San Francisco Paratransit provides
About this Program
The mission of SF Paratransit is to provide van and taxi services to people with disabilities, unable to independently use public transit due to a disability or disabling health condition. SF Paratransit provides complementary paratransit services for the SFMTA in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); SF Access is the ADA-required complementary service.
SF Paratransit also provides premium paratransit services not required by the ADA: Paratransit Taxi, SFMTA Group Van, DAAS Group Van, DAAS Shopping Shuttle, and Shop-a-Round.
SF Paratransit performs about 800,000 passenger trips annually. Two-thirds of all trips are provided by our van operated services. The remaining third of our trips are provided by taxicabs. All vans used to provide SF Paratransit services are wheelchair accessible.
Additionally, 100 San Francisco taxicabs are ramp equipped and able to accommodate wheelchair passengers who are unable to transfer out of a wheelchair. SFMTA contracts a Pararansit Broker to manage SF Paratransit. The paratransit broker sub-contracts with van and taxi companies to provide paratransit services. Many of our service providers are small, locally owned and operated businesses and not-for-profit organizations.
