinto College where she studied sociology
The Morongo Indian Reservation’s new service will provide seniors, the disabled, students and others lacking transportation options on the reservation with a new means of reaching medical appointments, work, classrooms, grocery stores and other destinations.
The cost of the service is an issue too, but a spokesperson says a partnership approach involving municipal units and the business community could make it more affordable to more people.
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