Travel training provides consumers with information and hands-on training to learn how to travel safely and comfortably.
Training sessions involve one-on-one or group instruction designed to teach seniors and people with disabilities how to travel independently on fixed-route public transit. Typically, individuals receive training on how to travel to their most frequent destination (for example, to work or to a medical office).
Several organizations in Alameda County offer travel training classes.
Countywide Providers
Bay Area Outreach & Recreation Program (BORP)
(510) 849-4663 x 1378
Training as needed to participants of BORP.
Lighthouse for the Blind
LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired
(415) 431-1481
Through the Looking Glass
(510) 848-1112 x8156
Training to families with disability issues in Alameda County.
Local Providers
Center for Independent Living (The CIL)
(510) 841-4776 x 3118
Individual training for people with disabilities and seniors. Training primarily provided in Northern and Central Alameda County.
City of San Leandro
(510) 577-7985
www.sanleandro.org/depts/rec/paratransit.asp
FLEX Shuttle orientations for new members by appointment in San Leandro.
Community Resources for Independent Living (CRIL) and City of Hayward
(510) 881-5743 x5938
http://crilhayward.org/our-services/bart-travel-training.php
Individual and group training for people with disabilities and seniors in Hayward. Training primarily provided in Central and Eastern Alameda County.
Easy Does It
(510) 845-5513
Provides workshops on wheelchair repair and maintenance. Workshops based in Berkeley but open to all.
Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority (LAVTA Wheels)
(925) 455-7500
https://www.wheelsbus.com/rider-information/accessibility-wheelchairs-tie-downs/
Individual and group training for people with disabilities and seniors age 65 years or older. Serving primarily those in Livermore, Dublin, Pleasanton, and unincorporated areas of the Tri-Valley.
United Seniors of Oakland and Alameda County (USOAC)
(510) 729-0851
Group training for seniors 55 years or older and people with disabilities in Alameda County. Training primarily provided in Northern and Central Alameda County.
Tri-City Travel Training Program
(510) 574-2053
www.fremont.gov/index.aspx?NID=1808
Individual and group training for people with disabilities and seniors in Fremont, Newark, and Union City.