New senior resource from SFMTA: Essential Trip Card for reduced fare taxis

From SF Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA):

Source: https://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/accessibility/paratransit/essential-trip-card

Essential Trip Card: Helping Older Adults and People with Disabilities Navigate Reduced Muni Service

Muni is making necessary service reductions during the order to shelter-in-place. We know that for many people with disabilities and seniors, walking farther to an alternate bus — or paying for other transportation — isn’t possible. To serve this need, the SFMTA is announcing the Essential Trip Card (ETC) – a discount program to help seniors and people with disabilities make essential trips in taxis during this crisis.

The ETC will subsidize about two to three round trips by taxi per month for older adults (persons 65 and older) and people with disabilities. Eligible participants will pay 20% of the cost of a regular cab ride fare for essential trips. The program uses taxis to take people on essential trips like going to the grocery store, pharmacy or another necessary medical trip during the shelter-in-place period. Customers who pay $12 will receive $60 value for taxi trips on a debit card. Continue reading “New senior resource from SFMTA: Essential Trip Card for reduced fare taxis”

New signs for the Detroit Steps Project

For more information about the Detroit Steps Project, visit this overview page. 

This two-block set of steps on either side of Monterey Blvd at Detroit Street is undergoing gradual changes on its way to becoming a beauty spot. New signage was installed this month. Read previous posts about the project here. Read a summary of the project here.

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Lower Detroit Steps.
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Detroit at Monterey.

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