What is Ring and Ride?
The freedom to get around independently is a fundamental part of everyday life that most people often take for granted. But for a significant section of the community this freedom is often denied because not all can use or have great difficulty using conventional public transport services.
Ring and Ride was established to help fill this gap by providing a fully accessible, door-to-door bus service for people whose circumstances limit their personal mobility.
The Mission of Ring and Ride
The mission of Ring and Ride is to improve the quality of life of people of any age living in the West Midlands who find it difficult or impossible to use conventional public transport, by providing an effective and efficient door-to-door, fully accessible bus service.
Find Out More
To find out how the service can help you and how to register, click on about us. You can also click on Passengers' Voice to listen to how some of our existing passengers use the service and how it impacts on their lives.
Passengers' Voice
Hear what our passengers say about us by clicking on the 'play' button below:
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The Neighbourhood Support Service became City-wide during 2011, offering a floating support styled prevention service to help maintain independent living for people aged 60 plus or with a physical or sensory impairment. The short-term intervention is a client-led service, responding to the needs of individuals whether practical eg. financial, housing or health advice, or emotional welfare eg. taking part in the community.
Following the successful partnership pilot with Life Path Trust (a charity that provides supported independent living for adults with learning disabilities) that started in May 2011, the new spring and summer 2012 programme has been launched.