Email: 
Password: 
Register
Menu
Local News Special Report Up Close Regular Features eEdition Special Publications  
Featured Stories:  
Upgrades at Garco Building Systems fuel growth            |            Four-story, $6 million mixed-use project mulled near Gonzaga            |            Associated Painters shelves construction of second hangar            |            Wage gap in Spokane lingers compared with Washington state, U.S.            |            Post Falls development anchored by Cabela's changes hands            |            Feeding Fido from afar            |            Roundy's motor-sport dealership to close; Mead school district buys building            |            Vivint to expand into Spokane, hire 400 in 18 months            |            Spokane Valley is short on funds for Sullivan Road bridge project            |            Spokane Valley moves ahead with design of Appleway Trail            |            Small Business Watch            |            Improving baseball fan experience            |            New owners to restore old Plantation restaurant in the Valley            |            Inland Group, Kalispel tribe plan $23 million housing complex in Airway Heights            Construction jobs increase in Spokane            |            Garco apparent low bidder for county bridge project            |            Health exchange call center operator takes Valley space            |            CHAS clinic transforms on North Side - Art only            |            Coeur d'Alene school district awards $9.2 million in project            |            Low-income senior project in Valley secures funding            |            Halme apparent low bidder on South Hill water project            |            West Side-based security concern opens Valley outlet            |            Graham wins $14.3 million Finch construction project            |            ML Architect sees spike in multifamily projects            |            Price-point diversity drives momentum at Lewis Construction            |            HUD to close Spokane office in consolidation            |            East Valley Construction starts $1.4 million project            |            EWU to build recycling center on its campus            |            Meridian affiliate buys building on lower South Hill            |            Shamrock garners project to repave stretch of SR 291            Breast reconstruction benefits from surgical advances            |            Pelvic prolapse procedure's success rate found lacking            |            Women in 40s not reducing rate of mammograms            |            As obesity, diabetes rise, perinatal services grow here            |            Gold particles could help ovarian cancer            |            Postpartum depression support expands in Spokane           
Special Report - Special Report - February 28, 2013
STA center now offering paratransit assessments
Agency adds new service at Plaza to check eligibility while also offering training

By Treva Lind
Of the Journal of Business

Spokane Transit Authority has expanded services inside the STA Plaza downtown to include assessments of applicants' eligibility to use its paratransit services.

Paratransit is a door-to-door public transportation service provided to people who can't access regular, fixed-route services because of a physical or mental incapacity.

Paratransit eligibility is determined through an application process that includes a physical or cognitive assessment, and until recently, ap...


Article Options:
Purchase Full Article - $1.50   |   Subscribe Online   |   Current Subscribers: Login


If you are a subscriber or have purchased this article, please login to view this article in it's entirety.

Subscribers have access to articles up to one year old. Purchased articles can be accessed in your account for 30 days.

Have questions or comments about this article?