StanRTA Medivan: Free Rides for Veterans to Bay Area VA Hospitals

The Medivan is a public, non-emergency medical transit service of the Stanislaus Regional Transit Authority, which the county's Veterans Services Office lists among its services. It leaves the Modesto Transit Center, at 9th and K Streets, at 6 a.m. on weekdays for Bay Area medical centers and brings passengers back the same day. Fares. Veterans ride free, as do children and Modesto Junior College students; a patient otherwise pays $10 each way and an attendant $5. VA hospitals served. Livermore (appointments between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.), Menlo Park and Palo Alto (appointments between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.). The appointment must fit the van's schedule for each facility; StanRTA publishes the full list. Booking. Reservations are required, one to 14 days ahead, on 209-527-4900; seating is limited. The van carries mobility devices and service animals but no one who needs medical care on the way, and fog can delay or cancel the trip. ADA-certified passengers can book a paratransit connection to the transit center at the same time.