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On April 21, 1975 Arcadia will start a Dial-A-Ride service. A ride between any two points will be $.50. This will be a 3 month experiment. More details on the service are given.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1416
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 23, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 23, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Dial-A-Ride
Item ID
1415AN
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The City Council has extended the operating hours and reduced fares for Arcadia's Dial-A-Ride program. The service is available to anyone within city limits who needs a ride anywhere in town by calling 445-2211.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1425
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 27, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 27, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Dial-A-Ride
Item ID
1424AN
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Hoping to improve the Dial-A-Ride system City Council has authorized staff to negotiate a contract with Community Transit Services, Inc., dial-a-ride specialists. The city expects to purchase three vans.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1423
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 21, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 21, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Dial-A-Ride
Item ID
1422AN
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The Arcadia City Council has approved a 12-month pilot program to expand its Dial-a-Ride service to include a new non-emergency medical appointment transportation program for seniors and disabled persons. The program includes service to five hospitals outside the city limits--Huntington Hospital, Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park, City of Hope Medical Center and Santa Teresita Hospital, both in Duarte, and Mountainview Dialysis Center in Monrovia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30569
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2002
Pages
p. 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2002
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Arcadia Transit
Dial-A-Ride
Disabled persons
Senior Citizens
Transportation
Item ID
30757AN
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A fare hike is in store for the Dial-A-Ride service due to inflation and a Federal funding snag.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1419
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 18, 1976
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 18, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Dial-A-Ride
Item ID
1418AN
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Residents of Temple City living adjacent to the Arcadia Dial-A-Ride station have complained to City Council about the noise, exhaust fumes and litter. They contend Dial-A-Ride has grown too large and should move.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 20, 1988
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 20, 1988
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Dial-A-Ride
Item ID
1430AN
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Dial-A-Ride service officially begins on April 21, 1975. Full information is given as to how it will work.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1417
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 17, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 17, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Dial-A-Ride
Item ID
1416AN
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Arcadia will have to start over again in its effort to secure federal funds for its Dial-A-Ride program. The Urban Mass Transit Authority would not approve the agreement with Community Services because of a protest over bid procedures.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 18, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 18, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Dial-A-Ride
Item ID
1423AN
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Council unanimously OK's Dial-A-Ride related issues.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Dial-A-Ride
Item ID
1427AN
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Arcadia Dial-a-Ride service to return to seniors, disabled after years of students "monopolizing" the service. On July 1, the fare will increase from 25 cents to 50 cents per ride and will have new fixed routes. The Dial-a-Ride will be for seniors over 62 years old and riders who are disabled.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2016
Pages
p. A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2016
Pages
p. A7
Subjects
Arcadia Transit--Dial-a-Ride
Buses
Public transportation
Item ID
34780AN
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A summary of statistics on the Dial-A-Ride service shows, among other things, that a total of 31,000 persons were carried this past year in its third year of operation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1421
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 17, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 17, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Dial-A-Ride
Item ID
1420AN
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Pat and Paul Leone, who complained to Arcadia City Council about the noise generated by Dial-A-Ride, took their complaint to Temple City Council. Arcadia owns the vehicles but the operator, San Gabriel Transit, is a commercial business in a commercial zone and cannot be forced to leave.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1432
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 21, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 21, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Dial-A-Ride
Item ID
1431AN
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Dial-A-Ride fares in Arcadia have been lowered by unanimous vote of the City Council as a result of changes in the way the county allocates Proposition A funds. Current fares of $.85 for a regular ride and $.40 for seniors and disabled will be replaced by fares of $.75 and $.25 respectively.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 12, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 12, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Dial-A-Ride
Item ID
1429AN
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Arcadia Transit launches expanded shuttle service with three fixed routes starting June 16. It will also operate as a Dial-a-Ride service for senior citizens and the disabled. Arcadia Transit has served the community since 1975.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
June 11, 2016
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
June 11, 2016
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Arcadia Transit--Dial-a-Ride
Buses
Public transportation
Shuttles
Item ID
34786AN
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Senior citizens in Arcadia who use the city's Dial-A-Ride program may have to pay twice what they are paying now to use the system. At a meeting of the Senior Citizens Commission, Brian Gabler, city administrator of the program, said that rates will increase from $.20 to $.40 for seniors on July 1, unless the Arcadia City Council decides to subsidize the program from general funds.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1429
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 10, 1985
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 10, 1985
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Dial-A-Ride
Item ID
1428AN
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Lyman Cozad, who served as city manager of Arcadia from 1966 to 1977, died earlier this month. He was 86.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper20244
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 25, 2001
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 25, 2001
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Cozad, Lyman
Item ID
20477AN
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Rose Foreman, 100, an Arcadia resident since 1947 and a Dial-A-Ride user since 1975, has been given a lifetime Dial-A-Ride pass, enabling her to ride for free.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1640
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1990
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p. B-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1990
Pages
p. B-1 photo
Subjects
Foreman, Rose
Dial-A-Ride
Item ID
1639AN
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Arcadia won approval last week of a dial-a-ride program with 50-cent fares from the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission who agreed to let Arcadia use its Proposition A transit funds to subsidize the program's half-dollar fares until June.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1426
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 20, 1983
Pages
p. A-2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 20, 1983
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Dial-A-Ride
Item ID
1425AN
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Dial-a-ride prices may go up in July. At present they are 20-cents for Arcadia senior citizens and 50 cents for other residents.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Dial-A-Ride
Item ID
1426AN
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Senior citizens and handicapped persons will pay less for Arcadia's Dial-A-Ride. The reduction is possible because of a grant from the federal Urban Mass Transit Administration.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1422
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 11, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 11, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Dial-A-Ride
Item ID
1421AN
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