Access-A-Ride

People disagreed about whether paratransit should drive people door-to-door or to transit hubs. Feeder service would allow passengers to travel part of the way on the subway or train, but didn’t work well in practice. Access-A-Ride has mostly operated as a door-to-door service, and the need has only grown since its inception. Advocates have long fought for more reliable service and on-demand or taxi service that could be planned the same day.

Date: 1000-2000

Image Description: A vertical black-and-white photograph of an older woman wearing dark wrap-around sunglasses and a sleeveless patterned dress standing on the sidewalk beside a New York City Access-A-Ride paratransit bus. She holds her right hand up as if gesturing or speaking while holding onto the arm of a uniform-clad driver whose polo shirt pocket bears the Access-A-Ride apple-and-wheelchair logo. Above them, the side of the vehicle displays “-A-RIDE” and the Big Apple wheelchair accessibility symbol.

Creator: Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)

Source: MTA, “Accessible Travel on New York City Transit”

A black-and-white photograph of a driver helping an older woman in dark sunglasses step down from the doorway of a New York City Access-A-Ride minibus.

Date: 1000-2000

Image Description: A horizontal black-and-white photograph showing an Access-A-Ride driver assisting an older woman in dark sunglasses and a patterned dress as she steps down from the front passenger doorway of a paratransit minibus onto the curb. Another passenger is faintly visible seated inside behind the tinted windows. The side of the vehicle is painted with bold lettering reading “NEW YORK CITY ACCESS-A-RIDE” alongside an apple-and-wheelchair logo above the windows, and “R.J.R. TRANSPORTATION, INC. OPERATOR / D.O.T. #31224 / 2 W/C 6 PASS” along the lower body stripe.

Creator: Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)

Source: MTA, “Accessible Travel on New York City Transit”

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