CarPal Community Rideshare aims to help Seniors overcome the difficulty they have getting around Sydney when they can no longer drive themselves and recognises that this is something that requires a community-led solution.
CarPal helps Shut-in Seniors to overcome their mobility issues and to thus avoid social isolation and loneliness in their later years. CarPal does this by filling the gaps in current Seniors transportation options, as follows:
• Across town taxi fares are expensive and non-local trips are not generally serviced by Community Transport meaning pensioners can’t afford these;
• Attending an evening event using public transport is not attractive for Seniors because of the walk home from the bus at night;
• Even for local trips existing Community Transport is not designed to react to after hours, weekend, public holiday or short-notice requests;
• The NRMA identified that change was needed in its Discussion Paper on Transport for Ageing Australians but change has been slow since it was identified as a serious problem 10 years ago.
CarPal Community Rideshare believes that older Australians can lead a richer life in the community than out of it!
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