HAI's Omni*Buses are specially adapted transit vehicles that accommodate severely disabled and frail elderly people. Each Omni*Bus can hold up to ten people in wheelchairs, or 37 ambulatory people, or five people in HAI's special stretcher beds or flexible combinations of all three.

Nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, and other human service facilities rent HAI's Omni*Buses so that their patients can attend concerts, plays, museums and other cultural opportunities.

Traveling in groups in safe, comfortable conditions, frail elderly and severely disabled people are able to participate in the dynamic cultural life of the community, while at the same time enjoying an exciting ride through vibrant cityscapes.

After relying for years on a single bus, HAI's Omni*Bus Program expanded significantly with the arrival of a new, second Omni*bus, the most up-to-date and accessible vehicle ever to ride the city streets. The second Omni*bus was launched at the 1997 New York City Veterans Day Parade; on that occasion, Vietnam veterans in mobile stretchers were able to shake hands with Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who climbed onboard.

Our third bus was introduced in 2008 during a special weekend visit of wounded soldiers from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC.

For more information on the HAI Omni*Bus Program,
please contact jswaner@hainyc.org at (212) 575-7667.