by Michael | Nov 6, 2025 | Handicap Transportation Services
Last fall, I met Richard at the Albany Community Center on Marin Avenue. He’s a 67-year-old retired architect who uses a power wheelchair after a spinal cord injury five years ago. Richard told me he’d stopped attending his woodworking club meetings and...
by Michael | Nov 6, 2025 | Handicap Transportation Services
Last year, I received a call from a woman named Patricia who lives near Solano Avenue in Albany. She was crying as she explained that her husband Thomas needed to attend pre-surgery appointments at Alta Bates Summit, but their previous transportation experience had...
by Michael | Nov 5, 2025 | Handicap Transportation Services
Six months ago, I met Eleanor at the Albany Senior Center on Marin Avenue. Her 88-year-old mother Grace had stopped attending her weekly book club and monthly doctor appointments—not because she couldn’t physically make the trips, but because she felt anxious...
by Michael | Nov 5, 2025 | Handicap Transportation Services
I’ll never forget meeting David and his son Michael at the Albany Library on Solano Avenue two years ago. David, who uses a wheelchair after a spinal cord injury, had been essentially homebound for three months. His son worked full-time as a teacher at Albany...
by Michael | Nov 5, 2025 | Handicap Transportation Services
Three years ago, I received a phone call that changed how I think about dialysis transportation. It was from a woman named Patricia who lived on Ramona Avenue in Albany. Her father had missed two dialysis treatments that month because their usual ride had...
by Michael | Nov 5, 2025 | Handicap Transportation Services
Last spring, we met Catherine at the Albany Farmers’ Market on Solano Avenue. She’d been searching for reliable accessible van service for her husband Tom, who uses a wheelchair after a car accident left him paralyzed. They’d tried several...
