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Senior Transportation Assistance (T-Now) Interest Group
T-Now met Feb. 4 at Beaumont City Hall. It has been decided
that for this year they will continue to meet there at 12 noon the
first Thursday of the month. Lunch is served.
The goals for this year's T-Now are: 1. Enhance customers
experience; 2. Promote ridership benefits; and 3. Enhance
Riverside Transit Agency's name recognition.
T-Now covers the cities of Beaumont, Banning, Morongo,
Calimesa, and Cabazon. It is a citizens' advocacy group for
public transportation. Often more is accomplished in these
groups than would be expected.
We are working at getting a travel training class here at Four
Seasons. To travel Dial-A-Ride you only need to show proof
that you are 65 years and older. You can practice getting on
and off with wheel chairs, scooters, crutches and to overcome
any personal problems of using public transportation with the
travel training class. There is also a way of taking a class that
will then entitle you to free transportation as long as you use
public transportation on a regular basis.
Kaiser patients can now order their pain medication online
and pick up from a Kaiser pharmacy two days after ordering.
There is a Kaiser urgent care in Redlands, but you must call for
a same day appointment after 3 pm and it is available from 5 to
7 pm. Monday through Friday. and Saturdays 9 am to 12 noon.
March 3 was a T-Now Meeting. We met with some new
people representing 2-11 Vet Link Trip Planner and again
presented our plan for taxis for seniors at greatly reduced fairs
and they promised to look into it. Their concerns are senior
citizens as well as vets.
Please fill out the questionnaire on senior transportation.
You will find it in the lobby of Four Seasons or online. It is
the only voice we all have to be part of the solution to improve
transportation for seniors, reducing rates, opting for more
door-to-door services for all seniors and above all providing a
convenient and safe ride.
Please go online to www.surveymonkey.com/r/
passtransitseniors and/or you can ask questions and request a
survey via email at: seniorridersurvey@gmail.com. ~ Brenda
and Richard Teeman
