{"id":385069,"date":"2022-09-28T15:00:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T22:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/?p=385069"},"modified":"2024-02-21T18:25:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T18:25:10","slug":"late-night-safe-rides-launches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/blog\/2022\/09\/28\/late-night-safe-rides-launches\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Night Safe Rides Launches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Late Night Safe Rides&#8221; Shared Rides are now available from 7 p.m.\u2013midnight for $2! Gold Coast Transit District (GCTD) is launching a new \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gctd.org\/getting-around\/late-night-safe-rides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Late Night Safe Rides<\/a>\u201d shared ride, demand-response service available to anyone who requires transportation within the GCTD service area from the hours of 7 p.m. to midnight.\u00a0 The new service is intended to provide passengers an affordable and safe option during late night hours, in particular workers in fields such as hospitality and health care, who may get off from work late at night.<\/p>\n<p>This new curb-to-curb service will be offered nightly beginning Monday, May 10 for a fare of $2\/person, each way.\u00a0 Cash (exact fare) and Token Transit e-fares are accepted.\u00a0 E-fares may be purchased using GCTD&#8217;s Token Transit App.<\/p>\n<p>Requests for transportation may be made the day before or same day (with at least 1hr notice), up to 11:30 p.m. by calling 805-485-2319.\u00a0 The service will use GCTD\u2019s existing fleet of GO ACCESS paratransit vehicles, some of which are updated with racks to accommodate bicycles.\u00a0 The entire ACCESS fleet was also updated with LED dashboard lights to help passengers identify an approaching ACCESS vehicle to pick up a customer.\u00a0 All passengers will be required to wear masks on board.<\/p>\n<p>The new demonstration service will be funded for one year by Federal Jobs Access Reverse Commute (JARC) grant funds with a specific emphasis on assisting essential workers in their reverse commutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reservations: 805-485-2319<\/strong><br \/>\nAdvance Reservations Recommended. Minimum 1 Hour Notice Required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late Night Safe Rides&#8221; Shared Rides are now available from 8\u201311 p.m. for $2! Gold Coast Transit District (GCTD) is launching a new \u201cLate Night Safe Rides\u201d shared ride, demand-response service available to anyone who&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":385072,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[40,45,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-385069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basic-assistance-community-events","category-career-and-business-community-events","category-hsa-community-events"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-17 15:28:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturacounty.gov\/human-services-agency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}