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I don't know how common this is, but Calgary offers free trips for people who can't use the main services due to disability. You need to book the day before, re

I don't know how common this is, but Calgary offers free trips for people who can't use the main services due to disability. You need to book the day before, register your eligibility and other limitations. It seems like a good way of covering gaps in accessibility like old buses, areas that are a long walk from stations with sidewalks that are in poor condition, etc. But it can never move as many people as buses.

footy 3y ago
This is known as "paratransit" and it's fairly common, e.g. there's THE RIDE in Boston metro, Wheel-Trans in Toronto, TransHelp in Peel region in the GTA, HandyDART in Metro Vancouver... I believe in the US it's a requirement of the ADA for public transit agencies to offer such services. I would imagine here in Canada the legislation is handled provincially, with guidelines for service standards developed by CUTA.