Transportation Choices
Save our air...Rideshare!
This page provides a summary of information on the San Luis
Obispo County Transportation Choices Program. For more information,
view the official TCP
website.
There are many options for getting around town and going to work other than driving
alone. Walking, biking, taking the bus, carpooling, vanpooling, skateboarding, and
roller-blading are all forms of transportation.
What is the Transportation Choices Program?
The Transportation Choices Program (TCP) is a free program offered to businesses and
organizations throughout San Luis Obispo County that choose to encourage employees to
use of alternative transportation. The goal of the Transportation Choices Program is to
provide employers with the tools they need to encourage a change in employee commuting
habits.
As TCP partners, Ride-On, Cal Poly, Fun Ride, SLO County Bike Coalition, SLORTA, SLO Transit, San
Luis Obispo Regional Rideshare (SLO Rideshare) and the Air Pollution Control
District (APCD), believe there is a need to change the ways we commute. A simple look to
the Los Angeles areas illustrates how a huge highway infrastructure has done little to
reduce or eliminate major traffic congestion. With your help we can preserve our air
quality and minimize traffic congestion in SLO County.
Commuter Options: Services We Provide & Alternatives We
Encourage
Transportation Choices Information Center: Access to information about
transportation choices is essential to changing commute habits. The Transportation
Choices Information Centers are a convenient way to get vanpool schedules, bus schedules
and other transportation information. We provide you with all the materials needed for
your Transportation Choices Information Center.
Vanpool, Carpool Matches: By working with Ride-On and SLO Rideshare, you can
be matched with other commuters who live and work in similar locations. In many
instances, you will carpool or vanpool with other individuals at your worksite, or
neighboring worksites. Contact Rideshare to see if you can participate in teh bike-sharing program!
Bicycling or Walking to Work: Each person who chooses to ride a bicycle or
walk to work will save a parking spot, leaving more parking available for your customers
and clients. Having bicycle racks at your worksite sends a message of support to people
who will ride their bikes to work. Contact Rideshare to see if you can participate in the bike-sharing program!
Guaranteed Ride Home Program: This program offers insurance against being
stranded. If you become sick or need to work overtime on a day you have carpooled,
vanpooled or taken the bus, and you are registed in iRidesharoe.org you are provided up to 4 rides per fiscal year. Rideshare will reimburse up to $45 per ride. Be sure to check ou the Emergency Ride Home Policy on Rideshares website.
Lunch-Time Express: Ride-On offers shuttle services in the City of San Luis
Obispo. Any party of two or more may reserve a Ride-On bus for a free round-trip ride Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Call 805.541.8747 to make your reservations.
Rideshare Incentive Program: A Rideshare Incentive Program is a fun way to get
rewarded for choosing to use alternative transportation to get to work. Once registered,
you record the days you ride a bus, vanpool, carpool, ride a bike, or walk to work. Each
day you don't drive alone to work you earn “iRideshare Rewards” that can then be turned
into movie tickets, meals at restaurants, gift certificates to local stores, smoothies,
stamps, car washes, and more. Visit Rideshare's website for more information.
Clean Car Awareness: To further reduce the air pollution from automobiles
throughout SLO County, the APCD promotes clean driving habits and basic car maintenance
to help cars operate cleaner. We also focus on new vehicle technologies, such as
electric & hybrid vehicles. Incentives to purchase new clean cars are available
through the APCD and state agencies. More 
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