Access a ride blows ass, mta should take over it.

Past month i been working for "access a ride" they are a step child of the mta. they give out contracts to many companies to run the program. but mta makes all the rules.


there are so many problems. from inflexible schedules to low quality of workers. It seems like a training ground for new mta workers. the good ones wait till they have openings at the mta itself.

the system is so inefficient, while i learn during training. when i was on my own. i didn't care about the mta rules.

for example if you have passenger A on board and going to pick up passenger B, but is passing passenger A house. I can't stop to drop off passenger A first. but have to pick up B and than drop off A. sometimes I had to pick up passenger C too and than drop off A.

When i started to work on my own, i didn't obey those rules. I just drop off where they wanted to be drop off and drop off the ones that are closer first. to make things more efficient.

These passengers are adults and know where they want to go, unless its the mentally instable ones. than i drop off where the list says. a lot of these guys are just old or handicap or overweight.

off course the mta ever found out about if i did that with my passengers they'll fire me . but i quit today.

The reason i started to work for them was, winter time is slow time for moving and i'm sharing my van with my brother. plus i thought might be cool to get my teeth fix while working.

after taxes and union dues for a full week of work at $11hr with 4.25 hrs of over time. i only make $369!!!

no dental plan is worth the headaches of the job.

the mta pays i forget how much for each passenger to be transported. last time i read was about 50 bucks. its cheaper for the mta to just transport everyone via cabs.

the mta should just take over the step child programs of theirs and implement some standards. they'll hire almost anyone to work there. there is no real over sight of the drivers.

for example if the driver gets to place of pickup early, they can report themsleves later and take no lunch and get paid. while already had a lunch break.

there are too many problems to list.