About GRITS
The Green River Intra-county Transit System (GRITS) provides clean, safe, and reliable public transportation at no or low cost. Medicaid eligible clients without vehicles are provided transportation to approved Medicaid appointments without cost. Para-transit services are provided and a fee-per-mile service is available to the general public.
Green River Intra-county Transit Systems (GRITS) has been providing non-emergency transportation for over thirty (30) years. Services are available to anyone in the general public for any purpose. Contact your local office for information.
GRITS Information
A Service Of Audubon Area Community Services, Inc. Providing Transportation Services in partnership with: The Department for Medicaid Services, Office for the Blind, Public Transportation, Veterans, and Vocational Rehabilitation.
Funding for this
program provided through a grant from the Federal Transportation
Administration administered by The Kentucky Transportation
Cabinet, Office of Transportation Delivery.
Website
www.audubon-area.com
Email
Download a GRITS application here (OTS service ONLY)
Title VI Information
Title VI Notice to the Public
Title VI Complaint Procedure
If you feel that you've been subject to discrimination, download the Title VI complaint form here.
ADA/Section 504 Information
Download the ADA/Section 504 Complaint Procedures & Form here.
Reasonable Accommodations Information
Download the Reasonable Accommodations Information here.
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Information
Download the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Information here.
Title VI Notice to the Public
Title VI Complaint Procedure
If you feel that you've been subject to discrimination, download the Title VI complaint form here.
Region 1 (Medicaid transportation only)
Includes Carlisle, Ballard, Hickman, Fulton, Graves, McCracken, Marshall, and Calloway Counties.
Information
Scheduling times for scheduling appointments
Monday - Friday
8:00am - 4:30pm CST
Saturday
8:00am - 1:00pm CST
GRITS Office
Service Hours
Monday - Friday
6:00am - 8:00pm CST
Saturday
8:00am - 1:00pm CST
850 Harrison Street
Paducah, KY 42001
Phone: 270-575-9119
Phone: 844-575-9676
Region 3
Includes Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, McLean, Ohio, Union, and Webster Counties.
Information
Scheduling times for scheduling appointments
Monday - Friday
8:00am - 4:30pm CST
Saturday
8:00am - 1:00pm CST
GRITS Office
Service Hours
Monday - Friday
6:00am - 8:00pm CST
Saturday
8:00am - 1:00pm CST
222 St. Elizabeth St.
Owensboro, KY 42301
Phone: 270-686-1651
Phone: 800-816-3511
Region 4 (Medicaid transportation only)
Includes Hardin, Grayson, Breckinridge, Larue, Nelson, Marion, and Meade Counties.
Information
Scheduling times for scheduling appointments
Monday - Friday
8:00am - 4:30pm EST
Saturday
8:00am - 1:00pm EST
GRITS Office
Service Hours
Monday - Friday
6:00am - 8:00pm EST
Saturday
8:00am - 1:00pm EST
950 North Mulberry Street, Suite 130
Elizabethtown, KY 42701
Phone: 270-982-8220
Phone: 844-870-4646
*Paid Fare Hours
Monday - Friday
6:00am - 6:00pm CST
Paid fare is $1.10 per mile with $4.00 minimum. $1.50 per mile for
destinations outside of Region 3 service area.
*OTS Paratransit Service Hours
Monday - Friday
6:00am - 7:35pm CST
Saturday
7:45am - 4:15pm CST
Fare $2.00 each way.
Guidelines
GRITS will not deny anyone transportation services
because of their race, color, creed, national origin,
sex, age, or disability.
When using GRITS, all passengers are subject to the
following rules and regulations:
· In an effort to limit hold times, reservations are limited to 3 trips per call. Please plan your scheduling accordingly.
· Passengers shall not engage in any disruptive or violent behavior nor use abusive language.
· Passengers shall not carry flammable liquids, weapons
or explosive devices on the bus.
· No Smoking, Eating, or Drinking.
· All passengers shall use seat belts.
· No alcoholic beverages or illegal substances are permitted
on buses.
· No pets, except for Service Animals, are permitted
on the bus unless they are placed in a kennel or other
device suitable for transportation.
· Passengers shall not disturb, distract, harass, alarm,
or annoy bus driver or other passengers while bus is
in motion.
· Passengers shall not engage in conversation with bus
driver while bus is in motion.
Drivers
Driver’s Shall Adhere to the Following:
· Be properly licensed in Kentucky
· Be courteous, patient and helpful
· Have less than 2 traffic convictions in 3 years
· No convictions for drugs or alcohol in 5 years
· No sexual or violent crime convictions
· Have a pre-employment drug test
· Receive orientation and safety training
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