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Causes: Human Services, Transportation Assistance
Mission: The organization is responsible for the administration of access paratransit, the americans with disabilities act mandated paratransit transportation program for los angeles county.
Programs: The organization coordinated transportation services to the elderly and disabled residents of l. A. County pursuant to americans with disabilities act of 1990. Specifically, the organization administered paratransit operations on behalf of 45 fixed route operators in los angeles county. Paratransit is an alternative mode of flexible passenger transportation that does not follow fixed routes or schedules. As required by applicable regulations, access paratransit service is available for any ada paratransit eligible individual for any purpose and to or from any location within 3/4 of a mile of any fixed route operated by the los angeles county public fixed route bus operators and within 3/4 of a mile around metro rail stations during the hours that the systems are operational. The service extends into portions of the surrounding counties of san bernardino, orange, and ventura that are served by the los angeles county fixed route lines.