Regional Public Transit Assistance Program – Age-Friendly Municipality | Part 3: Implementation of initiatives aimed at teaching seniors about public transit

$50,000.00

Maximum Eligible Amount

Government Grant

Fund Type

The 2018-2023 action plan A Québec for all ages

is the second interdepartmental action plan resulting from the government policy on active aging Aging and living together, at home, in one's community, in Quebec . Stemming from the latter, orientation 3 aims to create healthy, safe and welcoming environments in the communities. Thus, the government wishes to increase the mobility of seniors, which is a crucial factor in their well-being since this mobility allows them to access health care, to travel to businesses and services and to activities of the community and their relatives.

Moreover, mobility can become a major issue for seniors in rural regions since the public and adapted transportation services offered in the regions do not always meet their needs, for reasons related to the vehicles used, the the eligibility of seniors for paratransit as well as the accessibility of services (e.g.: low floor or not) or their terms of use (e.g.: fare, schedule, route, places of boarding and landing).

To help public transit organizations in rural areas increase the mobility of seniors on their territory, the Seniors' Secretariat of the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux and the Ministère des Transports have decided to set up the Regional public transit assistance program – Age-friendly municipality.

The program has been in effect since May 3, 2022 and ends on March 31, 2023. It covers eligible expenses as of January 1 , 2022.

Main objectiveMasquer le contenu de la section

The general objective of the program is to improve the mobility of seniors (people aged 65 and over) in rural areas.

Part 3: Implementation of initiatives aimed at teaching seniors about public transitMasquer le contenu de la section

Specific objective

This component aims to improve the learning, by the senior clientele of the territory concerned, of the services offered in terms of regional public transport as well as the learning of the procedures for reserving or acquiring transit passes.