Transportation
We provide transportation to Herkimer County senior citizens who are age 60 or older. If the senior citizen needs assistance due to mobility issues or dementia-related confusion, another adult, who may be younger than age 60, may accompany the senior in order to provide necessary assistance. We have wheelchair-accessible vans. There is a suggested contribution for each ride; these contributions help us to cover the costs involved—gas, drivers, repairs, etc. since our state and federal funding does not come close to covering our costs.
All rides are made on a reservation basis. We suggest you call at least a week or more ahead to be added to the schedule; since the price of gasoline has spiked, we have seen a tremendous increase in requests for rides. If you are looking for a ride to the doctor and know 2–3 weeks ahead when the appointment will be, call us then! We take seniors to wherever they want to go—medical appointment, shopping, hairdresser, visiting, etc. We pick people up at their door and drop them off where they want to go. When they are ready to go home, they call the Office For the Aging 315 867-1121 and we notify the driver that they are ready to be picked up. Because of the demand for service, sometimes they may have to wait a little while for pick-up.
We schedule our first ride of the day at 8:00 AM and the last ride at 2:00 PM. A special run to Little Falls and Dolgeville is scheduled every Thursday & Friday.
To make a reservation, call 315-867-1121. The first time someone schedules a ride with us we will ask some basic information: date of birth, emergency contact, etc. For every ride we schedule, we will ask where the person wants to go and if they will want a ride back home.
Sorry, but we do not transport to Utica or Cooperstown. We stay within Herkimer County. The demand for services is so high that we cannot accommodate travel to such distances.
We have a suggested contribution for each ride that is based on the distance traveled—and is very reasonable. Please see the chart below for suggested contributions.
Our service is curb-to-curb, so no, we can’t really help someone out of the house and down the steps to the van. (Our drivers are retired themselves.) If someone needs a lot of help, they can bring someone with them for assistance.
Suggested contributions for transportation Round trip contributions:
- Within town $2.00
- Herkimer to Mohawk $3.00
- Herkimer to Ilion $4.00
- Herkimer to Frankfort $5.00
- Little Falls to Herkimer $6.00
- Dolgeville to Little Falls $6.00
- Dolgeville to Herkimer $8.00
Additional Resources for transportation in Herkimer & Oneida Counties.
