Paratransit buses * USA - NRoute buses have taken at least 8,400 trips
Vicksburg,MS,USA -The Vicksburg Post, by Sam Knowlton -26 Nov 2006: -- ... Director Evelyn Bumpers said such a service is provided by NRoute as part of its contract for receiving federal grant money... The service is called para-transit and is for disabled people, she said. It provides door-to-door service, and each trip costs $3, Bumpers said... “It looks like a taxi service, but it's not,” ... Davenport said she thinks the transportation the system is providing is increasing opportunities for people to accept jobs. The city's decision to seek the grant money and commit local funds followed a Chamber of Commerce study indicating a need for the buses, especially in census tracts with high unemployment rates and relatively few personal vehicles... (Photo by Matt Lantrip • The Vicksburg Post - NRoute bus driver Maxine Davenport drives passengers Delores Jones and her grandchildren Precious Porter, 5, and Lakendra Porter, 8, down Letitia Street on the Clay Street South route earlier this week)
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