[Tn-talk] Relax and Ride

[Shara Winton]

Access ride will only serve patrons who live in Davidson County and does not 
drive outside the county of Davidson. unfortunatley. :D As I stated earlier, 
it would have to be a taxi or a reserved transportation service to get you 
around in Smyrna, which is in Rutherford County.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Aikens" <gpaikens at gmail.com>
To: "Tennessee Talk (NFB of Tennessee Discussion)" <tn-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Tn-talk] Relax and Ride


> The Paratransit system in Nashville and surrounding Davidson county is 
> called Access Ride.  It isn't perfect but is quite good.  They have a 
> partnership with a local cab company such as you described.
>
> -Greg
> On Mar 12, 2012, at 5:46 PM, Peter Donahue wrote:
>
>> Hello Shara,
>>
>>    Is that the paratransit service that serves the Nashville area? I'd 
>> like
>> to learn more about their services. The Viatrans Service here in San 
>> Antonio
>> suffers from a terrible lack of innovation resulting in the problems that
>> plague riders that use these services. I'm sure you know the drill. 
>> People
>> are dropped off and picked up late is they're picked up at all, they're
>> taken to their destination via the scenic route, and are not given
>> opportunities to give input to transit staff concerning ideas to improve 
>> the
>> system to serve riders better. I once had a Viatrans customer service
>> representative tell me that I didn't know what I was talking about when I
>> suggested a voucher program that would allow patrons to use local taxis 
>> to
>> get where they need to go instead of having to wait on vans. Ambulatory
>> patrons don't need reserved vans. They just need a card informing the
>> participating taxi company that they have x amount of rides per month and
>> that the cab can carry them up to a certain distance that would be
>> subsidized by the paratransit service. If they go over they would need to
>> pay the difference. This would be a hell of a lot better than waiting on
>> vehicles and being given the grand tour of San Antonio before getting to
>> their destination. Several transit companies around the country have such 
>> a
>> system in place. Capital Metro in Austin and the Houston Metrolift are 
>> two
>> such services offering this option to its paratransit riders. I'd like to
>> see how things work in Nashville.
>>
>>    I would dare any of those fools to tell me that I don't know what I'm
>> talking about if I can send them a page of Web site UrLS they can visit 
>> to
>> learn for themselves how these plans work and determine how they could be
>> implamented in San Antonio! Glad to hear from you again.
>>
>> Peter Donahue
>>
>>
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