Half price taxi and car service for seniors

Do you have specific Neighborhood(s) in mind?

all of brooklyn

Which group(s) does your idea focus on? Select as many as apply.

Older Adults

People with Disabilities

Describe the challenge you want to address:

seniors and adults who have been given permission to ride public service half price still have to pay full price for car service = too expensive for fixed incomes

What is the solution to the challenge?

as we already have in MTA, approved individuals should be able to ride car services for 1/2 price. Half paid on persons choice card (unclear if that's what this says) and city / organizations pays the other half -- prioritizing support for yellow cabs.

Facilitator note: one things this doesn't mention is that seniors find Access-a-ride very unreliable and need to still use car service as back-up option and need to pay full price. By having a program where we support people with disabilities and older adults get to their health appointments and to get around the city (such as grocery shopping), this would make a sizable impact on many people throughout the borough. I have personally seen this concept to be very successful in other parts of the country (ex: in South Bend, Indiana, the City helped a nonprofit organization to partner with Lyft to provide rides to work for high-risk individuals prone to being laid off for being late to work. this idea has won many awards in the "civic innovation" space). Please contact Sara Boukdad (CEC Facilitator for this session) at 857-544-0934 if I can provide more context.

Please provide your Zip Code

11215