Whittier Dial-A-Ride

Dial-A-Ride is a transportation service for senior citizens and persons with disabilities.  The City of Whittier Dial-A-Ride is available for seniors (60+) and those with disabilities.  The service is provided from curb-to-curb within the Whittier and La Habra Heights City limits.  In addition, a special door-to-door service is available upon request.  The service is available:

*24-hr advance reservations only. NO SAME DAY SERVICE.

An application must be filled out and verified at the Transit Depot, Uptown Senior Center or Parnell Park Senior Center before using the service.  A doctor’s certification is required for those qualifying under disability.  To apply for Whittier Dial-A-Ride, please call the Transit Office at (562) 567-9480.  After purchasing a ride card, you may call the dispatch office to pre-schedule a ride.  Pre-scheduled trips are guaranteed timely service; same-day trips are subject to availability.  Cards may be purchased in person at the Whittier Senior Center, 13225 Walnut, Parnell Park Senior Center, 15390 Lambert Road or in person or by mail at the Whittier Historic Depot; located at 7333 Greenleaf Ave., Whittier, CA 90602.  The cards are $5 and $10.
 
Click here to download the DAR Rules and Regulations- Dial-A-Ride Information Brochure. 

Dial-A-Ride Information Brochure- Spanish Version.

The City of Whittier does not discriminate in the provision of transportation service, per Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
To review this provision, see  http://www.metro.net/about/civil-rights-policy/


La Habra Heights Dial-A-Ride

The City of La Habra Heights contracts with the City of Whittier to provide Dial-A-Ride service to residents of that community. City of Whittier Transit staff manages the transportation service.  La Habra Heights Dial-A-Ride provides pre-scheduled, curb-to-curb service for seniors 60 years and older and for persons with disabilities living in that City.  The service area includes the City of La Habra Heights, La Habra, Whittier and selected medical facilities in the area.  The La Habra Heights service goes into Whittier as far west as Colima Road.  To travel further into Whittier, passengers need to buy a Whittier DAR card.  Service is provided Monday through Friday between the hours of 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

See the Dial-A-Ride Information Brochure for more information. 

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Whittier Taxi Voucher Program

The Whittier Taxi Voucher Program, which allows City of Whittier Dial-A-Ride passengers to travel outside the Whittier City limits for medical and dental appointments, operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. A 24-hour advance reservation is required, with same-day trips available if space permits.

Effective March 1, 2012, a limit of 24 vouchers can be purchased each month.

The Taxi Voucher service area includes medical and dental facilities in the cities of Downey, La Habra Heights, Norwalk, Hacienda Heights, La Habra, La Mirada, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs and unincorporated Whittier territory, as well as St. Jude Hospital in Fullerton, Beverly Hospital in Montebello, Kaiser Hospital in Bellflower and the Kaiser Permamente Medical Center in Baldwin Park.  Passengers may also use taxi vouchers to travel to Rose Hills Cemetery and Mortuary, which is in unincorporated Whittier.

Travel outside the Whittier City limits is exclusively for medical and dental appointments only.

In addition, taxi vouchers may now be used to travel within the City of Whittier for all trip purposes 24 hours a day, seven days a week, which includes times when the regular Dial-A-Ride is not in service.  Taxi vouchers will be needed for these trips as the regular Dial-A-Ride pre-paid card is not accepted for the taxis.

Those eligible to purchase the taxi vouchers must be Whittier Dial-A-Ride passengers with a current application on file.  The vouchers may be purchased either by mail or in person at the Whittier Historic Depot, the Uptown Senior Center or at Parnell Park.

For more information on the Taxi Voucher Program or to sign up for Whittier Dial-A-Ride service, call the Transit Office at (562) 567-9480.