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Contact Us:
NOTE: NEW ADDRESS
1114 Marsh
St.
San Luis Obispo, CA
93401
Morgen Marshall
781-4462
Kelsie Greer
781-1385
Cindy Blake
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Upcoming Events:
Last day to fill in
July Lucky Buck points
Tuesday, September 15th
Rideshare Mixer - Creekside Brewing Company,
5:30PM
Saturday, September 19th
SLO Bike Coalition Street Skills Workshop
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Congratulations SLO Transit!
Information released by the SLO City
Council indicates that the SLO Transit system
carried over one million riders for the second
consecutive year. During the Fiscal Year
2008-09 1,032,232 passengers used the system with
Cal Poly students making up a significant share
(60%).
The next Fiscal Year will present a challenge
to keep increasing ridership, due to the
impact of reduced sales tax
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We Want to Feature You!
Rideshare is looking for commuters to
feature for the Commute for Cash Challenge
promotions. Be the face of change and contact
Kelsie (781-1385) for more
info. |
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New Flyer for Your
Office
Download, print and post this flyer about
online bus pass purchasing at your office.
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Morgen,
We are just catching our breath after our
office move, only a block from our old office
(1114 Marsh Street). Many thanks for your
patience during the last few weeks as we didn't
have email or phones. Now that things are back to
normal, feel free to stop by and say hi!
We are very excited to announce a new service
this month: Online bus pass purchasing! This is
the first time bus passes have been available
online in San Luis Obispo County, making taking
the bus that much easier for commuters. We're also
gearing up for Rideshare Month in October called
the Commute for Cash Challenge. Imagine being able
to win your commute savings in cash...well you
can! This double bonus will provide a
fun opportunity for you to encourage biking,
walking, bussing, vapooling, carpooling and
telecommuting at your workplace. Start creating
your teams now and get the Commute for Cash
Challenge sneak peek at our Rideshare Mixer
September 15th at Creekside Brewing Company.
Also, free bikes provided by our Workplace
Bike Sharing Program are going fast. If you want
to start this program at your office, contact us
soon at 781-1385.
Sharing the Ride,
The Rideshare
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Get Your Bus
Pass Online! Rideshare
along with SLO Transit, RTA, SCAT and Paso
Express is making getting your bus pass
much easier, especially for those who do not
live close to a pass outlet or do not have the
time to visit an outlet during normal business
hours.  Passes
that are purchased online will be postmarked by
Rideshare within two business days and
delivered to your home/work. The online
store has the following monthly
passes on sale:
- SLO Transit 31 Day Pass
- RTA One Pass
- RTA Go Pass
- RTA Region ALL Pass
- SCAT Monthly Pass
- Paso Express Monthly Pass
Passes are available for purchase
through PayPal, a secure site, and most
credit cards and e-checks are accepted.
There is a $1.55 shipping and handling fee
plus a 2.9% Pay Pal charge per transaction (around
$2.50 per pass). At this time, daily and
discounted passes will not be available online but
can still be purchased at regular pass
outlets. Click
here to learn more and purchase you
monthly bus pass!
Download
and print this flyer about the Online Passes
and post in your Transportation Information
Board or breakroom.
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Save the Date! Next
Mixer!
Mix it up and get the latest info at
our informal mixer on Tuesday, September 15th
at Creekside Brewing Company at 1040 Broad
Street, San Luis Obispo, starting at 5:30
p.m. Come by and enjoy
some munchies and other goodies, also learn
more about our Commute for Cash
Challenge/Rideshare Month Event
in October. This is also a great
opportunity to network with other employers/ETC's
about what they are doing at their workplace.
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Workplace Bike Sharing
Program!
The first employer to take advantage of this
program is the City of Arroyo Grande and their
bikes will be delivered on Friday, August 7th
along with helmets and
locks.
Here's a reminder on how the program
works:
1. We provide your
office/department with 2 free bikes (one women's,
one men's), two helmets and two locks
2. We provide you with a
turn key program that includes waiver forms for
your employees/coworkers to sign and a
check-out/bike inventory system
3. You make sure members in
your office who use the
bikes take a one hour bike safety class
offered by the SLO County Bicycle
Coalition (can be provided during lunch time
at your office) 4. You are in charge of the
bike's maintenance and must record trips used on
the bike in TripLink (so we can measure the amount
of emissions reduced by the program, allowing us
to advocate for more bikes)
To learn more about the program and get
started, email Kelsie at kgreer@rideshare.org or call her
at 781-1385.
Pedal
on!
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Employee
Commute
Surveys
Did you know that Rideshare provides a free
Employee Commute Survey to assess how
employees at your office get to work and their
interests towards commute alternatives? The
surveys are conducted yearly to asses improvements
or declines in commute behaviors. Rideshare
provides the online survey, evaluates the data and
modifies or develops your Trip Reduction Plan
based upon the results, all at no cost. It
might be time for you to conduct your Employee
Commute Survey again, or for the first time.
Contact Morgen to get more
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Commute for
Cash Challenge Rideshare Month is
October, and we're kicking things up a notch this
year with a Commute for Cash Challenge. The
Challenge encourages teams of 5 or less not to
drive alone to work. Teams must make at least 10
trips per week using alternative
transportation to be eligible for weekly
prizes. Each team who logs their trips online
(similar to the Commuter Challenge for Bike Month)
will also be eligible to win that weeks commute
savings back in cash (limited to $75.00 per team
member). In addition, there will be random
individual prize drawings and special
events.
The Planning Committee has some fun
ideas up their sleeve. More details will be
available at the Mixer on September 15th.
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NEW - Car Free Program for
San Luis Obispo We are excited to
introduce the San Luis Obispo Car Free Program,
spearhead by Air Pollution Control District. The
program encourages visitors to arrive or travel
throughout San Luis Obispo without their car by
offering discounts on hotels and activities. For
more information, visit the Car Free
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