Like it has done to virtually everything else in New York, the coronavirus pandemic is now shaking up the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s paratransit service, Access-A-Ride. This week, both ...

Starting Sunday, the base fare for NYC subways, local buses and Access-A-Ride will increase by 10 cents, from $2.90 to $3.

An MTA program that allows some Access-A-Ride users to arrange trips through app-hailed car rides is set to get more expensive. Disabled New Yorkers who currently pay $2.75 to get around via ...

Throughout the pandemic, as a way to protect riders, the MTA suspended shared cars and vans, but, starting in early July, the agency began phasing in shared rides for its Access-a-Ride users again.

There is a reason why Access-A-Ride is better known as “Stress-A-Ride” for the approximately 170,000 New Yorkers who depend on it. The bill for Access-A-Ride will hit $616 million this year and the ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- As more and more New Yorkers return to their daily travels as the city continues to rebound from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some of the area’s most vulnerable ...

Readers: Time for me to go to the woodshed. In my Sunday Dear John column, I have been soliciting comments about Access-A-Ride from readers. The reason is because I got a tip that the rules under ...