CareLink addresses transportation service issues [Video]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark – A local nonprofit that provides transportation for seniors has run into problems being able to book rides.

It’s a ride to the doctor’s office that one man says he needed but had to cancel when he couldn’t schedule a transportation pick-up.

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As people drive around Little Rock, 72-year-old Fred Williamson says he doesn’t have that option.

“I gave up driving in 2016 on account of my eyes,” Williamson said.

Williamson says he is legally blind, has no car, no kids and no family members who could be a constant help.

“We don’t have any way to get to the doctors and stuff like that,” he said.

He also says he turned to get help from the nonprofit CareLink, which provides seniors across central Arkansas a variety of services like transportation.

“I usually use it no more than 2-3 times a month when I did use it,” Williamson said.

But in recent months, Williamson says there’s …