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.

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

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.

The system will not include Lucky Bucks until its full launch in April. Therefore, we'd like to give ETC's the option of waiting to offer the new service until Lucky Bucks is added or offer the benefit now with the understanding that employees will have to record their Lucky Bucks in TripLink until the end of March. To decide the best way to proceed, we recommend that you try the system out for yourself and then give us a call.

Mark your calendars for the iRideShare.org demo and training on March 10th at 7:30AM here at the Rideshare Office (1114 Marsh Street, SLO). We'll show you the bells and whistles of the new system, how to use your internal custom sub-site and how Lucky Bucks will be upgraded. Coffee and breakfast snacks will be provided. RSVP here.

As Employee Transportation Coordinators (ETC's), you are the first to get a sneak peek of the new system. If you decide to share the system with your co-workers, we've 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 and Lucky Bucks users will be asked to register at iRideShare.org in April
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/employees see when they login. If you are interested in these features, attend our demo/training or contact us
3. Lucky Bucks will continue to remain in TripLink until we move it over to iRideShare.org in April

Check out the new system at www.iRideShare.org.

We'll call you to follow-up, answer questions and help you determine the best way to proceed this week.

Until then - Cheers!

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.

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. Best Workplaces 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!

Helping Haiti One Commute at a Time

Just a reminder that all participants in the Lucky Bucks program can donate cash (in the form of Lucky Buck points) to help the people of Haiti. Rideshare will send monthly checks to Partners in Health, who have been working on the ground in Haiti for over 20 years. It's another way to use your incentives in a very positive way, so spread the word to all your coworkers. For more information click here.

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 office.

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