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Wisconsin's RIDESHARE program - a carpool and bike buddy matching program

Wisconsin's RIDESHARE program brings commuters together and is a free service provided by the State of Wisconsin. RIDESHARE serves all of Wisconsin and the bordering counties in other states (IA, IL, MI, MN).

What's new?

• Mobile reporting on-the-go! After registering you can sign up for Mobile Commute Reporting! Record your type of commute (carpool, transit, bike) daily through a message that comes right to your smart phone or email. To run a monthly report of your environmental and financial savings, log in and click on ‘Track your Commute’.
• Integrating Facebook with your RIDESHARE account! Integrating with Facebook will allow you and others to see publicly available Facebook profile information when considering a match.
• NEW is what's new! If you regularly run matchlists to check for new carpool or bike buddy matches, your matchlist will indicate new matches with the icon.

Commuters

• Register now! After registering you can run a match list, contact your matches, and track your commute for a record of your environment savings.
• Log in and update your profile, run new match lists and retrieve forgotten passwords.

• Commuters without an email address

  • Mail in your application

    • Download the RIDESHARE application . Either fax the completed application to (262) 521-4425 or mail it to:
    Wisconsin RIDESHARE
    Wisconsin Department of Transportation
    P.O. Box 798
    Waukesha, WI 53187-0798

  • Call for an application

    • Call 1-800-455-POOL, leave your contact information and an application will be mailed to you.

Employers

• Check out the value of being an employer who offers commuting benefits.

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Questions about the content of this page, contact:
Karen Schmiechen, karen.schmiechen@dot.wi.gov
Last modified: September 27, 2011