Travel Training

Overview

Centro’s Travel Training program provides outreach services to citizens, community based organizations, and agencies that depend on Centro’s public transit system. By providing face-to face contact within the community and assisting individuals with a desire to learn more about Centro’s services, the Travel Trainer is able to customize instruction on how to ride the bus. This approach allows riders to feel more comfortable and confident with using Centro’s service while gaining an understanding of how the service is provided.

View and download brochure:

Travel Training Brochure (PDF) (TXT) Folleto de Travel Training - Espanol (PDF) (TXT)

How Does It Work

Travel Training offers personalized, one-on-one or group travel training instruction. Taking each trainee’s unique needs and abilities into account, the Travel Trainer will teach participants how to safely and independently use the Centro system.

The Travel Trainer will travel with trainees to their desired destinations at times of their choice. Destinations may include work, school, medical offices, and recreation sites.

Who Is Eligible For Travel Training

Travel Training is available to anyone interested in learning how to use the Centro transit system. There are no restrictions – all are welcome!

Participating Organizations

Community organizations that have participated in Centro’s Travel Training program include:

Refugee Assistance Program
Catholic Charities
Center for New Americans
Early Head Start Refugee Program
The Salvation Army
AIDS Community Resources
Providence House Apartments
Food Pantry Volunteers
ARC of Onondaga
AURORA of Central New York
Casey's Place
The Parkway Center (Utica)
Liverpool Central School District
Solvay Union Free School District
Huntington Family Center

Centro Service Area

Travel Training is available in all areas that Centro provides transit services to

Onondaga County
Oswego County
Cayuga County
Oneida County

How Will Travel Training Help Me

Participants in Centro’s Travel Training program will gain the following:

Freedom, mobility, and independence
Access to safe, low-cost transportation
Travel skills and self-confidence
The ability to be active in the community

What Will I Learn

The Travel Training program will teach you how to:

Plan your trip
Get to and from a bus stop
Purchase Centro Ride Passes
Ride a specific route
Identify bus numbers and stops
Board with a mobility device
Use the farebox
Use a transfer
Read and understand bus schedules

Let Us Show You How To Use The Centro Public Transit System

To learn more about Centro’s Travel Training program, or to schedule an appointment with a Travel Trainer send an email to us at: vsonne@centro.org or call (315) 410-7116.