RideChoice will provide affordable, on-demand service

The blind and disabled communities in Peoria scored a win with a recent unanimous approval by city council that will bring affordable, 24/7 on-demand transportation service throughout the city.

The approval amended an intergovernmental agreement amendment with the Regional Public Transportation Authority, also known as Valley Metro, to expand Peoria’s Paratransit Americans with Disabilities Act Transportation to include RideChoice, an on-demand Americans with Disabilities Act transportation service.

Kimberly Fetterman, 54, a 22-year Peoria resident, went blind six years ago. She is an instructor at Savvi Services for the Blind in central Phoenix, where she teaches non-visual skills to the blind so, she said, other blind people can ha

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