Region of Peel Accessible Transportation Services

Last updated

Region of Peel Accessible Transportation Services is a family of paratransit services in Ontario, Canada, operated by the Regional Municipality of Peel.

Contents

Services

Caledon Community Services Transportation

Caledon Community Services Transportation is an accessible bus service for residents of Caledon. It was created in 1989, providing transportation to medical appointments, day programs, dialysis and other required social services. This service also offers some trips to malls in other cities and regions such as Upper Canada Mall in Newmarket and Bramalea City Centre in Brampton. [1]

Eligibility

  • All seniors living in Caledon
  • Caledon residents who are unable to drive because of a medical disability
  • Clients of Ontario Works
  • Dialysis patients
  • People experiencing mobility issues.
  • TransHelp, MobilityPlus and Wheel-Trans transfer riders

Operations

CCST operates Monday to Saturday from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m, and on Sundays from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Passenger Plus

The Passenger Plus program, in partnership with Canadian Red Cross, is being offered for dialysis patients in Brampton and Mississauga. Service to hospitals throughout the region are being offered three times a week. [2]

Passenger Plus program is projected to make 17,000 trips in 2012.

Passenger Assistant Program

The Passenger Assistant Program, also in partnership with Red Cross, is offered for adults and seniors in Brampton and Mississauga who have intellectual or mental health disabilities such as epilepsy, low vision, and Alzheimer's disease. It also serves people who require supervised transportation and assistance while travelling. This is contrary to TransHelp where passengers using that particular service are more independent. Each passenger is met by designated caregivers at each end of their trip. One or more assistants are on board with clients and are present in case of emergency. [2]

As of 2009, the program was being used by 63 people in Mississauga and Brampton, with 60 more on the waiting list. [3] The Passenger Assistant Program is projected to make 32,000 trips in 2012. [4]

TransHelp

TransHelp is a separate accessible transit system operated by and serving the cities of Brampton and Mississauga (where conventional transit systems accessible for independent wheelchair users are operated by each city as Brampton Transit and Miway). It is used by people with mobility problems, are unable to climb or descend stairs, or cannot walk a distance of 175 metres. Less-independent wheelchair users are allowed to use Transhelp, but the elderly or dialysis patients are not automatically eligible. [2]

Transhelp is the most popular paratransit service being offered by the Region: it is projected to make 403,000 trips in 2012. [4]

Operations

Transhelp operates seven days a week from 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m., including holidays. Additional service is being offered during statutory holidays.

Weekend and Holiday service and trips that cannot be accommodated by paratransit vehicles are provided by taxi services:

  • Brampton: BramCity Taxi
  • Mississauga: Blue and White Taxi

Fares

Caledon

The fare varies from $3.00 to $30.00 depending on the distance travelled. [1]

Mississauga and Brampton

The fare for Peel's accessible services is based on the cash fares of its parallel conventional transit services: Brampton Transit and MiWay. The fare would be equal to the cheaper amount of those two cash fares. As of April 1, 2013, MiWay and Brampton Transit have equal cash fares, both being $3.50, hence a one-way trip also costs $3.50, regardless of distance travelled.

For TransHelp users, in order to have a TransHelp account, new registrants will have to prepay at least $32.50, which is equivalent to 10 one-way trips. A monthly pass is also being offered for $108. [5] No-show and cancellation fees are being deducted from the TransHelp account.

Other programs

Public Transit Access Initiative

This initiative helps people with disabilities in Brampton, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa and Mississauga to become comfortable and familiar with accessible public transit systems. The region's Accessible Transportation provides and pays for travel training assessments, as well as up to five hours of individualized travel training for those who want to learn to use Brampton Transit or MiWay. [2]

Taxi Scrip

The Taxi Scrip program provides spontaneous transportation for people with disabilities in Brampton and Mississauga using a taxi. Trips can be used for a variety of purposes such as urgent appointments, medical appointments and visits to long-term care facilities. Seniors and people with disabilities can purchase subsidized taxi scrip: each book containing $40 worth of taxi fare will only cost the user $25. [2]

The Taxi Scrip is projected to make 11,000 trips in 2012. [4]

Participating taxi companies [6]

  • Mississauga:
    • A Cab
    • A Black Cab
    • All Star Taxi
    • Blue and White Taxi
    • Mississauga Taxi
  • Brampton:
    • A Seven Eleven Taxi, Inc.
    • Brampton Bramalea Kwik Kab
    • BramCity Taxi
  • Ajax:
    • Get Limo Inc
  • Whitby:
    • Beck Limo
  • Oshawa:
    • Airofleet

Fleet

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brampton</span> City in Ontario, Canada

Brampton is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Brampton is a city in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and is a lower-tier municipality within Peel Region. The city has a population of 656,480 as of the 2021 Census, making it the ninth most populous municipality in Canada and the third most populous city in the Greater Golden Horseshoe urban area, behind Toronto and Mississauga.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Caledon, Ontario</span> Town in Ontario, Canada

Caledon is a town in the Regional Municipality of Peel in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. From a shortened form of Caledonia, the Roman name for North Britain; Caledon is a developing urban area, although it remains primarily rural. It consists of an amalgamation of a number of urban areas, villages, and hamlets; its major urban centre is Bolton on its eastern side adjacent to York Region.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Regional Municipality of Peel</span> Regional municipality in Ontario, Canada

The Regional Municipality of Peel is a regional municipality in the Greater Toronto Area, Southern Ontario, Canada. It consists of three municipalities to the west and northwest of the city of Toronto: the cities of Mississauga and Brampton, and the town of Caledon, each of which spans its full east–west width. The regional seat is in Brampton. The entire Greater Toronto Area is the inner ring of the Golden Horseshoe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miami-Dade Transit</span>

Miami-Dade Transit (MDT) is the primary public transit authority of Miami, Florida and the greater Miami-Dade County area. It is the largest transit system in Florida and the 15th-largest transit system in the United States. As of 2021, the system has 52,599,400 rides per year, or about 182,000 per weekday in the second quarter of 2022. MDT operates the Metrobus with their paratransit STS systems run by LSF. MDT also operates two rail transit systems: Metrorail and Metromover.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hamilton Street Railway</span> Public transit agency in Ontario, Canada

The Hamilton Street Railway commonly known as the HSR is a public transport agency in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The name is a legacy of the company's early period, when public transit in Hamilton was primarily served by streetcars. Although streetcars are no longer used in the city today, the HSR operates bus and paratransit services, with a ridership of 21 million passengers a year. The HSR uses the Presto card as its method of fare payment, allowing for connections with GO Transit and other transit systems in the Greater Toronto area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wheel-Trans</span> Paratransit system in Toronto, Ontario

Wheel-Trans is a paratransit system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, provided by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). It provides specialized door-to-door accessible transit services for persons with physical disabilities using its fleet of accessible minibuses or contracted accessible taxis. Users must register with the TTC who will typically grant access to those with permanent disabilities or show difficulty in traveling short distances. Wheel-Trans only provides service within the city of Toronto and accepts regular TTC fare.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paratransit</span> Transportation service for people with disabilities

Paratransit is the term used in North America, also known by other names such as community transport (UK) for transportation services that supplement fixed-route mass transit by providing individualized rides without fixed routes or timetables. Paratransit services may vary considerably on the degree of flexibility they provide their customers. At their simplest they may consist of a taxi or small bus that will run along a more or less defined route and then stop to pick up or discharge passengers on request. At the other end of the spectrum—fully demand responsive transport—the most flexible paratransit systems offer on-demand call-up door-to-door service from any origin to any destination in a service area. In addition to public transit agencies, paratransit services may be operated by community groups or not-for-profit organizations, and for-profit private companies or operators.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">MiWay</span> Public transport agency serving Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

MiWay, also known as Mississauga Transit and originally as Mississauga Transit Systems, is the municipal public transport agency serving Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, and is responsible to the city's Transportation and Works Department. MiWay services consists of two types of bus routes: MiLocal, local buses that make frequent stops, and MiExpress, express buses between major destinations. MiWay is the primary operator along the Mississauga Transitway, a dedicated east–west bus-only roadway.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brampton Transit</span> Public transport bus operator, Brampton, Ontario

Brampton Transit (BT) is a public transport bus operator for the City of Brampton in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in Ontario, Canada. Brampton Transit began operations in 1974. In 2021, the system had a ridership of 19,462,800, or about 157,100 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Milton Transit</span>

Milton Transit is the public transit system in the town of Milton, Ontario, Canada. Milton is in Halton Regional Municipality, part of the Greater Toronto Area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board</span>

The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board is the separate school board that oversees 148 Catholic school facilities throughout Peel Region and Dufferin County. It employs roughly 5,000 teachers; about 3,000 at the elementary level, and the remaining 2,000 at the secondary school and continuing education level, for 90,000 students.

York Region Transit Mobility Plus is a program that offers transit services, known as Mobility Plus, to the disabled using specially equipped buses. Mobility Plus is York Region's equivalent of the Toronto Transit Commission's Wheel-Trans service.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">San Joaquin Regional Transit District</span> Stockton

San Joaquin Regional Transit District is a transit district that provides bus service to the city of Stockton, California and the surrounding communities of Lodi, Ripon, Thornton, French Camp, Lathrop, Manteca, and Tracy. In 2021, the system had a ridership of 1,587,700, or about 6,700 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">History of Brampton</span>

Following is an outline is for the history of Brampton, the fourth largest city in Ontario, Canada. European settlers arrived began to settle the area in the early 19th century, with Brampton being formally incorporated into a village in 1853.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Ride (MBTA)</span> Greater Boston paratransit service

The Ride is the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's ADA paratransit program for people with physical, mental or cognitive disabilities that make it difficult or impossible to ride the MBTA's fixed-route bus, subway, and trolley system. The Ride provides door-to-door service, from vehicle to door. Using wheelchair accessible vans and four door sedans (cars), drivers assist passengers from door to vehicle, take them directly to their destinations, and assist them from vehicle to door. The Ride satisfies requirements under the 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act for transit systems to provide services for those who cannot ride the fixed-route system. The service began in April 1977 with two vehicles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peel Regional Paramedic Services</span>

Peel Regional Paramedic Services, provide ambulatory and paramedic care for the municipalities within Peel Region, in Ontario, Canada. Paramedic Headquarters are located in Brampton at 1600 Bovaird Road east and operations serve the residents of Caledon, Brampton, and Mississauga.

MetroAccess is a shared-ride public transportation service for individuals in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area who are unable to use fixed-route public transit due to disability. It is managed by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and is operated by various companies that contract to provide the service. "Shared ride" means that multiple passengers may ride together in the same vehicle.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Züm</span> Bus rapid transit system in Brampton, Canada

Züm is a bus rapid transit system for the suburban city of Brampton, Ontario, Canada, northwest of Toronto owned and operated by Brampton Transit. There are connections to the City of Mississauga, York Region, and the City of Toronto, with the first corridor having started service in fall 2010.

A reduced fare program refers to special programs providing particular passengers with a discounted fare option for travel on a public transport system. In the United States, public transportation systems that receive federal funding are required to offer, at minimum, half fares to the elderly and handicapped persons during off peak travel. Some transportation systems also extend reduced fare options to youth, students, military personnel, and low-income passengers.

The COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The pandemic has affected the Cities of Mississauga and Brampton, and the Town of Caledon, within the Regional Municipality of Peel. As part of the larger closure decisions in Ontario, a stay-at-home order shuttered all nonessential businesses, and caused event cancellations.

References

  1. 1 2 "Transportation". Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2012-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Mississauga Breaking News - Mississauga's Online Newspaper".
  4. 1 2 3 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2012-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "TransHelp - Region of Peel". Archived from the original on 2010-12-06.
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2012-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)