http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/09/14/santa-cruz-non-profit-now-offers-ride-insurance-to-car-free-commuters/ Covering San Francisco's livable streets movement Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/09/14/santa-cruz-non-profit-now-offers-ride-insurance-to-car-free-commuters/comment-page-1/#comment-35441 DaveO Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:50:35 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=43601#comment-35441 This is almost sad. Here, people have a brilliant business idea that has the potential to attract investment capital and return a tidy profit, and they hamstring it by turning it into a non-profit and running to the government for financial assistance. Ideas like this are what the free market is all about. Run with it! This is almost sad. Here, people have a brilliant business idea that has the potential to attract investment capital and return a tidy profit, and they hamstring it by turning it into a non-profit and running to the government for financial assistance. Ideas like this are what the free market is all about. Run with it!

]]> http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/09/14/santa-cruz-non-profit-now-offers-ride-insurance-to-car-free-commuters/comment-page-1/#comment-35401 anonymouse Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:25:28 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=43601#comment-35401 In the New York suburbs, this is called "Guaranteed Ride Home" and is a benefit that comes with your monthly commuter rail pass (or is it just commuter rail + bus combo pass?). The cap is something like 2 rides per month, which is considerably better than this program, but I guess the rides are different. Here, it's probably the entire commute, whereas in NY, it's just the ride home from the station. In the New York suburbs, this is called “Guaranteed Ride Home” and is a benefit that comes with your monthly commuter rail pass (or is it just commuter rail + bus combo pass?). The cap is something like 2 rides per month, which is considerably better than this program, but I guess the rides are different. Here, it’s probably the entire commute, whereas in NY, it’s just the ride home from the station.

]]> http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/09/14/santa-cruz-non-profit-now-offers-ride-insurance-to-car-free-commuters/comment-page-1/#comment-35311 Yokota Fritz Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:07:46 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=43601#comment-35311 It's a great benefit but hardly unique. Many many Bay Area employers also offer an emergency ride home benefit for "alternative transportation" commuters, including cyclists. In San Mateo County, for example, the county TDM agency funds 75% while the employer picks up the rest of the tab. Emergency Ride Home is part of the standard "toolbox" used by Metropolitan Planning Organizations to try to manage traffic and air quality and is widely offered in the United States. It’s a great benefit but hardly unique. Many many Bay Area employers also offer an emergency ride home benefit for “alternative transportation” commuters, including cyclists. In San Mateo County, for example, the county TDM agency funds 75% while the employer picks up the rest of the tab. Emergency Ride Home is part of the standard “toolbox” used by Metropolitan Planning Organizations to try to manage traffic and air quality and is widely offered in the United States.

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