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mizmoose t1_iu76gmc wrote

Reply to comment by fadedrosebud in Accessibility by balou918

Access, at least when I tried to use it 20-odd years ago, required you to be pre-registered with the system [which took 6 months for reasons they couldn't explain], then required 24 hour notice of any non-pre-scheduled trips and I forget how long if you wanted a daily-type of schedule (like, for work).

Then YOU must be early at the pickup point, to make sure there at the right time, but they can show up whenever.

It was a nightmare to try to use.

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fadedrosebud t1_iuarbdr wrote

That's still how it works, you have to call early the previous morning to book a trip, except on Friday you can book for Sat.-Sun.-Mon. Sometimes they are short on drivers so you are turned down. If you have a long awaited appointment with a specialist or a medical procedure you don't know if you can show up until the previous day. And forget spending bucks on a theater, concert, or sports event ticket, cause you might get a nope! I've waited as long as 2 1/2 hours for them to show up to pick me up going home. I see them pick up people who have been on dialysis all day, and feel awful for how they have to wait.

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