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United We Ride: Helping to Provide Rides for Seniors
Finding rides for seniors is crucial to getting them access to proper health care, employment, social activities, and education. For many older adults, mobility and lack of available transportation contribute to isolation or a feeling of helplessness. United We Ride...
Getting Around: Rides for People with Disabilities
People with disabilities often struggle to find secure, safe, affordable transportation. Getting basic needs and going to-and-from medical appointments become a challenge due to lack of mobility. So, what are the options for rides for people with disabilities? And...
Affordable Senior Transportation in San Diego
Caregivers and seniors often feel helpless when transportation services are limited, especially when it comes to keeping medical appointments. But seniors don’t have to have to feel stuck. Affordable senior transportation is available in many areas around the country,...
Seniors are driving safer, driving longer
Americans love to drive. More than 75 percent of adults carry a driver’s license, including 40 million who are 65 and older. But driving is more than just a passion or a pastime: It’s a lifeline. Studies show that giving up driving increases a person’s mortality risk...
Ride service aims to fill local transportation gaps
SOLANA BEACH — Solana Beach resident James Walker, 19, knows his public transit — since graduating high school, he has used a hodgepodge of Amtrak, Coaster, and North County Transit District bus services to get to work, college and physical therapy. But when NCTD cut...
PARKINSON’S ASSOCIATION OF SAN DIEGO ‘STEP BY STEP 5K’ SLATED FOR APRIL 8
[vc_row widthopt="" fixedbg="" footerrow=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]RideFACT offers free transportation to and from event Solana Beach, CA – February 22, 2018 – The Parkinson’s Association of San Diego is holding its annual Step by Step Walk fundraiser on Sunday,...
Free Rides to Veterans in San Diego County
San Diego County News Article Facilitating Access to Coordinated Transportation (FACT), a San Diego County nonprofit, announces a free transportation promotion specifically for San Diego Veterans. From September 1 through December 31, 2017, Veterans will be able to...
RideFACT reaches milestone – 100,000th ride
Fallbrook & Bonsall Village News Article OCEANSIDE – For Chula Vista residents Jack and Rose, it was an uneventful trip to the grocery store, but for Facilitating Access to Coordinated Transportation, a San Diego County nonprofit, it was cause for celebration....
CaliforniaTransit Association Article August 2017
Filling Mobility Gaps With Curb-to-Curb Service There’s no place like home. But for many seniors and disabled people, going out and returning home isn’t always easy. Enter Facilitating Access to Coordinated Transportation – or FACT – a regional brokerage of...