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Ridesharing & Alternative Commuting
As traffic congestion, greenhouse gases and air pollution become greater
concerns for everyone, regional transportation demand management
organizations, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), transportation
management associations (TMAs) and public transit agencies are seeking
innovative ways to reduce the number of ‘single occupied vehicles’ on roads
and highways.
Alternative commuting programs, including ridesharing and carsharing,
substantially reduce traffic congestion, parking requirements and emissions.
However, matching thousands, even tens of thousands, of travelers with rides,
keeping information up to date and generating the many required reports are
challenging, time-consuming tasks.
Trapeze provides municipal planning organizations, transit agencies and other
transportation management organizations with automated solutions that
manage and deliver ridesharing and other alternative commuting
services.
Trapeze solutions match commuters with many kinds of shared transportation,
including carpools, vanpools, public transit, park-and-ride, and cycling
routes, as well as daycare and telecommuting centers. Trapeze takes
advantage of the latest developments in Internet, database, and GIS
technologies, delivering robust, scalable solutions that will manage the
transportation requirements of tens of thousands of commuters and employers.
Solution Components
Fast, Automated Matching. Use GIS-based techniques to perform specific matches by time of day, obstacle recognition, employer restriction, same sex matching, route-to-work corridor matching, time flexibility and more. Results in seconds with even the largest databases.
Convenient Web Interface. Allow commuters to register online and perform self-service ride matching. Employers can manage registrants over the web. Single database design eliminates need to transfer or replicate data.
High Capacity. Performs effectively even on databases with as many as 400,000 commuters.
Integrated Vanpool Matching and Rostering. Define the entire vanpool service area, route and stops graphically on a map. Track drivers and riders and perform cluster analyses quickly and easily.
Advanced Reporting. Reduce time and effort spent tracking matching activities and marketing efforts using numerous predefined reports plus a built in report generator.
Integrated Mapping. Easily maintain mapping data through high performance graphical map displays. Geocode locations by address, cross street, postal code or by clicking on map image.
Efficent Communication Tools. Keep users up to date in print or email with easy to use email merge features. Automatically contact commuters for online renewal of registration.
Guaranteed Ride Home Tracking. Manage GRH trips, track funding sources and monitor the cost of each voucher.
Coordinate with Neighboring Rideshare Service Providers. Support multiple agencies using a single database while keeping data separated for reporting purposes.
For an online demonstration of Trapeze RidePro, please visit http://www.rideproweb.com.
For system and technical requirements, download the specifications document.
For more information about Trapeze solutions for alternative commuting schemes, contact a Trapeze representative.
