Specifications include, but are not limited to: 0. The Authority, with support and coordination of the Contractor, shall establish all routes, schedules, fares and policies for the operation of transportation service and policy. The Contractor agrees to make recommendations periodically (or when requested by the Authority) concerning changes in routes, schedules, fares or policies. The Contractor shall prepare all necessary documentation and, if needed, provide testimony relative to any contemplated change in schedule or classification of fares or in service or in routing. Any change in schedules is subject to the approval of the Authority, 2, Paratransit Service Standards: a. All paratransitservice should be scheduled and operated as efficiently as possible but not allow a passengers' scheduled time on a vehicle to exceed 60 minutes afterthe pickup time when traveling within the same community or 90 minutes when traveling to an adjacent community. Paratransit trips shall be comparable in length to a similar trip on a fixed route. b. All paratransit service should be scheduled and operated as efficiently as possible and within the guidelines of 49 CFR Part 37. c. Drivers are required to wait a full five (5) minutes for a passenger pickup after making their presence known (within the scheduled pickup window). They may wait longer so that no other passenger trip is inconvenienced, Drivers are only to provide origin to destination service, meaning it is the responsibility of the passenger to enter and exit their home and other destinations. It is the driver's responsibility to assist any passenger needing or requesting assistance in order to board or alight the vehicle. The driver’sresponsibility is to wait at the passenger ’s destination to make sure they enter before leaving.