The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) unveiled the first electric vehicles to join the Access-A-Ride paratransit fleet in April. The pilot includes 15 electric vans (costing approximately $3 million). In March, Access-A-Ride set a record for the seven-day period between March 8-14, with 213,512 booked trips. Booked trips on an average weekday have increased from 31,500 per day to 33,800 per day in March. Between July 2023 and March 2024, MTA Paratransit cut its call answer times from 50 seconds down to 15.
Source: MTA
