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MyRide Oak Ridge
The City of Oak Ridge and Oak Ridge Senior Center have worked together to implement a new transportation program for senior citizens. The program, called “MyRide Oak Ridge,” provided its first ride in April 2019.
The City of Oak Ridge has offered transportation help to its senior population since 1974. Due to changes in grant reporting procedures from the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), the current taxi coupon program will be ending June 2019. The new MyRide Oak Ridge program will allow for a new way to provide this assistance.
The program includes door-through-door service provided by volunteer
drivers in their own vehicles. This service helps seniors be more independent by allowing them to take trips to the grocery store, social events, and medical appointments. It will also allow volunteers to accompany seniors into the store or a doctor’s office, if needed, as well as to help carry in groceries or other items. The program will be supported by membership fees and per ride costs charged to riders along with supplemental support from the City of Oak Ridge and other grant funding.
For more information on this and other programs for those age 60 and older, contact the Oak Ridge Senior Center at 865-425-5055. MyRide Oak Ridge and MyRide Sevier County are operated as part of the East TN Area Agency on Aging and Disability (ETAAAD) and the East TN Human Resource Agency (ETHRA). Gary Holiway is the executive director of ETHRA and Aaron Bradley is the Director of ETAAAD. The office is at 9111 Cross Park Drive, Suite D100, Knoxville, TN 37923; the phone
number is 865-691-2551.
East Tennessee Development District Counties: Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier, and Union.
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