Bus services to grocery stores/ Volunteer driving pools seniors centres Canadian Cancer Society Transportation Call 311 or your local information centre for • Burlington/Oakville/Milton information about grocery store and senior ...... 905-845-5231 centre transportation services available to Choices for • Georgetown older adults and to find out: ...... 905-451-4460 Older Adults • which store locations the buses stop at; Toll free...... 1-866-711-0111 • service operating hours; and Halton Hills (Cancer Assistance Services) • pick-up and drop-off locations...... 905-702-8886

Tip: bus services to grocery stores Canadian Red Cross • Bring a wheeled shopping bag • Burlington (bundle buggy) to carry your own ...... 905-637-5664 groceries. Tips: volunteer pools Taxi services • Plan ahead - it takes time to apply, register and book a trip. Commercial taxi companies have wheelchair • Check how far ahead you have to accessible vehicles and may offer discounts for book your trip and the cost of the older adults. For more information, contact your 2018 local taxi service. service. Fast Facts Tips: taxi services Older Adult Advisory Committee • Ask for a senior’s discount account. (OAAC) • Tell the driver you are eligible for the discount before the trip begins. For more information, • Ask about credit and debit card visit www.halton.ca or call 311. service charges.

HE-1812584 Know your transportation Tips: public transit Tips: special transit services options • Buy a and travel on • Ask about “door-to-door” or “curb-to- This brochure lists a variety of multiple transit systems, including curb” service, so you know your pick- transportation services available in Halton GO. Contact your local transit up and drop-off locations. to help you get around. authority to learn more. • Know how far in advance you need • All GO trains have accessibility to book the service and if there is a Public transit coaches (with priority seating for cancellation fee. Call the transit providers below for fees/ wheelchairs), located in the fifth • In Halton Hills, eligible older adults discounts for older adults, schedule and coach behind the locomotive. Board may qualify for subsidized taxi costs route information. All local transit providers at the platform’s accessibility ramp. (Taxi Scrip Program). use fully accessible buses. ...... 905-639-0550 Special transit services Delivery services Greyhound There are several special transit services for Many grocery stores and pharmacies older adults and persons with disabilities. To provide delivery services. Toll free...... 1-800-661-8747 apply call: GO Transit Burlington Handi-Van Tips: delivery services ...... 416-762-3783 ...... 905-639-5158 • Register for the delivery service Milton Transit ahead of time, before you need the ...... 905-864-4141 Halton Hills ActiVan products...... 905-702-6435 • Place your order by phone, fax, email ...... 905-815-2020 Milton Access+ or online...... 905-864-4141 • Check for a minimum order VIA Rail requirement (often $40 to $45). Toll free...... 1-888-842-7245 Oakville Care-A-Van ...... 905-337-9222 • Check for a delivery fee. • Ask if you can pay online or at the CANES Community Care SPLIT Passes (subsidized fares) are door using debit or credit cards. available throughout Halton for ...... 416-743-3892 • Some community support and eligible older adults. Canadian Red Cross private agencies will shop for you or www.halton.ca Burlington...... 905-637-5664 arrange for someone to assist you with shopping.