Forum allows passengers to speak out on Access-A-Ride
Senior citizens in Bay Ridge who use Access-A-Ride have been telling Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis and other elected officials about their frustrations dealing with the transportation service lately. “My constituents are telling me that there are times when the ride doesn’t show up. I have also heard about drivers who leave the passenger off at a bus stop and tell them to take the bus the rest of the way,” Malliotakis told the Brooklyn Eagle on Tuesday.
The tales of woe don’t stop there. “People have told me that there are times when the driver is unfamiliar with an area and gets lost,” Malliotakis said.
Access-A-Ride, a program run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to provide door-to-door transit service for the frail, elderly and physically disabled, will undergo scrutiny at a public forum Malliotakis is holding with the Bay Ridge Council on Aging and the Bay Ridge and Ovington chapters of the AARP next month.