The Ride (MBTA)
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The Ride is the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's paratransit program for disabled people, whether it be physical, mental or cognitive. The program consists of wheelchair accessible vans that stop at a person's house who has requested service and has been accepted by the MBTA and picks them up if they have made a reservation.
The program is run by the MBTA, but actual service is contracted out to four separate companies and organizations in the Greater Boston area to run the service:
The four contractors are:
- North: Greater Lynn Senior Services (GLSS)
- Northwest: Veterans Transportation
- Southwest: A joint venture between Thompson Transportation and YCN Transportation
- South: Kiessling Transit
The service uses the MBTA branding and the vans can be identified by color schemes with stripes running alongside the van. However, GLSS also uses their own vans with their own branding in combination with MBTA-branded vans.
