Everyone knows that Loma Linda University Health has a passion for giving back to the local and global communities, but this passion goes further. Within the organization, Loma Linda University Health gives back to employees through the Rideshare program.
Rideshare offers participants the opportunity to receive subsidies each month based on what transportation they take to work. Whether through vanpooling (participants sign up to ride with six or more individuals), taking the bus, biking, walking, or carpooling with two or more riders, each employee can be part of a bigger initiative to reduce traffic and decrease pollutants that are harmful to the environment and community members. Those who bike or walk also gain a healthier lifestyle.
Vanpooling offers a $50 subsidy per month per rider, and bus transit offers a $25 subsidy per month toward your bus pass. Biking offers $60 per quarter distributed through payroll. Walking provides $60 per quarter distributed through payroll, and carpooling offers 10 gallons of gasoline to each Rideshare member each month.
“Participating in our Rideshare programs helps reduce traffic congestion around our campus and reduces the amount of harmful toxins that are released into the environment,” Patricia Ibarra, employee transportation coordinator, says. “In addition, it also helps Loma Linda University Health meet the average vehicle ridership of 1.5 mandated by the South Coast Air Quality Management District.”
To learn more about the benefits of this program, please visit www.iecommuter.org and check out the attachment below.
To join the program, email rideshare@llu.edu or call 909-651-3033 or ext. 53033. Ask for Patricia Ibarra or Julie Mandy.
