       
Join the Carpool
Challenge!
Enroll your company in the carpool
challenge and all registered carpoolers will receive a pre-paid
gas card from commuteSmart Rideshare!
It is a great way for your company and employees to work together to
help combat the air quality problems we face.
Enrollment and participation forms are
required. To receive information on this program, please contact
a commuteSmart Rideshare
representative today at 1(800) 826-Ride.
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What is
Carpooling?
 Carpooling
can be an easy and efficient way to share the ride to
work with 2 or 3 of your co-workers or neighbors. You
don't have to carpool everyday to make a difference in
your monthly expenses and to help reduce congestion and
air pollution. In fact, if everyone carpooled just once a
week, traffic would be reduced by 20%.
Is
carpooling for me?
Carpoolers usually live 3 to 15 miles from work and
travel at least 15 minutes each way. You should have a
similar work schedule to your carpool partners and you
all can decide what your daily departure times will be.
Carpoolers often rotate the driving on a daily or weekly
schedule which means you will need to do a little
planning to make sure your car is available on your
designated drive days. If you don’t have a car, just
make that known up front. There are plenty of people who
need their car and will want to drive.
How
do I get started? 
Get a
group of friends and co-workers together or
carpool with your spouse.
If you need assistance
finding a rideshare partner, complete the
on-line matchlist
application or call commuteSmart
Rideshare at 1-800-826-Ride. We
provide a free computer matchlist with
names of other commuters who wish to
carpool. You’ll be matched based on
your home and work locations and your
work schedule. Call us anytime for an
updated matchlist, to correct your
profile, or to modify your match
criteria. Your personal information is
used for rideshare matching purposes
only.
- Plan Ahead! Make
arrangements to meet potential carpool partners
ahead of time to map out all the details:
- How many days a
week will you carpool?
- Who drives and
when?
- Where will you meet? (Door-to-door or Park & Ride lot)
- Are there any
costs that need to be shared by the group?
- What do I do if I
am running late or must stay late at work?
- Will you have a
smoking or non-smoking carpool?
- What are the
driver’s responsibilities?
- Be open-minded and
prepared to discuss your differences.
- Establishing a
set of rules will help avoid conflict, but
rules can’t cover every situation. Being
kind, courteous, and understanding will make
your carpooling experience a wonderful one!
- Do something fun!
- Bring donuts once
in a while or meet for lunch. Ridesharing can
be a great way to meet people and establish
freindships that will last for years.
- When your carpool is
up and running don’t forget to call commuteSmart
Rideshare to register your group.
- If you carpool
(or vanpool) two or more days per week, and
you are registered in the rideshare matching
database, you will be eligible to participate
in the Guaranteed Ride Home
Program.
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