Many agencies and employers throughout the region support vanpooling by offering a Guaranteed Ride Home Program.
These programs provide a ride home for registered carpoolers and vanpoolers for specified emergencies (sick child, illness, etc.) and are usually available at no cost for the user.
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One of the features of a MetroVanPool is the availability of a guaranteed ride home. What this does is take away a big concern about "What happens If?" in ridesharing. That is, "what happens if I need to get home in the middle of the day and I no longer drive my car?" In most cases, the 'What If" never happens. But when it DOES - the guaranteed ride home program kicks in. The program is available to anyone who rides or drives in a vanpool within the Atlanta Regional Commission Service area.
The Guaranteed Ride Home (GRH) program provides commuters who vanpool to work with up to five free* taxi rides home or to their car from work annually if one of the following unscheduled events arise (* funding provided by federal dollars)
Guaranteed Ride Home is available for trips due to:
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An immediate family member's illness |
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You or your commute partner(s) have to work mandatory unscheduled overtime |
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You or your commute partner(s) get sick at work and have to leave early unexpectedly |
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LIMITATION: You cannot use the program for a ride to work, personal errands, scheduled appointments, business-related travel, side trips, or 911 emergencies.
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Program is secondary to any offered by either a TMA or your employer:
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