Quincie Douglas saw the need for reliable transportation after a stroke limited her mobility. This empowered her to change the Tucson community for the better.
TUCSON, Ariz. — If you’ve ever visited the Quincie Douglas Library, you may have noticed a sculpture that sitting inside.
Davis was only three when his grandmother died in 1986. However, he says her contributions are still felt 36 years later.She founded the Low Income Free Transportation Service in 1965, a transportation program for people with limitations. Douglas would receive $24,000 from the Tucson Committee for Economic Opportunity towards starting LIFTS. The City of Tucson took over the program six years later, renaming it"Special Needs Transportation Service" and then eventually"Van Tran."
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