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Future of Paratransit Mobility Board
With the new Future of Paratransit Project, King County Metro is conducting a full review of its paratransit rideshare service, Access Transportation. And we need community help to develop our improved model of Access service.
Goals
Scheduled to be completed by the summer of 2025, the Future of Paratransit project will aim to:
- Improve mobility for people with disabilities that are not able to use fixed-route transportation due to their disability.
- Improve efficiency, effectiveness and environmental impacts of Access Transportation.
- Equitably inform, engage and consult with current and potential Access customers, caregivers, and service providers.
Qualifications
For the Future of Paratransit Mobility Board, Metro seeks community members that meet the following criteria.
- Current Access paratransit riders or caregivers to Access paratransit riders.
- Representatives of organizations that provide services to/or support Access paratransit riders.
- Representatives of organizations that support current Access riders and/or potential riders who have limited English proficiency.
- A history of riding Access or providing transportation support to other Access riders (at least one-year of experience).
- Experience identifying transportation challenges of multiple Access riders (at least one-year of experience).
Equity matters
Metro aims to form a mobility board that equitably represents groups of people who have historically been left out of decision-making conversations related to paratransit and who are disproportionately affected by these decisions. This includes Black, Indigenous, and people of color; people with physical and/or cognitive disabilities; people with low to no income; immigrants and refugees; and linguistically diverse communities. We are also seeking representation from older adults, students and youth, and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ within those groups.