Getting Around The Community
How Will You Connect With Others When You Travel?
If you have trouble using a regular telephone, you might be able to get free special equipment.
Free Special Phones are for people who have difficulty hearing, talking, seeing, thinking or moving. Some people start having trouble as they get older or after an accident. Other people have always had a disability. Disabilities include deafness, hearing loss, speech impairment, blindness or have visual problems as well as physical or intellectual disabilities.
To be eligible, you must:
Be a Pennsylvania resident with a disability or disabilities that prevent you from making and/or receiving phone calls independently;
Be six years of age or older;
Have an individual gross income of 200% of the federal poverty level or less;
Have a current home or mobile telephone service (or the ability to get mobile phone service); and
Have the ability to learn how to use the requested device(s).
Ways to connect if you choose to not use a phone or are unable to use a phone:
Use a Tablet to connect to
Cell Phone
Accessibility Apps for smart devices.docxFree-Low Cost Wireless Providers.docxHow to find Accessible Locations?
Will You Be A Driver?
OVR:Office of Vocational Rehabilitation helps individuals plan for Employment - Part of planning for employment is accessing the Job.
OVR may be able to providing supports/training in Driving.
Pa Driver's Manual is no longer printed and available for pick-up in the community. Click on the picture below to view the manual as well as have access to the Audio/Read Aloud Version.
Practice for the Assessment by downloading the app: Pa Driver's License Practice Test
Below is an example of a Safe Driver's Agreement.
PennDot offers more family resources here:
included will be: The Pennsylvania Young Drivers Law Fact Sheet, The Parent's Supervised Driving Program, FAQs, How to Steer them to Safe Driving Guide, and more
Family Safety Driving Agreement.pdf
Will You Use Google Maps or SEPTA?
Use The Google Map App
to Plan Your Route for
Driving - Bus - Walking - Biking
Click The Picture To Learn More About The Established Routes
Rideshare Safety Tips
Class of 2023 had the opportunity to listen to a SAMI Presentation to learn Safety Tips for Ridesharing
Will You Use Door-To-Door Transportation Options?
Bucks County Transport provides shared ride transportation to persons with disabilities at a discounted rate. You may qualify if you are a Bucks County resident between the ages of 18 and 64, can provide written verification of disability, and you need transportation beyond SEPTA'S ADA service area. For more information regarding SEPTA'S ADA complementary paratransit service, please call 215-580-7145 for SEPTA ADA Customer Service or visit their website.
Bucks County Transport BCT.pdfWhat is CCT?
CCT Connect is SEPTA's complimentary paratransit operation. It provides two types of door-to-door service for registered customers by advance registration:
Shared Ride Program (SRP) for Philadelphia residents over the age of 65, funded by the Pennsylvania Lottery.
ADA program for people who are functionally unable to use the regular accessible transit system for all or some of their transportation needs, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and related regulations.
SEPTA's CCT Connect operation handles administration, takes reservations, prepares schedules, dispatches, and monitors service for Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties. SEPTA has contracts with transportation contractors that maintain SEPTA's fleet of CCT vehicles, hire drivers, and transport our customers.
Where and when can I travel using CCT?
ADA program service mirrors travel on the regular fixed route bus and light rail (trolley) system. There are no restrictions on trip purpose or frequency of travel.
Suburban Counties: Registered customers may be picked up and dropped off within 3/4 of a mile of any fixed route, whenever and wherever they operate. If a bus operates 24/7, then CCT Connect service operates 24/7. If there is no evening or Sunday bus service, there is no evening or Sunday CCT service. Please note that changes to bus routes may change the service area.
ADA-Brochure CCT.pdf