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National Access-A-Ride
Access-A-Ride cancellation leaves disabled stranded and outraged
MTA
February 2, 2011
Lili Lopez normally commutes from her Bronx home to Queens College, where she takes classes, but she won’t be going today and she blames...
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MTA warns of snow related service disruptions
MTA
February 1, 2011
The storm that hit New York City Tuesday is expected to disrupt mass transit service tomorrow.As the storm shifts from snow to sleet and rain roads...
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Access-A-Ride shutdown makes one woman's commute 10 times longer
Access-A-Ride
January 12, 2011
A woman in a wheelchair tells Examiner.com that her commute, which normally takes 20 minutes this morning took more than three hours&hellip...
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Disabled left out in the cold -- MTA suspends Access-A-Ride service
Access-A-Ride
January 11, 2011
Every Wednesday Milagros Franco uses Access-A-Ride to get from her home on Manhattan’s lower east side to her job at the Brooklyn Center for...
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Access-a-Ride to Taxi Scheme a Bum Deal
Access-A-Ride
December 17, 2010
The latest budget cut, peppered with social cruelty, is a bi-partisan effort to pass off New York City’s elderly and disabled residents onto...
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MTA offers disabled $2.25 taxi rides
Disability
December 15, 2010
New Yorkers with disabilities who rely on the city's Access-A-Ride program may soon find themselves using yellow taxis to get around under a...
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MTA announce plans for public hearings on proposed service cuts
Politics
January 22, 2010
The Metropolitan Transportation Authoritylate Friday announced thatit will hold eight public hearings across the metropolitan region to solicit...
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