CARTA & Siskin have joined together to offer transportation training for people with disabilities.  A Travel Trainer is a person with extensive knowledge of both the transit system & people with disabilities.

The Siskin Travel Trainer works with bus drivers & with people with disabilities. The Trainer assists people with disabilities to become more independent by using fixed-route transit services. The Trainer helps drivers become more sensitive to members of the community who have disabilities. The Trainer understands the transit system & the disability community, facilitating a positive relationship between the two.

Travel Training is a combination of intensive, one-on-one rider training and driver sensitivity training. The goals of Travel Training are to help produce self-assured members of society who will use, and encourage others to use, fixed-route transit services & to help train drivers to be compassionate and sensitive in their interactions with people with disabilities.

Through the Travel Training program, the Trainer will come to your home & help you to understand bus schedules & take bus trips with you until you feel comfortable riding independently.  The only cost to you is your bus fare. 

For more information please contact:
Travel Trainer 
Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation 
One Siskin Plaza 
Chattanooga, TN 37403

Telephone      423-634-1576
Fax               423-634-1491
TDD              423-624-4534