The City of Santa Rosa’s Transit Department, through a Transportation Fund for Clean Air grant, has developed and manages an incentive program to reduce single occupant vehicle trips. The goal is to decrease motor vehicle emissions, traffic congestion, parking challenges and improve air quality in Santa Rosa.
To participate in this program, businesses in the Santa Rosa city limits must designate a Transportation Coordinator who, through this Web site can register their company and sign-up employees who want to participate. Registered employees can receive great incentives by reducing the trips made in their car by carpooling with other registered participants, walking, riding a bike or taking the bus to work.
Incentives
- Discounted monthly bus passes. CityBus monthly passes and Sonoma County Transit passes are discounted to $15 each for registered participants.
- Movie tickets are awarded to registered participants who walk, ride a bike or carpool to work at least 8 round-trips or 16 one-way trips during the month.
Transportation Coordinator
The employer’s Transportation Coordinator is responsible for:
- Signing up employees who want to participate in the program.
- Making sure their company’s list of participating employees is up-to-date.
- Authorizing and issuing Guaranteed Ride Home taxi vouchers.
- Confirming participants are using a commute alternative.
- Distributing movie tickets incentives to the participating employees as they are awarded.
Guaranteed Ride Home
Finally, a program designed to take the worry out of leaving your car at home. The Guaranteed Ride Home program will provide an emergency ride in a taxi when you carpool, walk, ride a bike, or take the bus to work.
Employer Transportation Coordinators can authorize a Guaranteed Ride Home taxi voucher for any registered participant who used a commute alternative to arrive at work and is faced with one of the following emergencies:
- An immediate family member suffers an emergency.
- A serious problem arises at your child’s school or daycare center.
- Your home or property is damaged by burglary, fire, etc.
- You are sick and either can’t walk, ride your bike or wait for your carpool.
- Your ridesharing partner has an emergency and you have no way to get home.
- Unscheduled, approved overtime.
You may NOT use the Guaranteed Ride Home for the following reasons:
- Personal errands
- Medical or dental appointments
- When you are scheduled to work at times transit is not running (late evenings, holidays, etc.)
- Building evacuations
- Business or pleasure travel
- Job related injuries
- Natural disaster (flood, earthquake, etc.)
- Transit problems (the transit provider is responsible for providing another bus)
- Missed bus, carpool or vanpool ride home
- Flat tire on your bike (be sure to carry proper patch equipment and tire pump)
If you need a Guaranteed Ride Home, contact your Employer’s Transportation Coordinator for a taxi voucher, call AC taxi at 526-4888. The voucher will cover the fare and 15% gratuity. Read and follow the instruction on the back of the voucher.