Access a Ride van crashed into building on Park and Wash.

Access A Ride pisses me off on a regular basis. Last summer I was in the city and watched as one of their drivers pulled over and emptied a bag of trash onto the sidewalk from inside the van - what makes the story even better is the 3' proximity from the van's door to a city-maintained trash can. When I called him out on it he cursed at me loudly and flipped me the bird as he drove his incredibly overweight arse off into the sunset. I filed a formal complaint and still wonder if anything ever happened to him. Jerk.

I hope no one was injured in the recent crash.

a guy who used to work for me had to take one for a few months after breaking his leg. He decided getting on the subway during rush hour was safer.

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they got a great union, and combine that with a very low to bad recruiting pool of personnel. you got yourself a shitty pool of drivers.

I should know I drove for them for a a month LOL. I was bored I thought about exploiting their dental plan. But couldn't stand the union or their work ethic.

The test to get in is very easy, they still allow cheating. the test guy would either leave the room for a hour or just read something and pretend folks aren't copying mulitpy choice answers.

Cause they know very few are literate. Most drivers border on moronic. I sleep through all their tape classes. Still manage to be the 1st pick of the class.

Those who are qualified they go work for the MTA instead of driving for these guys. Btw pay isn't bad I think starting pay is like 20 something a hour. they got nice heath and dental plan. This would be great for lazy folks.

The people who truly suffer at the hands of these drivers are the program's service recipients. I used to work for an agency that served disabled adults, many of whom relied on Access-A-Ride to get them to work everyday. Sadly, many often arrived late and endured long rides home. It was very sad to see people who had overcome major obstacles in order to return to the workforce have to deal with such crap. Those who resides further from the Manhattan business districts (e.g. North Bronx, eastern Queens, etc.) fared especially bad.