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Transportation Expense Assistance

  • Programs that provide immediate cash, bus tokens, loans, loan/insurance payment support or other forms of financial assistance for people who otherwise have no means of transportation. Transportation expense assistance programs may have age, income, disability, need or other eligibility requirements.

Transportation Passes

  • Programs that issue identification cards or vouchers that people can use in lieu of cash to pay for transportation.

Local Bus Services

  • Programs that utilize buses to transport people to a specific destination (e.g., an airport or senior center) or to other locations within the community (e.g., a shopping mall or downtown) following standard and regular routes and fixed time schedules.

Local Automobile Transportation

  • Organizations that provide or arrange for automobile or van transportation for individuals who want to travel within their community or to other nearby communities.

Local Bicycle Transportation

  • Organizations that provide or arrange for automobile or van transportation for individuals who want to travel within their community or to other nearby communities.

General Paratransit/Community Ride Programs

  • Programs that provide flexibly scheduled and routed door-to-door (or curb-to-curb) transportation services for the general public. Patrons generally have no private transportation and are unable to use the fixed-route public transportation system; or live in a rural area not served by a public transit system.