OLDER DRIVERS BRING RELIABILITY, COMPASSION TO TRANSPORT SERVICE
This article highlights the older drivers of a nonprofit paratransit company in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, who bring reliability and compassion to their jobs. Community Transit, founded in 1982 and funded largely by the Pennsylvania Lottery Fund, addresses 2 concerns related to aging in the community; transportation and senior employment. Each day, the drivers transport about 1,800 people, many of whom are older or have disabilities, to various destinations in or near the county. The demand-responsive, door-to-door shared rides require reservations the day before, and seniors pay 15% of the normal fare. Most of the company's 175 drivers are aged 65 or older; 25% are 70 or older. They earn $6/hour, have an impressive safety record for the nearly 2 million miles they log each year, and are courteous, reliable, flexible, and extremely helpful and compassionate to their clientele.
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Corporate Authors:
National Council on the Aging
409 Third Street, SW
Washington, DC United States 20024 -
Authors:
- Reinemer, M
- Publication Date: 1998
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 6-7
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Serial:
- Innovations in Aging
- Volume: 27
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: National Council on the Aging
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aged; Aged drivers; Demand responsive transportation; Door to door service; Paratransit services; Persons with disabilities
- Identifier Terms: Pennsylvania Lottery Fund
- Geographic Terms: Pennsylvania; United States
- Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00792520
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: May 2 2000 12:00AM