Get Involved with Rideshare Month 2020
Transportation Coordinator (TC) Webinar
August 26, 2020
Introductions
Lillian Duarte
Commute Solutions Coordinator
Valley Metro
Suzanne Day
Commute Solutions Coordinator
Valley Metro
Annette Fettig
Commute Solutions Coordinator
Valley Metro
Tech Tips
•Your microphone is muted. You can ask questions and give input using the controls on your screen.
•Click on Handout to open the PDF and access live links or print to take notes.
•The symbol indicates an audience poll. means we’ll ask for a show of hands. Get ready to share your input!
•Webinar will be recorded and a link emailed.
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Overview
•Get Involved with Rideshare Month
•TC News
What Is Rideshare Month?
Encourages commuters to try an alternative mode
• Supports Travel Reduction Program (TRP) goals
• Saves money and reduces stress
• Offers many choices – carpool, vanpool, bus, light rail, bike, walk or telework, compressed week
• Participate and win prizes!
• Look for your Fall TC kit arriving soon!
When is Rideshare Month?
October!
Commuter Challenge
Participate in the Commuter Challenge at
ShareTheRide.com – an individual challenge
• Different approach due to Covid-19
• Allows individual competition
• Individual prizes up for grabs
• Winning individuals will receive a Commuter Challenge winner t-shirt
Win! Win! Win!Great prizes up for grabs!
• Register at ShareTheRide in September and log trips in October – winners will be drawn from these entries
• Participate in special one day and weekly challenges – winners will be drawn from these entries
• Log 15 roundtrip commutes in October and enter for a chance to win an indoor sky diving experience and other prizes
ShareTheRide Contests
Other opportunities include
tracking your alternative
commute trips at
ShareTheRide.com to win other
great prizes.
• Log trips in the commute calendar
• Anything but driving alone counts – carpool, vanpool, bus, light rail, bike, walk or telework, compressed week
Are You Ready To?
Webinar Reminder
•Connect Your Commute with ShareTheRide is tomorrow, 8/27, 10 am!
•Acquaints users to the new platform of ShareTheRide.
•Free, open to the public, smart phone-friendly!
Please share this info with
your employees!
Clean Air Campaign Entries
There’s still time to submit entries for the 2020 Clean Air Campaign Awards.
• Entries due by Friday, August 28, at 5 p.m.
• Entry period for Most Creative Social Media Platform and Best Bulletin Board has closed.
• Get those entries in!
Light Rail Virtual Meeting
• You’re invited to an online public meeting for a final update on the Northwest Extension Phase II before construction begins.
• The light rail extension will connect to the existing system at the 19th Ave/ Dunlap station and head northwest, to the MetrocenterTransit Center.
• The meeting materials are available through Sept. 4, 2020.
Clean Air Campaign Virtual Event
• Tuesday, October 20
• Free to attend
• Register here
• Attendees will receive a cool surprise
Master of Ceremonies
Sean McLaughlinAnchor
CBS 5 News
Keynote SpeakerAdam Lee Brooks
Author & Inspirational Speaker
16th Annual Cool Transit Stuff Contest
• Calling all 3rd Graders!
Enter your art for a
chance to be featured
in the 2021 Cool
Transit Stuff calendar.
• This year’s theme is
Miles of Smiles. Enter
by October 16. Find
out more here!
Air Quality Alerts
•Want to keep up with High Pollution Advisories? Sign up for alerts at the Clean Air Make Morewebsite.
•Find a list of past HPA dates on the Valley Metro website.
Commute Solutions Staff
Just like the Ghostbusters, we are ready
to “assist you.”
• Get Involved with Rideshare Month 2020
• TC Update• Upcoming webinars
• September 23, 10 a.m. – Meet the New ShareTheRide
• October 21, 10 a.m. – Preparing for a TRP Audit
• November 18, 10 a.m. – Understanding Your TRP Survey Results
• Access recorded webinars and slide shows
Can’t make it during a scheduled webinar? Register anyway; we’ll email you the recording!