{"id":24552,"date":"2024-10-25T05:48:34","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T09:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=24552"},"modified":"2024-10-25T05:48:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T09:48:34","slug":"brick-to-add-additional-bus-for-senior-transportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2024\/10\/brick-to-add-additional-bus-for-senior-transportation\/","title":{"rendered":"Brick to Add Additional Bus for Senior Transportation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_24553\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Micro-Bird-G5.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24553\" class=\"wp-image-24553 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Micro-Bird-G5-e1729833389112-1024x662.jpg\" alt=\"MicroBird G5 minibus. (Photo: A-Z Bus Sales)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Micro-Bird-G5-e1729833389112-1024x662.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Micro-Bird-G5-e1729833389112-400x258.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Micro-Bird-G5-e1729833389112-768x496.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Micro-Bird-G5-e1729833389112.jpg 1136w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MicroBird G5 minibus. (Photo: A-Z Bus Sales)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Brick officials this week unanimously approved the purchase of an additional bus for the Senior Service Department, which runs the township\u2019s senior transportation services.<\/p>\n<p>The council awarded a contract under the Ocean County cooperative pricing program to Robert H. Hoover and Sons, of Flanders, N.J., for the purchase of 2024 MicroBird G5 minibus, built upon a Ford chassis with a 7.3L V8 engine. The bus is capable of carrying 16 passengers. An example image of this model bus from a dealership appears embedded with this story.<\/p>\n<p>The $150,194 bus is being funded through a state Community Project Grant which was received in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Brick\u2019s Senior Shuttle service has grown quickly since its introduction in 2012. It provides free transportation to residents ages 60 and over. The schedule runs as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Monday through Friday:<\/strong> Transportation to and from Brick Township Senior Center and Nutrition Program.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Monday through Thursday:<\/strong> Transportation to and from Brick Township shopping centers (Wal Mart, Shop Rite, Stop and Shop, dollar store).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Last Friday of each month:<\/strong> Ocean County Mall.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Available Fridays:<\/strong> Recreational trips to local points of interest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Senior Shuttle rides are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Residents wishing to schedule a ride should call 732-920-8686 to schedule a ride. A brief registration will be required prior to using the service.<\/p>\n<p>The township also offers a senior citizen dialysis transportation service that can be reached using the same phone number.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2024\/10\/brick-to-add-additional-bus-for-senior-transportation\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brick officials this week unanimously approved the purchase of an additional bus for the Senior Service Department, which runs the township\u2019s senior transportation services. The council awarded a contract under the Ocean County cooperative pricing program to Robert H. Hoover and Sons, of Flanders, N.J., for the purchase of 2024 MicroBird G5 minibus, built upon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,4484,5304,3732],"class_list":["post-24552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-brick-nj-news","tag-featured","tag-newsbreak","tag-senior-shuttle"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Micro-Bird-G5-e1729833389112.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgt2Ft-6o0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}