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Upcoming Events:
Wednesday, February
3rd, 5pm
Bike Month Meeting
Rideshare Office
Friday, February 5th
Deadline for Logo/Design Contest
entries for Bike Month
Wednesday, February
10th
January Lucky
Buck points
Wednesday,
February 17th, 7:30 AM
iRideShare.org ride match demo and training
Rideshare Office
Wednesday,
March 10th, 7:30AM
Second ride match demo and training with Lucky Bucks info
Rideshare Office
Wednesday,
March 17th
Wear your I AM GREEN sticker and promote being GREEN
on St. Patrick's Day
Wednesday,
March 17th, noon
Bike Month Meeting
Rideshare Office
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Purchase Online
Purchase your transit pass online
and save time! You can get your SLO Transit, R.T.A., S.C.A.T.
& Paso Express passes here. The 31 day passes
can be used starting any day of the month and are also available at
R.T.A. pass outlets. The new S.C.A.T. passes (31 day monthly and 20
ride pass) are being integrated, now that the S.C.A.T. Board has
approved the changes.
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Hello
Morgen,
As our
valued Employee Transportation Coordinator, we want you to be the first to know
about our new
ride match system, www.iRideShare.org! More information about the
system is described below. To help you spread the word at your
office, we've equipped you with a template email to send to your
co-workers, posters and live demos.
We also
have some news to share about Bike Month 2010 - Life in the Bike Lane and Cal
Poly's recent award from the National Best
Workplace for Commuters Program.
Cheers!
The
Rideshare Team
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Your solution to carpool
matching and so much more! www.iRideShare.org
SLO
Regional Rideshare is pleased to announce the soft launch of our new
ride match system, iRideShare.org. Replacing TripLink for carpool,
bike buddy matching and emissions tracking; iRideShare.org is quick,
convenient and confidential.
As Employee Transportation Coordinators (ETC's), you are the first to get a sneak peek of
the new system. Therefore, spread the news at your office, at home
and with friends. We've even created a template email that you can
copy, paste and send to your office. The more people in the system,
the greater the possibility of getting a match - it's that simple. If
you don't find a match the first time, don't give up hope, try it
again after a few weeks. And don't forget to print and hang a poster or flyer in
your Transportation
Information Center, bathroom stalls,
common rooms, ect. Don't have a Transportation Information Center?
Let us know and we'll deliver one to you for free. We also have handy
business cards about the system that you can hand out. Let us know if
we can mail some to your office.
A few things to note:
1. All TripLink users will be asked to register at iRideShare.org
2. The new system offers custom sub-sites for organizations. As an
ETC, it is easy to set-up iRideShare.org to track your office's
emissions/trips/miles/cost savings reduction, create your own
look/feel for the system including web banners/colors and even edit
the text that your co-workers see when they login. If you are
interested in these features, attend the workshop described below or contact us
3. If you are familiar with our Lucky Bucks Program, please note that
Lucky Bucks will continue to remain in TripLink until we move it over
to iRideShare.org in April
Rideshare will be hosting a one hour demo of the new
system, including trips and tricks on how to set up a custom
sub-site, Wednesday, February 17th at 7:30AM at the Rideshare Office
(1114 Marsh Street, SLO). Coffee and breakfast snacks will be
provided. Click
here to RSVP.
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Bike Month 2010 - Life in the Bike Lane
After
counting your votes, the theme for Bike Month 2010 is "Life
in the Bike Lane".
The Bike Month 2010 Image Design Contest is underway, with entries
due by Friday, February 5th. Vote on your favorite
design/artwork February 9th-19th at www.rideshare.org. The winner will be announced
at the Bike Month meeting on Wednesday, March 3rd. For more
information click here.
We still need volunteers to help plan
events. Please contact Morgen if you would like to get
involved. The next planning meeting is this Wednesday,
February 3rd, @ 5:00 p.m here at the
Rideshare Office. Join us and give us your ideas for this fun month
long event.
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Congratulations Cal Poly!
Cal Poly
was awarded a Gold Medal from the National Best Workplace for
Commuters Program, run by the University
of South Florida's National Center for Transit
Research.  Cal Poly's Commuter Services
Program is spearheaded by Susan Rains, Commuter & Access
Services Coordinator, who acknowledged that Cal Poly is very
supportive of making improvements to sustainable modes of
transportation. Recently the University has increased the
number of bike racks and has started a car sharing program.
Kudos to
Susan and her department for all their hard work in promoting
transportation options!
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Helping Haiti One Commute at
a Time
Rideshare added Stand with Haiti to the
Lucky Bucks online store, collecting hundreds of dollars from
Lucky Bucks users to help those recently affected by the earthquake.
Lucky Bucks is an incentive
program managed by Rideshare and paid for by employers to encourage
sustainable transportation when commuting to and from work. If you
would like us to contact you with more information on our Lucky Bucks
program, please let us know.
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St. Patrick's Day - DON'T JUST
WEAR GREEN, BE GREEN
Rideshare is doing it again. This
St. Patrick's Day, sprinkle your office with I AM GREEN stickers and
wear your GREENness with pride. Start
promoting early by hanging a flyer or poster. Or visit
the I
AM GREEN webpage
for more information.
Contact
us and we'll mail you I AM GREEN stickers for your entire
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