The County of Wellington’s ridesharing program will quickly be reverting again to its authentic objective.
Ride Well was created to be a rideshare service, related to Uber, for county residence who could also be heading in the identical path.
However the pandemic pressured the service to function extra like a taxi service, taking just one particular person at a time.
Director of Economic Development for Wellington County, Crystal Ellis, says the pandemic undoubtedly pressured them to change their enterprise mannequin.
Ellis expects the unique ridesharing service to resume April 4.
She says they’re presently confirming what number of passengers can journey in a car at one time however she says it is going to most likely be two passengers throughout most journeys.
She says public transit has been declared a high-risk setting so the province has introduced masks will nonetheless be required for these utilizing these companies.
Ride Well ridership in 2021 grew in contrast to 2020.
Ellis says they doubled the variety of rides offered from one yr to the subsequent.
Ride Well offers transit for journeys that begin or finish in Wellington County however locations can embody Guelph.