{"id":393317,"date":"2025-11-20T23:30:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/393317\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T23:30:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:30:15","slug":"on-demand-wheelchair-accessible-vehicle-services-launch-in-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/393317\/","title":{"rendered":"On-demand wheelchair accessible vehicle services launch in San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2014 For the second consecutive year, RideFACTNOW will be able to provide on-demand wheelchair-accessible vehicle services in San Diego County. <\/p>\n<p>The non-profit, FACT Inc. (Facilitating Access to Coordinated Transportation), is working with the San Diego Association of Governments and Caltrans to improve specialized mobility. <\/p>\n<p>RideFACTNOW provides same-day service within the hour and offers wheelchair accessible vehicles. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs San Diego\u2019s senior population continues to grow, the need for accessible, affordable transportation has never been greater,&#8221; said Susan Hafner, FACT\u2019s Board Chair. &#8220;FACT helps persons with disabilities avoid isolation, maintain independence, and enjoy a higher quality of life\u2014reminding us that mobility is not just about movement, but about connection, belonging, and opportunity.\u201d\u202f<\/p>\n<p>SANDAG\u2019s Access for All Grant Program (AFA)Cycle 2 awarded FACT $2.3 million to fund RideFACTNow. Caltrans also awarded FACT more than $770,000 for a new fleet of wheelchair accessible vehicles through its Federal Transit Administration program.<\/p>\n<p>To schedule a ride, you can call (888) 924-3228.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2014 For the second consecutive year, RideFACTNOW will be able to provide on-demand wheelchair-accessible vehicle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":393318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,108699,14167,186879,3549,50782,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,186880],"class_list":{"0":"post-393317","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-caltrans","12":"tag-fact","13":"tag-ridefactnow","14":"tag-san-diego","15":"tag-sandag","16":"tag-sandiego","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa","23":"tag-wheelchair-accessible-vehicle"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115584632273120041","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}