HOW DOES THE ADA AFFECT SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES PROVIDED BY BARTA?
BARTA shall provide complimentary paratransit service to individuals with disabilities that is similar to the level of service provided to individuals without disabilities who use the fixed-route bus system. In BARTA’s case, providing paratransit service that is comparable to BARTA’s fixed-route service has resulted in an expansion of paratransit service hours to include longer service hours on weekdays and the addition of service hours on weekday evenings and Saturdays, for those persons who are “certified” as being “ADA eligible”. TO WHOM MUST COMPLIMENTARY PARATRANSIT SERVICES BE PROVIDED? ADA complimentary paratransit service must be provided to all passengers certified as being “ADA eligible” through BARTA’s certification process. The following three general categories of persons with disabilities will be certified as being “ADA eligible”: 1. “Any individual with a disability who is unable, as a result of a physical or mental impairment (including a visual impairment), and without
