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Kendall Area Transit to provide more than 300 additional rides because of successful fundraiser · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Kendall Area Transit to provide more than three hundred additional
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  rides because of successful fundraiser. This article is being read
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  by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Kendall
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  Area Transit will be able to provide three hundred and
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  sixty three additional rides for seniors and others in need
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  thanks to a successful fundraiser. KT is Kendall County's public
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  bus transportation system. During the first ever adopted Rider fundraiser,
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  one thousand, eighty seven dollars was raised. The fundraiser took
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  place from November seventeenth to December thirty first. The agency
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  provides scheduled transportation services to any individual, with a focus
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  on seniors, individuals with disabilities, and those otherwise unable to
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  transport themselves. All riders must first register to ride. The
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  service area includes all of Kendall County and designated locations
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  outside the county, including but not limited to Aurora, Joliette, Plainfield,
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  and Sandwich. One leg of the trip must begin or
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  end in Kendall County. DIALA Ride transportation is available from
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  six am to six thirty pm Mondays through Fridays. Fares
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  range from two dollars per ride for adults and children
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  older than five, With twenty six Americans with Disabilities Act
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  compliant vehicles, the program provides residents with more than thirty
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  five thousand rides per year. KT is operated by the
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  Voluntary Actions Center and made possible with grant support from
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  the Federal Transit Administration, Regional Transportation Authority, Illinois Department of Transportation,
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  and contributions from Kendall County's municipalities and townships. More information
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  about the service is available at Kendall COUNTYIL dot gov,
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  dot Kendall dash Area, dash Transit