Transportation Resources

Council on Aging Wheels of Life/Friendly Visitor Medical Transportation:   (781) 275-6825.  Best time to call between 9 AM -12 Noon

• For Bedford seniors 60 and over to medical appointments only. Advance notice required. Depending on destination transport may be by private vehicle or taxicab. The senior must be able to get in and out of the car on his/her own. Also the seniors will need to get in and out of the medical facility without assistance. Due to large number of ride requests the COA may have to limit each number of rides per month per senior.

BLT (Bedford Local Transit): (781) 275-2255

• Handicapped equipped van to provide transportation within the Town of Bedford for medical and non-medical appointments, shopping, trips to Senior Center. Runs Monday through Friday from 9AM - 3PM. Cost is $1.00 one way in town. Out of town shopping trips $2.00 each way. Rides must be requested between 8 and 9 AM of the day of the ride.

MBTA  The Ride: 1-800-533-6282

• Medically eligible riders need to submit an application with documentation of disability of more than six months duration
• Hours of operation are Sunday-Saturday same times as the regularly scheduled MBTA transportation.
• Purchase of tickets at a nominal fee

American Cancer Society/Road to Recovery   1-800-227-2345

• 72 hour advance notice is requested
• Rides are for cancer PATIENTS only

Alter-Ride (978) 758-9490 or http://www.alter-ride.com/

• Private, fee charged
• Wheelchair accessible
• No age restriction

Armstrong Ambulance/Chair Car (978) 441-9999

• Accepts Medicare, Medicaid

Various local churches

• Transportation by volunteers
• Contact individual church