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BERGEN COUNTY SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION TABLE OF CONTENTS C. PRIORITIES & PHONING REQUIREMENTS G. TOWNS AND AVAILABLE SERVICE INDEX Bergen County Special Transportation Mission Statement Bergen County Special Transportation is a division of the Department of Human Services. The Division of Special Transportation is here to provide a safe, trouble free, scheduled transportation system for disabled, elderly, and frail residents of Bergen County. Service is provided in a professional, timely, courteous, and caring manner in all type of weather. Service is door-to-door and is provided by drivers who are specially trained to assist the elderly and persons with disabilities. This vital service is life sustaining for clients with serious medical and health needs; a lifeline to homebound clients who are delivered nutritional meals daily; and a link to social services for clients who would otherwise be isolated and alone.
The goals of the Division of Special Transportation are to increase the number of clients served, to expand service to night hours for recreational, educational, and medical purposes and to remain a national model for special transportation services. Special Transportation: Know Priorities Phone Early The Bergen County Office of Special Transportation provides transportation for use by elderly and disabled persons who are unable to use public transportation. The service is heavily used and the needs are ever increasing. Every effort is made to accommodate everyone who needs the special transportation facilities. The highest priority is given to medical appointments, day care, transportation to work and grocery shopping. Transportation is also available to nutrition sites, senior citizen centers and recreational activities. It is important to make reservations as early as possible. Clients are urged to call as soon as they have a medical appointment for which they need transportation. It is also important that dispatchers be make aware of the need for a wheelchair lift or of any problem a client may have getting on and off a van. Transportation is not available on the following holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, Lincoln's Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, election Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and the Friday after Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. The safety of those who use special transportation is very important. In that spirit, there are a few policies to clarify regarding the use of special transportation services:
We hope you understand our concerns, and we thank you for your cooperation. Your donations help to improve services. Special transportation is extremely expensive to provide. The average cost for a round-trip is $10. If you are able to contribute toward the cost, we suggest a donation of $1. Contributions are used to purchase additional vans. Phone the Office of Special Transportation at (201) 646-3137. How to use the following index On the following section you will find a list of Bergen County's municipalities, each followed by a series of numbers. The numbers correspond to transportation services provided to the elderly and disabled of that community. The list of the transportation services follows the list of municipalities. 1. Locate the town in which you live 2. Click on the first number following your town and read the description to see if it meets your needs. 3. If the first number does not apply, refer to the other columns. Municipalities offer various types of transportation exclusively for their residents (i.e., in town only, door-to-door and set routes). Some of this information is not available to us but we have included as much as we were able to get. Disabled and elderly clients should contact their municipal buildings to inquire further about available transportation. We hope you find this information helpful and invite you to inform us of any other transportation resources of which you are aware. The information contained in this chart represents data collected at the time of publishing. Since these sources may be increased or reduced without notice, it is possible that there may be changes from the date of publication to the date you refer to this information. Periodic updates will be made to keep this information as current as possible. Bergen County Towns and Available Services
Transportation Available 1. American Cancer
Society
201-343-2222 2. American Red
Cross -
Central
201-487-7470 3. American
Red Cross -
Northern
201-568-8787 4. American Red
Cross -
Northwest
201-652-3210 5. American Red
Cross -
Rutherford
201-939-2455 6. Bergen County Special
Transportation 201-646-3227 7. Bergen County Special
Transportation 201-646-3678 8. Bergen County Special
Transportation 201-646-3227 9. Bergen
County Special Transportation 201-646-3347 10. Bergen County Special
Transportation 201-646-3227 11. Bergen County Special
Transportation 201-646-3347 12. Bergenfield Town
Vehicle
201-385-0909 13.
Bogota Town
Vehicle
201-342-1211 14.
Cresskill Town
Vehicle
201-569-5400 15.
Dumont Town
Vehicle
201-387-5040 16.
East Rutherford Town
Vehicle
201-933-3448 17.
Edgewater Town
Vehicle
201-943-2626 18.
Fair Lawn Town
Vehicle
201-794-5332 19.
FISH of
Ramsey
201-447-7330 20.
FISH of Englewood and
Tenafly
201-568-3333 21.
FISH of
Ridgewood
201-444-2688 22.
Fort Lee Parking
Authority
201-592-3649 23.
Garfield Town
Vehicle
201-478-7059 24.
Hasbrouck Heights Reach Program
201-441-3350 25.
Lyndhurst Town
Vehicle
201-804-2504 26.
Mahwah Town
Vehicle
201-529-2140 27.
New Milford Town
Vehicle
201-967-7874 28.
North Arlington Town
Vehicle
201-955-6117 29.
Oakland Town
Vehicle
201-405-7731 30.
Palisades Park Town
Vehicle
201-585-4114 31.
Pascack Valley Hospital
Vehicle
201-358-0054 32.
Ramsey Town Vehicle 201-327-2697 or 201-818-4188 33.
Ridgefield Town
Vehicle
201-943-5215 34.
Rutherford Town
Vehicle
201-438-5560 35.
Starfish of
Rutherford
201-438-3406 36.
Saddle Brook Town
Vehicle
201-845-4594 37.
Starfish of
Teaneck
201-871-3473 38.
Teaneck Town
Vehicle
201-837-0171 39.
Veterans Vehicle to
East Orange & Lyons 201-646-3679 40.
Wood-Ridge Town
Vehicle
201-939-0202
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