San Mateo County Paratransit Coordinating Council (PCC)

THE PARATRANSIT CONSUMER CORPS

The PCC Consumer Corps is made up of anonymous Redi-Wheels and Coastside Opportunity Center paratransit service riders. Since the program began in 1996, members of the Consumer Corps have made a difference by reporting on different aspects of service quality, such as denials, telephone wait time, and on-time performance. The Consumer Corps program is effective because it provides the PCC with important data that is tallied and presented to the SamTrans Board of Directors on a quarterly basis.

All potential members must be:

Discreet!
Objective about rides from the operator's and rider's points of view.
Capable of working independently or with a caregiver to fill out forms.
Comfortable about sharing ideas and easy to work with.
Willing to make a commitment for at least three months.

Members fill out a checklist each time they ride with information about pick up times, ride times, trip availability, and telephone availability. One form is used for each segment of travel. PCC staff compute statistics from the completed forms and present the information in a quarterly report to the SamTrans Board of Directors.

Members can use a paper checklist or an e-mail checklist. If you use the paper checklist, the PCC will provide self-addressed, stamped envelopes for your convenience.

As a thank you, Consumer Corps members get a free 10-Ride Redi-Wheels ticket booklet for each calendar quarter in which they submit at least 8 Consumer Corps forms. Membership in the Consumer Corps is confidential.

If you think you might be interested in participating, if you know of someone else who would be interested, or if you have any questions, please call Dana at (650) 654-1442 or send e-mail to sanmateopcc@att.net.