VIA Metropolitan Transit in San Antonio has introduced a new Taxi Subsidy Service to support VIAtrans paratransit service for persons with disabilities who cannot use the agency’s regular bus service.

The subsidy program covers up to $9 of a Yellow Cab taxi trip taken by a registered VIAtrans customer on a weekday. To participate, the customer needs only to call the cab company to request a trip 30 minutes to 24 hours in advance. Customers using this service need to provide their VIAtrans ID numbers when booking the trip, and they need to let the cab company know if they use a walker or a mobility device.

When the taxi arrives, customers still need to pay the standard VIAtrans fare of $1.95 to the driver, but there is no additional cost if the meter rate fare at the end of the trip is $10.95 or less.