Community Programs

Avenidas Door To Door

Rides and delivery services are available to seniors who reside within the southern region of San Mateo county who are without access to public transportation or their own transportation. For more information, visit the website, call 650-289-5411, or email.

Services

• Rides and delivery services are available in Atherton, East Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Portola Valley, Redwood City, San Carlos, Sunnyvale, and Woodside.
• Services are available Monday through Friday, 8:15 am to 4:00 pm.

Rides

• Rides can be scheduled 24 hours ahead or up to 5 weeks in advance.
• Vehicles are not wheelchair accessible.
• Volunteers or Staff drivers provide rides up to 10 miles in distance.
  • Same day services or special requests may be possible, depending on staff availability.
  • < 5 miles: $5 each way – volunteer or staff drivers.
  • 5.1 – 10 miles: $10 each way - volunteer or staff drivers.
• 10.1+ miles: Lyft services are scheduled.
  • Lyft rate + $5 service fee (invoiced monthly)
• $5 fee for same day requests.
• $10 fee for same day cancellations.

Grocery Pickup

• Amount charged by Trader Joe’s or Instacart plus a $25 monthly fee (invoiced monthly). No limit on number of deliveries.

FISH (Friends In Service to Humanity)

FISH is comprised of volunteers from local churches that provide transportation to and from medical appointments for individuals who are unable to drive themselves or use public transportation, and do not have family members available to drive them.

• Volunteers use their own vehicles and are insured by FISH.
• Rides are based on volunteer availability.
• No fees, but donations are welcome.
• Some vehicles are wheelchair accessible. Please state the request when scheduling

Get Up & Go Senior Transportation (Peninsula Jewish Community Center)
The Peninsula Jewish Community Center (PJCC) provides a free transportation service for older adults who are no longer driving. PJCC membership is not necessary and there are no income nor religious affiliation requirements. To register for the service, call 650-378-2750.

• Services are available to bayside residents age 50+ from their homes to medical/dental appointments, shopping, and other essential errands.
• Hours of operation are Mondays – Fridays, 9:30am – 3:30pm with limited availability on Wednesdays. No service on weekends, national, and Jewish holidays.
• Rides must be scheduled by Wednesday of the prior week.

Got Wheels!
The Got Wheels! program is offered through Peninsula Family Services. The program contracts with Serra Yellow Cab to provide the rides and wheelchair accessible vehicles are available at no additional cost. Extra fees may be incurred by the participant for trips outside of the defined service area. For more information, call the program coordinator at 650-403-4300 ext. 4329.

• To be eligible, seniors must be:
  • age 70+ and a resident of one of the following cities/towns:
    - Daly City, Broadmoor, Colma, Brisbane, South San Francisco, San Bruno, Millbrae, Burlingame, Hillsborough, Foster City, Belmont, San Carlos, Redwood City, East Palo Alto, Atherton, Menlo Park, Woodside, Portola Valley, Half Moon Bay, El Granada, Moss Beach, Montara, San Gregorio, La Honda and Pescadero.
  • under age 70 with a disability, as defined by the state DMV.
• Eligible riders can take up to six subsidized one-way rides monthly to destinations within the defined service areas.
• Participants pay $5 per ride (tip optional) within the defined service area, with the remainder of the cost subsidized by the program.
• The program contracts with Serra Yellow Cab.
• Wheelchair accessible vehicles are available at no additional cost. Please state the request when scheduling with Serra Yellow Cab.

Puente Transportation Program

Transportation is provided for residents of southern coastside: Pescadero, La Honda, Loma Mar, or San Gregorio.

• Transportation is available for non-emergency medical or dental appointments, to the pharmacy or the grocery store within San Mateo County.
• Rides must be booked at least one day in advance.
• Rides are at no cost, first come, first served.

For more information, call 650-262-4112 or email.

Ride PVI

PVI offers concierge, on-demand transportation. Lyft and Uber drivers are dispatched to your residence within minutes of your call. Once you’ve registered for the program, call the transportation hotline and the staff will arrange for a Lyft or Uber driver to pick you up. Each ride is monitored by a staff member to ensure you have been accurately picked up and dropped off.

• • Program service areas are San Mateo county (excluding Pescadero) and Santa Clara county.
  • Multilingual translation service available.
  • The transportation hotline is available:

Monday – Tuesday: 9:00am – 5:30pm
Wednesday – Friday: 9:00am – 4:00pm

• • If you need a ride outside of the listed time frame above, you may call the day ahead to schedule an earlier or later ride or on the weekend. However, staff is not available to monitor the ride.
• Ride fees are the prevailing Lyft/Uber fares (based on distance) +$4.00 scheduling fee. Subsidized rates may apply.
• Subsidies may be available thanks to the generous funding of supporters including the Sequoia Healthcare District, the County of San Mateo, AARP, Sourcewise, and the City of Menlo Park.

For more information, visit 1pvi.org/ridepvi, or call 650-272-5006 for registration, check on the status of subsidies available, or to be placed on the waiting list.

Senior Coastsiders

Senior Coastsiders provides weekday shared rides, twice weekly trips to grocery stores, and monthly social outings in a 9-seater wheelchair accessible van. Reservations must be made 24 hours in advance. Services are partially funded by San Mateo County Area Agency on Aging. Recommended rider contribution is $1/ride. To be eligible, seniors must be aged 60+.

For more information, visit www.seniorcoastsiders.org or contact Emma Navarrete at 650-726-9056 or email enavarrete@seniorcoastsiders.org.