Access-a-ride
The MTA is apparently turning a blind eye to Access-A-Ride complaints Nearly half of complaints made by Access-A-Ride users are largely ignored or shoddily probed by the MTA, according to a new audit. The investigation by city Comptroller Scott Stringer revealed...
MTA failed to collect $400K in fines from Access-A-Ride contractor The MTA failed to collect nearly $400,000 in penalty fees from a contractor that gave Access-A-Ride’s disabled users inaccurate travel-planning information, officials said Thursday. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli audited Global...
NYC comptroller urges MTA to fix Access-A-Ride program MTA’s Access-A-Ride service left elderly and disabled passengers stranded more than 31,000 times last year, according to an audit by Comptroller Scott Stringer. The MTA didn’t heavily monitor the service...
Access-A-Ride workers to strike A group of MTA workers who run the Access-A-Ride program plan to strike because of continued terrible treatment by their employer. The Transport Workers Union members voted to strike against...
Woman flashed by Access-A-Ride driver An elderly woman was flashed by her Access-A-Ride driver in The Bronx, cops said. The 73-year-old victim was dropped off at her Soundview home Sept. 5 around 10:45 a.m. when...
Disabled New Yorkers suing MTA over Access-A-Ride ​​A group of disabled New Yorkers is suing the MTA, saying the ​agency forces rejected Access-A-Ride applicants ​into a Catch-22 — telling them to trek out to a Queens office...
3 charged in MTA cab-reimbursement scheme Three men were charged Wednesday with stealing tens of thousands of dollars from an MTA cab-reimbursement program, authorities said. The men allegedly took advantage of the program that reimburses disabled...
MTA cracking down on funding bogus cab trips Some transit riders are getting money from the MTA for bogus cab trips, according to a new report. The MTA has a program that diverts handicapped riders from expensive Access-a-Ride...
Cabs are key to saving MTA money with Access-A-Ride The MTA is saving millions of dollars a year — by putting people in cabs. Users of the MTA’s Access-A-Ride service were diverted to taxis for 2 million trips, or...