What is the Transportation Pilot Project?
The Rural Transportation Pilot Project for Persons with Disabilities was a transportation service for people with disabilities living in one of eight rural counties in PA. After more than six years of effort by people with disabilities and advocates, the PA Department of Transportation did a study to assess the need for transportation in rural areas. The study recommended that a pilot project be done in Clearfield, Elk, Jefferson, Greene, Washington, Cumberland, Schuylkill, and York counties. The pilot operated in these counties for eighteen months from January 2001 through June 2002. The Pilot was successful in demonstrating a need for transportation people could afford. In November 2002, Secretary Bradley L. Mallory announced the expansion of low-cost rural public transportation for Pennsylvanians with disabilities. This expansion means that sixteen additional counties will have transportation services that people can afford. The original eight counties will continue to provide affor
