Carpool GRH Vanpool How to register with RideFinders The St

As traffic congestion, fuel costs
and parking limitations continue to
increase, so do the region’s needs for
alternative modes of transportation.
The St. Louis Regional
Rideshare Program
RideFinders’ mission is to improve air
quality, decrease traffic congestion
and reduce fuel by encouraging
carpools, vanpools and schoolpools
in the St. Louis region.
Carpool
RideFinders Carpool Program provides a free ridematching
service to help commuters share a ride to and from work
or college in their personal vehicles.
Vanpool
RideFinders Vanpool Program provides a free ridematching
service to help commuters share a ride to and from work
in RideFinders vans for a small leasing cost. Ridefinders
vanpools are open to the public.
GRH
RideFinders Guaranteed Ride Home (GRH) Program provides
ridesharing commuters of participating organizations with
up to four (4), $125 taxi rides home annually.
How to register with RideFinders
• Visit RideFinders.org, call (800) 847-7433 or speak with a Commute Representative at a Rideshare Fair.
• Complete a “Commuter Profile” form.
• Receive a “Matchlist” of other individuals with similar commutes to yours.
• Contact those individuals and begin carpooling.
RideFinders Education Initiative
Partner with RideFinders
Schoolpool - RideFinders Schoolpool Program provides
a free matching service to help parents of participating
K-12 schools carpool, walk or bike students to and
from school.
Joining RideFinders is FREE and easy. Contact RideFinders
at (800) 847-7433 or ridefinders@mct.org to schedule
a brief meeting to review the program. Once your
organization has joined, you can designate an on site
contact called the Employee Transportation Coordinator
(ETC) to communicate carpooling and vanpooling benefits
to your staff and issue a Guaranteed Ride Home (GRH).
Learning in Motion - Learning in Motion is a 30-minute,
interactive classroom presentation that uses visual aids
to teach the importance of improving air quality
and reducing traffic congestion through alternative
transportation modes.
Benefits of joining RideFinders
RideFinders
Service Area
• Save up to $3,000 or more on gas, maintenance and
commuting costs annually.
• Improve workplace productivity by reducing lost time
and money due to traffic congestion.
• Enhance environmental sustainability by reducing on
site vehicles, traffic congestion and air pollution.
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