- Across Michigan, many older residents are trapped without transportation, unable to make medical appointments or run everyday errands
- Even in places with transportation services, most provide only ‘curb’ services for liability reasons
- That leaves seniors who can’t walk stairs on their own or cross crumbling sidewalks unable to reach the passenger seat
At 78 years old, Tonya McCoy wants most to visit her 90-some-year-old Aunt Rosa before it’s too late.
“She took care of the family. She was always there,” McCoy said.
Without a car, though, the two dozen miles or so between McCoy’s southwest Detroit home and her aunt’s in Southfield might as well be the distance between the planets, she said…