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.
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.
Significant changes to Arcadia Transit System include ending the dial-a-ride service and switching to fixed route system. The dial-a-ride program will remain in service to seniors and the disabled.
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.
Changes for Arcadia Transit's Dial-a-Ride. The new two-tiered system reserves the Dial-a-Ride for senior citizens and the disabled, while three new fixed routes will serve the general public. Includes history of Dial-a-Ride in Arcadia.
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.
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.
Rides are hard to find for seniors. Dial-a-Ride, meant for home-bound elderly, being misused shuttling school children. In 2014 consultant group IBI Group recommended three changes--new fixed routes for the general public, a shuttle service from the Metro Gold Line station to popular locations in the city, and a return to Dial-a-Ride service to seniors and disabled. The changes were planned to coincide with the Gold Line opening in march but after hearing concerns from students and parents, city officials agreed not to cut off the Dial-a-Ride service to the general public until the end of the school year.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Arcadia Transit Dial-a-Ride temporary modifications--offering transit assistance to senior/disabled riders who are self-isolating and who may need help by allowing caregivers of registered riders to use Dial-a-Ride to do essential errands for them.