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As traffic congestion, fuel costs and parking limitations continue to increase, so do the region’s needs for alternative modes of transportation. 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 GRH Vanpool RideFinders Carpool Program provides a free ridematching service to help commuters share a ride to and from work or college in their personal vehicles. RideFinders Guaranteed Ride Home (GRH) Program provides ridesharing commuters of participating organizations with up to four (4), $125 taxi rides home annually. 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. 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. The St. Louis Regional Rideshare Program

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Page 1: 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.

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

GRH

Vanpool

RideFinders Carpool Program provides a free ridematching service to help commuters share a ride to and from work or college in their personal vehicles.

RideFinders Guaranteed Ride Home (GRH) Program provides ridesharing commuters of participating organizations with up to four (4), $125 taxi rides home annually.

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.

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.

The St. Louis RegionalRideshare Program

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ROUGHLY 2 MILLION POUNDS OF AIR POLLUTION ELIMINATED ANNUALLY

MORE THAN 60 VANPOOLS WITH MORE THAN 600 PARTICIPANTS

MORE THAN 800 BUSINESSES AND SCHOOLS REGISTERED

MORE THAN 9,000 REGISTERED COMMUTERS

RideFinders Education InitiativeSchoolpool - 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.

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• 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.

Partner with RideFindersJoining RideFinders is FREE and easy. Contact RideFinders at (800) 847-7433 or [email protected] 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).

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