MILWAUKEE — A brand new rideshare service in Milwaukee is hoping to connect folks on town’s north facet with jobs in northwest suburbs. FlexRide Milwaukee will launch early subsequent month and is a partnership between the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SEWRPC) and UW Milwaukee. Right now it is only a pilot program, but when issues go properly it may develop.
“There’s a better way to connect people who can’t drive or don’t drive, particularly from neighborhoods in the city of Milwaukee to jobs that are located beyond where the transit system reaches right now,” stated SEWRPC Executive Director Kevin Muhs.
Users will obtain an app that connects them with a trip from one in every of 5 places to a spot of employment in Menomonee Falls or Butler. SEWRPC stated the app is just like Uber or Lyft. The 5 places are on the map beneath and are already serviced by MCTS bus strains.
Once at one of many predetermined places, customers shall be picked up by a shuttle. From places 1 and a pair of on the map, rides are free to and from work. From places 3, 4 and 5 rides are $1.50 every approach.
“We know that underemployed people on the north side of Milwaukee certainly deserve access to just as many job opportunities as those of us who drive around, so this is one way to try and connect those and make sure people have access to those jobs,” Muhs stated.
According to SEWRPC, 1 in 4 households in Milwaukee do not have a automobile.
But it is not simply staff and job hunters a program like this would possibly profit. It might also assist employers sort out the employee scarcity.
“I think it’s a potential solution for a lot of industries,” stated Amanda Payne with the Waukesha County Business Alliance. “We’ve had a lot of interest from the manufacturing industry and a lot from the Healthcare industry.”
If you are eager about signing up for the program, click on right here. Employers are additionally inspired to succeed in out to seek out out extra concerning the program.
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