Rideworks Review

Employers Benefit from Customized Solutions to Commuting Challenges

Helping employees find the quickest and most convenient commute possible can be a significant benefit for any company. With the I-95 New Haven Harbor Crossing Corridor Improvement Program underway, Rideworks can be a valuable resource to employers because it offers a variety of low-cost transportation options that are designed to improve the mobility of the work force.

Rideworks provides information and services tailored to a company's specific needs as well as assistance with selecting incentives and explaining available transportation options. Click here for information on incentives and transportation options.

Surveys/research

Comprehensive analysis of employee commuting habits helps determine the most effective ways to provide commuter transportation services that meet the needs of both employers and commuters.

Rideworks provides the following help in conducting a confidential employee transportation survey:

  • design of the survey questionnaire
  • tabulation of the results
  • interpretation and presentation of the results
  • design of a program that will best assist employees with their work trips.

On-site promotional events

Bring all of Rideworks' free services to employees -- at work. Rideworks can:

  • set up an information table in a lobby, cafeteria, or other high-activity area and provide employees with the opportunity to ask questions and receive information about their specific commutes.
  • provide group presentations and conduct on-site transportation assessments.
  • conduct on-site rideshare matching.
  • meet with new employees and employees who have moved to evaluate new commute options.

Commuter Information Centers

Having transportation information available at work can be a tremendous help to employees, even to those who do not use transit or share the ride regularly.

Giving employees regular access to transit and ridesharing information means they can easily investigate and use other commute options when they cannot use their own vehicles.
Rideworks can:

  • provide free Commuter Information Center displays stocked with customized regional highway construction and transit information, bus and train schedules, carpool and vanpool information, etc. (Commuter Information Centers are available in either wall-mounted or tabletop models.)
  • restock the Center with new highway construction information and up-to-date schedules. Items can easily be reordered as they run out.

Carpool/vanpool matching

Rideworks offers free computerized ridematching to commuters who are looking to start or join vanpools and carpools. In addition:

  • commuters receive listings of other commuters looking to start or join carpools and vanpools, and transit information if applicable.
  • Vanpoolers receive “how to” guidelines for managing the vanpool as well as ongoing support once the vanpool is on the road, including referring riders to the vanpool and finding drivers.

Click here for more information on vanpools

Construction communications

Rideworks offers several ways to keep employers informed of lane closures and traffic detours that may impact access to a workplace by employees and others:

  • Construction website (www.rideworks.com/construction.htm)
  • a 24-hour Construction Hotline (203-777-INFO) with information on lane closures and traffic detours on specific routes.
  • fax/email notification of lane closures and traffic detours for the I-95 New Haven Harbor Crossing Corridor Improvement Program, which can be posted or distributed as needed.
  • I-95 Program website (www.I95newhaven.com) and construction hotline (1-866-277-9595)


To schedule an appointment, obtain additional program information or ask questions, contact a Rideworks' Employer Services Representative: in Greater New Haven, Brooke Hoberman, 203-777-7433 or 1-800-ALL-RIDE; in Greater Waterbury/Naugatuck Valley, Katharine Zatkowski, 203-757-7662.

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