![Sammi Riley waiting for Redi-Wheels](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_5x3_004000_160x96_100/public/2021-12/Transitedited.jpeg?itok=EXrJ47cz)
Sammi Riley relies on Redi-Wheels to get from her Burlingame apartment to shop, meet with friends and travel to her volunteer work.
![Redi-Wheels vehicle](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_5x3_004000_160x96_100/public/2021-12/Transit%20%282%29_0.jpeg?itok=HfqkHF2P)
Federal law requires public transit systems to operate paratransit services but provides no funding.
![Man setting the brake on a wheelchair](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_5x3_004000_160x96_100/public/2021-12/Transit3_0.jpeg?itok=H7Ghh_4w)
Veteran Redi-Wheels Driver Frank Ng secures Sammi Riley's wheelchair in his custom van.
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Frank Ng drives Sammi Riley home on Highway 101 after a meeting of the San Mateo County Paratransit Coordinating Council in San Carlos.