Older parents who have to give up driving - how did you handle this

[MineralMan]

2. Haven't faced it yet here in the Twin Cities, but there is

a dedicated on-call transit system for seniors here. They have a bunch of vehicles, most of them wheelchair capable. The person calls and sets a time to be picked up, and they show up. The fare is like $3.00 or something like that. They do door-to-door service anywhere in the metro area. I see their vehicles everywhere.

You have to have a disability that prevents you from safely using the Metro Transit scheduled buses. It's not too hard to qualify, though.

There's a long list of other senior transportation services, too, from volunteer to private enterprise. The Twin Cities takes care of its seniors pretty well.

Oh, yeah...there's another service that works very well. My wife and I live just 5 minutes from her mother's condo. If she needs a ride to a place she's not comfortable driving, she calls us, and one of us takes here where she wants to go, helps her with the shopping or whatever, and then brings her home. Since we work at home, it's not a big deal. It's a free service for as long as she lives.