The municipality is making it easier for support people to travel on public transit in Chatham-Kent.
Ride CK now offers a Support Person Assistance Card allowing riders with disabilities to bring a support person with them at no additional charge.
Until now, a process for fare-free support persons was only available for Chatham and Wallaceburg Accessible specialized transit services.
“In 2021 we received more applications for Chatham Accessible than ever before. Demand for specialized transit is rising as our population ages so it can be difficult to book a ride on that service when you want it,” said Ann-Marie Millson, Manager of Transit & Capital Asset Management. “We hope this new Support Person Assistance Card will allow some of these riders to effectively migrate back to conventional service and encourage new riders with disabilities to discover public transit.”
The new card is not necessary for riders who are already approved for specialized transit and have a mandatory support person attached their profile, unless they plan to use conventional transit.
Applications can be picked up at a Municipal Centre or downloaded online at www.rideck.ca.
