<div>---------- Forwarded message ---------<br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">ADA Services</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:ADAServices@njtransit.com">ADAServices@njtransit.com</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 6:02 PM<br>Subject: ACCESS LINK RIDERS’ CHOICE PILOT (ALRC)<br>To: <br></div><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Launch of the Access Link Riders’ Choice Pilot (ALRC)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://forms.office.com/g/czJ0pw2rhU" target="_blank"><b>To join the pilot program, click here.</b></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Access Link Riders’ Choice Pilot is the safe, easy, and flexible alternative to Access Link. The program offers Access Link customers the opportunity to allow Access Link to
move some of their rides to transportation network companies. We are starting with Lyft and Uber Spring of 2023.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">When a customer’s ride is moved to one of the Access Link Riders’ Choice Pilot providers, the customer’s fare is the same as it was with Access Link. The customer may even get
to enjoy a faster, more direct ride to their destination.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you choose to
<a name="m_-7523228856299748155_x__Hlk131512394"></a><a href="https://forms.office.com/g/czJ0pw2rhU" target="_blank">join the Access Link Rider’s Choice Pilot program,</a> you will continue to call Access Link to make ride reservations. Access Link will decide whether your ride will
be moved to one of the Access Link Riders’ Choice Pilot providers or remain with Access Link. If the ride is moved, you will receive a text message and/or phone call from the Access Link Rider’s Choice Pilot provider. If the ride remains on Access Link, you
will receive the normal Access Link reminder call.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Important Information to Know about the ALRC Pilot:
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You must be a certified Access Link customer. For information on applying for Access Link service
<a href="https://www.njtransit.com/accessibility/access-link-ada-paratransit#:~:text=Applying%20for%20Access%20Link" target="_blank">
click here.</a><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Your EZ-Wallet account cannot have a negative balance.
<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Joining the pilot program does not guarantee that any of your Access Link reservations will be moved to an Access Link Riders’ Choice Pilot provider.<u></u><u></u></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">When booking an Access Link ride, you should always be prepared to be serviced by Access Link and pay the Access Link fare.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ALRC pilot providers offer origin-to-destination service like Access Link.
<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Right now, there is no limit to how many rides you can take with the TNCs in this pilot.
<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The ALRC pilot providers will only travel within the
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service area</a>, which is still ¾ mile from a local fixed route bus. <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ALRC pilot operators are not required to carry customer bags or luggage. They will assist with securing items, boarding, and exiting the vehicle.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ALRC pilot operators will wait the same 5 minutes as the Access Link operators for customers to board and are not required to wait with a customer
for a “hand-off” at their destination. <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You are free to express your preferred Access Link Riders’ Choice Pilot provider, but there is no guarantee all your Access Link Riders’ Choice
Pilot rides will be serviced by your preferred provider.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information about Access Link Riders’ Choice Pilot, contact Customer Service by emailing
<a href="mailto:adaservices@njtransit.com" target="_blank">adaservices@njtransit.com</a> or calling 973-491-4224, option 5.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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