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Placer Rides program offers mileage reimbursement to help Loomis seniors reach medical appointments and necessities
Summary
Seniors First and Placer County officials outlined Placer Rides, a volunteer-driver mileage-reimbursement program that will reimburse eligible riders up to 200 miles per month at the IRS standard rate; the program will be administered locally by Seniors First and funded through the regional CTSA.
Mark Hall, outreach representative for Seniors First, presented Placer Rides to the Loomis Town Council on Feb. 11, describing a mileage-reimbursement program intended to expand transportation options for people 60 and older, people with disabilities and low-income residents.
The program reimburses volunteer drivers for trips taken on behalf of eligible riders and is intended to complement existing public transit. "It is where you want to go, when you want to go, and with whom you want to go," Hall said, describing the program's flexibility. He told the council the program covers trips beyond typical transit boundaries and includes a "bailout" fund to pay commercial transportation if a volunteer driver is suddenly unavailable for a pre-scheduled medical appointment.
Mike Costa, principal transportation planner with the Placer County Transportation…
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