Senior and Disabled
Bus Tracking
Track our Demand Response vehicles here: http://vc.mwrta.com/demandresponse.html
ADA Paratransit
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and what is ADA service?
- The ADA Act of 1990 is a civil rights act, ensuring the rights of individuals with disabilities. Among those rights are a right to access public transit.
- The ADA led to the issuance of 49 CFR Part 37 - Transportation Services for Individuals with Disabilities.
- This law assures that individuals with disabilities have a right to a comparable level of public transit service as individuals without disabilities.
- The ADA comparable paratransit minimum requirement states that transportation must be provided to disabled individuals within a ¾ mile distance from fixed route (regular bus) service.
- ADA Paratransit service runs the same hours as fixed route service in the same core areas, and can be requested during the business hours of the MWRTA.
The law provides eligibility for:
Any individual with a disability who is unable, as the result of a physical or mental impairment (including a vision impairment), and without the assistance of another individual (except the operator of a wheelchair lift or other boarding assistance device), to board, ride or disembark from any vehicle on the system which is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities." (§37.123(e) (1)) In addition to individuals with physical disabilities that prevent them from using the fixed route, this right is also granted to people with mental, cognitive, and visual impairments who cannot recognize destinations, understand bus transfers, or distinguish between different buses on different routes at terminals and/or while en route.
ADA Eligibility Application Procedure
If you like to apply of the ADA paratransit service either print out MW RIDE application A &B from above or contact the MWRTA Call Center at 508-820-4650. This 2 part application must be returned to:
15 Blandin Avenue Framingham, MA 01702, ATTN: ADA Director.
Para acceder a la Solicitud de viaje de la ADA - Parte A en espanol, haga clic aqui.
Para acceder a la Solicitud de viaje de la ADA - Parte B en espanol, haga clic aqui.
Para acessar o aplicativo ADA Ride - Parte A em portugues, clique aqui.
Para acessar o aplicativo ADA Ride - Parte B em portugues, clique aqui.
要访问ADA Ride应用程序-中文普通话A部分，请单击此处。
要访问中文普通话的ADA乘骑应用程序B部分，请单击此处。
The MetroWest Ride
The MetroWest RIDE currently provides service to residents in Framingham, Natick Wellesley and Dover who cannot independently access of fully accessible fixed route buses. It also provides ADA service in all other member towns where mandated, with deviated fixed route service.
Also, available to print is the MW RIDE Guide, a policy manual for users of the MW RIDE service. This policy guide may be updated on occasion, so please check for the current revision date.
The MetroWest RIDE accepts online credit card payments for the MW RIDE service. All major credit cards are accepted.
Before using the system, contact the Call Center at (508) 820-4650 to receive your MW RIDE ID# and your temporary password. (You will be required to change the temporary password the first time that you log in). https://mwride.mwrta.com
Fare information:
The cost for a one way ADA trip is currently $2.00 within the MetroWest RIDE service area. There is no cash accepted on the vehicles. A fare account must be established with the call center before any rides can be scheduled, this account can be funded by mailing a check (made out to the MWRTA) to 15 Blandin Ave, Framingham, MA , 01702 or by credit card over the phone or by following the instructions below.
Dial-A-Ride
Serving the residents of the towns of Ashland, Hopkinton, Marlborough, Sherborn, Southborough and Wayland.
Advance booking of 2 business days is required.
If ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) certified, advanced booking of only 1 day prior is required.
Please contact the MetroWest Call Center at 508-820-4650 for eligibility requirements.
The MWRTA does not accept trip fares in cash on the vehicles. All Dial-a-Ride customers must set up a fare account. Please contact the MW Call Center at 508-820-4650 and a representative will assist you. Payments may be made with a representative over the phone, by mailing a check to our offices, located at 15 Blandin Ave., Framingham, MA 01702, or online once you have registered a password with the Call Center. Please visit https://mwride.mwrta.com to use the online payment site.
The Councils on Aging and the MWRTA
The MWRTA is working in cooperation with several Councils on Aging to provide Senior and Disabled transportation for towns in the MetroWest area. The Councils on Aging of each town are as different as the towns themselves. The transportation plans therefore vary from town to town, but the goal of all is to assist in the transportation needs of their Senior and Disabled populations. The COA's in the towns of Ashland, Holliston, Hopkinton, Sudbury and Wayland have worked out plans with the MWRTA, and the Authority is providing funding and or vehicles to the COA’s.