paratransit
noun
para·tran·sit
ˌper-ə-ˈtran(t)-sət 
-ˈtran-zət,
ˌpa-rə-
: transportation service that supplements larger public transit systems by providing individualized rides without fixed routes or timetables
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The agency is waiving fares that day for all of its services, including bus, rail, paratransit and bike share.
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Alex Driggars, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Lynx also will continue its paratransit service for low-income and elderly riders along with those who have physical or mental disabilities.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 May 2025
That means 19 municipalities will lose transit, 41 bus routes will be cut, light rail and paratransit service will be reduced, direct service to the airport will be lost and a planned bus network redesign will be scrapped.
—Ryan Deto, Axios, 17 Apr. 2025
Pace paratransit vehicles will shuttle ADA riders via the McCormick Place busway between Millennium and McCormick Place stations but will not stop at the Museum Campus, Van Buren Street or 18th Street stations.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025
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Alex Driggars, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Lynx also will continue its paratransit service for low-income and elderly riders along with those who have physical or mental disabilities.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 May 2025
That means 19 municipalities will lose transit, 41 bus routes will be cut, light rail and paratransit service will be reduced, direct service to the airport will be lost and a planned bus network redesign will be scrapped.
—Ryan Deto, Axios, 17 Apr. 2025
Pace paratransit vehicles will shuttle ADA riders via the McCormick Place busway between Millennium and McCormick Place stations but will not stop at the Museum Campus, Van Buren Street or 18th Street stations.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Paratransit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paratransit. Accessed 12 Aug. 2025.
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