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The Ride (sometimes styled as The RIDE) is the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's ADA paratransit program for people with physical, mental or cognitive disabilities that make it difficult or impossible to ride the MBTA's fixed-route bus, subway, and trolley system. The Ride provides door-to-door service, from vehicle to door.
Harford Transit LINK operates seven routes Mondays through Fridays, closing on federal holidays and some adjacent days for holiday observances. Lines have various starting and stopping times, but none run overnight. The earliest route begins at 5:07 a.m. with the latest route closing at 8:57 p.m. [1] [2] [3]
Accessible "mini-high" platform at Highland station on the Needham Line. As of 2020, 108 out of 141 MBTA Commuter Rail stations (77%) are accessible. Six lines are entirely accessible: the Greenbush Line, Plymouth/Kingston Line, Middleborough/Lakeville Line, Fairmount Line, Providence/Stoughton Line, and Needham Line, while the other lines have a mix of accessible and non-accessible stations.
Nov. 19—Gary Blazinsky, the administrator of Harford Transit LINK, has been named the 2021 Community Transportation Manager of the Year by the Community Transportation Association of America.
Intermediate public transport (IPT), also known as paratransit, encompasses a range of hired road vehicles that offer flexible passenger transportation services.Unlike traditional public transit, IPT does not operate on a fixed schedule and may vary in its adherence to set routes.
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A pilot program that started in 2023 has allowed some Access Link users to use rideshares and taxis as an alternative, leading to shorter wait times and quicker trips for customers, Inganamort said.
In December 2021, Michelle Wu, who had won the 2021 mayoral election and was now mayor of Boston, extended the pilot program by two months. [16] Wu afterwards succeeded in launching a two-year program to have the MBTA Route 23, 28, and 29 buses run fare-free for two years, with this program beginning on March 1, 2022.