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Senior Transit
There are a variety of transportation options for Deerfield seniors provided by local government agencies in the Village.
The Village’s Taxi Subsidy Program is open to Deerfield residents aged 65 and older and/or to those with documented disabilities. Registered participants are provided with up to 50 one-way coupons each month. When a coupon is provided, in-town trips cost the rider only $1. For out of town trips beginning or ending in Deerfield, presenting a coupon will take $5 off of the metered fare. Trips to/from the airport are no longer covered by the Taxi Subsidy Program. Please click HERE for more details or view our FAQs below.
The Village works with American Taxi and 303 Taxi.
If you have questions, need more tickets, or to register, please contact David Fitzgerald-Sullivan, Management Analyst, at 847.719.7400.
Taxi Subsidy Program
The Village’s Taxi Subsidy Program is open to Deerfield residents aged 65 and older and/or to those with documented disabilities. Registered participants are provided with up to 50 one-way coupons each month. When a coupon is provided, in-town trips cost the rider only $1. For out of town trips beginning or ending in Deerfield, presenting a coupon will take $5 off of the metered fare. Trips to/from the airport are no longer covered by the Taxi Subsidy Program. Please click HERE for more details or view our FAQs below.
The Village works with American Taxi and 303 Taxi.
If you have questions, need more tickets, or to register, please contact David Fitzgerald-Sullivan, Management Analyst, at 847.719.7400.
Going Places
Run through West Deerfield Township, this program is for residents aged 65 and over or disabled, who have mobility challenges that may prevent or restrict their ability to meet their health care needs. The program provides registered riders with the means to make it to medical appointments.
Participants must pre-register with the Township (forms are available at their office as well as on their website). Riders must be stable and able to travel in a seated position.
Trained drivers pick up riders and deliver them to appointments at area hospitals. Other locations must be within a five-mile radius of the Township. Trips of less than five miles are $3 and those over five miles are $5 round trip. For more information, call 847.945.0614, ext. 310, or visit the Township online.
Senior Car Program
The Patty Turner Senior Center’s senior car program is a transportation service for residents who are over 50 years of age within the Deerfield Park District area. The service is available Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This neighborly service (drivers are Senior Center members) is a great resource for rides to the store, library, beauty salon, etc.
A ride costs $3 one-way, or $6 if going to Glenbrook or Lake Forest Hospitals.
For more information about the program, please call the Patty Turner Senior Center at 847.940.4010.