All PDRTA vehicles are wheelchair accessible. If you are unable to access the public transit system, you may be eligible for complementary paratransit service. Click here for information on complementary paratransit service, and click here to download an application. Both are PDF files, if they do not open properly you will need to download the free Acrobat Reader here.

Senior Citizens, age 65+, person with disabilities and Medicare card holders ride for half price.

PDRTA Welcomes Service Animals

Don’t See A Bus Stop Near You? Demand-Response Transportation May Be The Answer!

Demand-Response service is another name for scheduled rides.

If you live in an area not served by a fixed bus route, you can still use Public Transportation.
Simply call the dispatch office, tell them where you want to go and when,
and the dispatcher will give you your rate and schedule your ride for you.

It’’s that easy..

Call PDRTA’s Customer Service
Florence: 843-665-2227
Marion: 843-423-6112
Cheraw: 843-537-6610

(allow 48 hours advance notice, please)

VAN POOLS:  A Win-Win for Employers and Employees

People want to work but don’t have a way to get there.  Employers are frustrated when their employees don’t show up because their ride didn’t show or their car broke down.  Employees who live a considerable distance from their jobs find themselves working one day out of five just to pay for the gas to get there.

All of these situations are not uncommon in the Pee Dee.  Statistics show that large numbers of employees travel out of town and out of county to work every day, and that 20, 30, and 40 mile commutes are not uncommon.  How many unemployed are willing and able to work but don’t have transportation?  That number isn’t known, but any employment office will tell you that lack of transportation is a huge barrier when it comes to people working.

Van Pools are one of the alternatives that employees and employers alike can look to for a solution to the transportation problem.  Under PDRTA’s van pool system, PDRTA will provide a vehicle, insurance, gas, and maintenance for a group going to work.  The cost is shared by the riders, and simple math says that ride sharing is cheaper than one-person-one-car.  Under IRS rules, the employer can designate transit costs as tax free, so the van pooling employee saves even more.  If the employer subsidizes the cost of the Van Pool, then the employer doesn’t have to pay payroll taxes on those dollars.  Congress recently increased the amount that employees and employers can claim for transit to $115 per month per employee.  It’s a win-win arrangement for both sides!

If you and your co-workers or your business would like to set up a Van Pool, please call Don Strickland, Transportation Manager, at 843-665-2227, extension 136 or email him at donstrickland@pdrta.org.

To read more about the benefits of van pools, click here.