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From a press release by the Mass Commission for the Blind

People with disabilities and people who are legally blind
can now apply for free/reduced MBTA fares online.


BOSTON — Today the MBTA announced that, beginning September 19, 2022, eligible riders can now apply online for a new, renewal, or replacement TAP CharlieCard or Blind Access CharlieCard. People with disabilities (including low vision) and Medicare cardholders are eligible for reduced MBTA fares with a TAP CharlieCard and people who are legally blind are eligible for free MBTA fares with a Blind Access CharlieCard.

With the launch of
these two online applications,
https://login.constantcontact.com/login/
the MBTA now accepts online applications for the following free/reduced fare programs: Blind Access, TAP, Senior, and Youth Pass. Riders will still be able to apply in-person at the
CharlieCard Store
https://www.mbta.com/fares/charliecard-store
for Senior, Blind Access, and TAP as they do now (and can make online reservations to visit the CharlieCard Store), and can also visit the
MBTA Mobility Center
https://www.mbta.com/accessibility/mbta-mobility-center
for online application support. Riders seeking to apply for a TAP CharlieCard by mail or at the CharlieCard Store can download the updated application at mbta.com/transportation-access-pass.
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The link mentions Boston Medical Center specifically, but the actual options are more general. Also note that these options do not list free Lift rides provided from Codman Square Clinic to BMC (I don't know which other clinics might offer this service).
Need a ride or help getting to your upcoming visit at BMC? Check out
https://info.clinic/BMCAMB/J482o2BKk
for options.
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It's called Circulation
https://www.circulation.com/
and it claims to work with hospitals and health plans in order to provide transportation specifically tailored to the needs of a patient or PWD.
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Recently, some of us were talking about the shortcomings of transit programs for people with disabilities, and one person asked why para-transit programs everywhere were such a mess. I thought that was a great question, so I went looking for a book that addressed it.

This looks like the best book on the general subject of the difficulties involved in planning for public transit and methods for solving some of those problems, so I'm posting the title and links to online excerpts here. Note: this book doesn't address para-transit psecifically, and I haven't read it yet, so can't speak for how useful it actually turns out to be, but I will review it once I read it.
This book is available on Bookshare.org.

Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities (2012)
by Jarett Walker
The table of contents is online here
https://humantransit.org/book/table-of-contents
and the complete introduction to the book is here
https://humantransit.org/book

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