Background 

Prop K contributes nearly $10 million per year to the operating costs of MUNI’s paratransit program. Services are provided to persons with disabilities including frail seniors who cannot use MUNI’s regular buses. Services are also provided for persons with AIDS and for clients of the expanding Adult Day Care system. Muni purchased 20 paratransit vans and provided over 1.2 million trips thorugh its various paratransit services.

The Authority Board directed the formation of a Paratransit Working Group (PWG), staffed by the Authority and MUNI, to aide the Select Committee on Paratransit in the development of recommendations for a long-term financial strategy and to identify strategies for optimizing cost effectiveness of the paratransit program.

The PWG held its first meeting on September 19, 2005.

• Click here for minutes from the September 19 meeting
• Click here for information on agendas and future meetings

The represented organizations and members are listed below:

* Elizabeth Dunlap is the designated alternate for Jackie Sachs, representing the Authority's CAC.
** Ray Del Portillo is the designated alternate for Carolyn Devine, representing the CAAS.
*** Pi Ra is the designated alternate for Bruce Oka, representing the EPAC.

PWG Reference Materials

San Francisco Bay Area Older Adults Transportation Study