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Stranded & Seething ; Transportation Service For Local Elderly And Disabled Off To A Rocky Start With New Operator. But Rrta Says Be Patient, Things Will Improve.
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Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
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July 3, 2008
- Author:
- Cindy Stauffer
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Getting around the county for some elderly people turned into a
nightmare this week, when a new company took over a shared-ride
service for the Red Rose Transit Authority.
Two people, including a woman in her 90s, were stuck on Red Rose
Access vans for as long as five hours on their way home from adult
day care.
Others were stranded at their destinations, dropped off but never
picked up. Others had their rides to area senior centers show up
before 6 a.m. and the riders were dropped off outside centers that
were still locked.
It's been horrendous, said Helen Bechtold, director of the
Columbia Senior Center.
We are hopeful there can be some prompt and considerable
improvements, said Jacqueline ...