Metro ordered MetroAccess drivers not to pick up elderly and disabled riders unable to pay full fares for the paratransit service — but then reversed itself within days after disability advocates and drivers worried the policy would strand vulnerable riders.
The transit agency sent MetroAccess drivers a memo dated Aug. 1 telling them they could no longer pick up riders who did not pay a full fare starting on Monday.
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