[New] Ride Assist offers transportation options

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Ride Assist Services (RAS) provides volunteer transportation to and from medical and dental appointments and community locations to ambulatory seniors and seniors with developmental and other disabilities (age 60 and above) who live in Powhatan County.

RAS is requesting funds from the Commonwealth of Virginia to cover various operating expenses ($25,000) through the FTA Section 5310 program to continue this transportation service.

Transportation, subject to volunteer availability, will be provided regularly between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday to Friday. RAS invites interested public and private transit and paratransit operators in Powhatan to comment on the proposed operating grant by sending written notice by Feb. 1, 2023, to: Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation – Public Transportation Division, 600 E. Main Street, Suite 2102, Richmond VA 23219 and to Ride Assist Services, 3908-2 Old Buckingham Road, Powhatan, VA 23139.