Chattanooga Area Regional Transit Authority (CARTA)
Skip to primary navigation Skip to main content CHATTANOOGA AREA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY About Who We Are Board of Directors Leadership Leadership Team 2024 CEO Report Employment Advertising Business Center Developer’s Center News & Information Media Relations CARTA COMPASS Connect The Corridor Routes/Schedules Routes/Schedules Rider Guide CARTA GO Fares Using CARTA Services CARE-A-VAN Downtown Parking Downtown Shuttle Fixed Routes Incline Railway Rider Information Bikes on Buses FAQ How to Ride Park & Ride Travel Training Text Alerts Contact Show Search Search this website Hide Search HomeUsing CARTAServicesCARE-A-VAN CARE-A-VAN We Keep You Mobile Care-A-Van is CARTA’s paratransit service, providing origin-to-destination shared public transportation for people with disabilities who are functionally unable to use fixed-route services for some or all of their transportation needs. Care-A-Van is available to residents and visitors in CARTA’s service area who due to injury, illness or functional incapacity of a temporary or permanent nature, are unable to use CARTA’s fixed route transit vehicles. Residents of Chattanooga, Red Bank and East Ridge that are persons with disabilities are encourage to apply for eligibility through Care-a-Van’s Eligibility Department by calling 423-698-9038 to request an application and medical verification form. Visitors to our city will need documentation that they are ADA paratransit eligible in the jurisdiction in which they reside. CARTA will provide service to eligible visitors for up to 21 days during a 365-day period. Please call 423-698-9038 and speak with an Eligibility Coordinator. Care-A-Van operates daily with special schedules on holidays. In order to accommodate as many riders as possible, advance notice is requested for scheduling Care-A-Van trips. Reservations are accepted on a next-day basis and up to fourteen days in advance. However, Care-A-Van makes every eff
Chattanooga, TN
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