Bikes on Buses: On-board, front-mount bicycle racks permit passengers to hang their bikes and retrieve them when they reach their bus connection or destination. The use of a bike, when combined with bus travel, regional travel to many desitinations possible.
Rideshare: Bay Area Commuter Services (BACS) in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties and Commuter Services in Sarasota, Manatee and Polk counties are two organizations that focus on assisting commuters in setting up carpools, vanpools and other alternatives to the one-passenger car. There is no charge for this service.
Transportation Disadvantaged: Another special service is focused on the needs of transportation disadvantaged (TD) - individuals, defined by Florida law defines as those who...
...because of physical or mental disability, income status, or age are unable to transport themselves or to purchase transportation and are, therefore, dependent upon others to obtain access to health care, employment, education, shopping, social activities, or other life-sustaining activities, or children who are handicapped or high-risk or at-risk as defined in s. 411.202.
Depending on availability of funds and services, TD programs may provide low cost bus passes, paratransit, taxi, etc. For more information go to the Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged website or contact your local MPO. (See the column at left.)
