Issue link: https://imageup.uberflip.com/i/699987
26 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | JULY 2016 Senior Transportation Assistance Interest Group In May we did a travel training trip for seniors to Morongo. The hour-long trip began at my home in Four Seasons, where two of us had scooters to load on a Dial-A-Ride bus. We proceeded to the Lodge to pick up the rest of the group. From there we went to Walmart and changed to a Pass fixed route bus going straight to Morongo. At Morongo nine of us had a luncheon buffet and some of us visited the gift shop while one lucky person gambled and won $200. Our trip back was delightful with all the banter of people who knew each other even better as a result of the trip. We were met at Walmart by our Dial-A-Ride which took us back to Four Seasons and to my front door. These bus drivers are helpful, knowledgeable and courteous. We have put a sign-up sheet down in the Lodge for future trips. We will re-run the one to Morongo for a while before trying another destination. The purpose of these trips is to educate seniors about using the bus transportation available in Beaumont and to get comfortable with getting on and off, particularly using a scooter, wheelchair, cane or walker. At our June 1 meeting in the Lodge with Mario Janesin of the Riverside Community Access Center, we discussed our trip and the taxicab services of Lyft and Über. We found out using Lyft is cheaper than Über. We do have some service in our Beaumont area and are working on gathering more information on service and prices. Lyft, I am told provides services any time of night. In June at a meeting of the T-Now Committee, I proposed we could use more people manning the phone lines for Beaumont Dial- A-Ride and Pass Transit. I suggested using volunteers and ask any of you to call me if you would be interested in helping to man the transportation lines for Beaumont. I am going to propose that for every certain amount of hours spent volunteering to answer phones perhaps Beaumont could give out some free bus passes. We are still working on our questionnaire at the Lodge and online. The ones we have received so far have been a big help. What has come out of this is that of the 35 to 75 age group, 31 percent live alone certainly a large enough group to need and want better, economical and efficient transportation to medical facilities, shopping, food, drugstores, etc. Please keep filling out these questionnaires in the Lodge and online at www.surveymonkey.com/r/passtransitseniors. I would like people to start emailing me at brendarteeman@ verizon.net regarding our Transportation for Seniors articles, questions or any proposals on senior transportation, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), transportation or veteran transportation. Any questions and interest shown would be greatly appreciated. Just a note about ADA: if you feel you qualify, get forms online or call Riverside Transit. Many of you may qualify and all it takes is to fill out a form and have your doctor fill out a form. You may have had knee surgery, use a scooter, wheelchair, cane or walker and easily qualify. This gives you many perks such as avoiding the fixed route buses and using Dial-A-Ride door-to-door. For those calling for a Sunday Dial-A-Ride, please be sure to call City Hall Transportation, Beaumont by Thursday. Thursday is the deadline for scheduling Sunday Dial-A-Ride. Only ADA card holders can ride on Sunday's Dial-A-Ride. ~ Brenda and Richard Teeman (909) 594-8487 A group of Four Seasons residents enjoyed a Dial a Ride trip in May. Brenda Teeman and her scooter use specially equipped bus ramp