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Who provides ADA paratransit where you live or travel, what a ride costs, how far ahead to book, service hours and how to apply. 1,919 agencies and 24,198 places from official federal data.
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What is ADA paratransit?
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, every public agency that runs fixed-route buses or rail must also run complementary paratransit: shared-ride, door-to-door or curb-to-curb trips for people whose disability prevents them from using the regular bus or train (49 CFR 37.121). Federal minimum service rules (49 CFR 37.131):
- Service within ¾ mile of every bus route and around rail stations, during the same days and hours as the fixed routes.
- You can book the day before; agencies may allow booking up to 14 days ahead.
- The fare can be no more than twice the regular fixed-route fare. A personal care attendant rides free.
- No limits on trip purpose and no pattern of refused or late trips (capacity constraints are prohibited).
Many areas also have dial-a-ride or senior transportation open to other riders. Those services set their own rules; this guide labels which is which.
How eligibility works
Eligibility depends on your functional ability to use the bus or train, not on a diagnosis (49 CFR 37.123). You qualify if, because of a disability:
- you cannot board, ride or get off an accessible vehicle on your own, or understand how to use the system;
- you could use an accessible vehicle, but one is not available on the route when you need to travel; or
- a specific impairment-related condition prevents you from getting to or from a stop or station.
Agencies must decide within 21 days of a complete application, or treat you as eligible until they do, and must offer an appeal (49 CFR 37.125). Eligibility can be for all trips or only some trips. Read the full eligibility guide.
Traveling? You can ride as a visitor
If you are eligible at home, agencies elsewhere in the U.S. must serve you for 21 days in any 365-day period (49 CFR 37.127). How visitor service works.
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Regulation: 49 CFR Part 37 (Transportation services for individuals with disabilities). Data: FTA National Transit Database (NTD), 2024 report year, retrieved October 17, 2026. Last updated 2026-10-17.