OCCK Transportation Celebrates the 3rd Anniversary of GoAbilene

Salina, Kansas –OCCK Transportation is proud to announce the 3rd Anniversary of the start of GoAbilene, the public transportation service for Abilene.

OCCK Transportation started operating GoAbilene on July 1, 2019, in partnership with the City of Abilene.  Since that date, GoAbilene has provided more than 23,000 rides to passengers within the city limits, with trips being taken for employment, shopping, medical, and more.  Ridership continues to rebound after the reduced service of the pandemic.

“For the past three years, GoAbilene has offered Abilene residents reliable rides throughout the community,” said Trell Grinter, OCCK Transportation Director.  “We look forward to continuing our work to extend transportation options like GoAbilene and further connect people and services with affordable transit options.”

Rides must be scheduled in advance in one of two ways, either by phone by calling 785.826.1583 or 855.577.4337 or by using the online scheduling form found at www.salinacitygo.com under GoAbilene.

Passengers interested in riding GoAbilene have many options for fares and fare payments, including free rides to West’s Country Mart, the use of the Go Anywhere Summer Youth Pass, or paying with digital fares using Token Transit. 

OCCK Transportation serves all of Dickinson County with additional regional paratransit service.

For more information about GoAbilene, go to www.salinacitygo.com.

OCCK, Inc. provides services in north central Kansas to anyone with any type of long or short-term disability, starting as early as birth and following people through their whole lives.  OCCK provides an array of supports for success at home and in the community, including independent living skills and supports, employment and career training, Alzheimer’s supports, autism services, assistive technology, children’s services, transportation, specialized therapies, and home health care.

OCCK is committed to providing transportation services to the general public, seniors, and persons with disabilities, through a variety of programs, including a fixed route service in Salina, CityGo, a regional paratransit service that serves fourteen counties, non emergency medical transportation for people with Medicaid, as well as non emergency medical transportation for clients of Salina Regional Health Center, a regional fixed route service, 81 Connection, KANcycle – the regional bike sharing program, GoAbilene public transportation, GoConcordia public transportation, and the newest program, KanConnect.

For more information about OCCK, Inc., visit www.occk.com.  For more information about CityGo and OCCK Transportation, visit www.salinacitygo.com. Or, contact the OCCK Transportation Center at 785-826-1583.