Regional Emergency Ride Home Program

Give Your Employees A Lift and a Valuable Benefit -- AT NO COST TO YOU!

Thousands of employees carpool, vanpool, take the bus, bike, or walk, instead of driving alone to get to work. They are helping to ease traffic congestion, reduce air pollution, and cut down on parking problems and demand at company worksites.

As an employer, you want your employees to be able to get home in case of an emergency and you want to support the responsible choices of your employees. But for those who rideshare to work, finding a way home can be stressful and time consuming. That’s where the Emergency Ride Home (ERH) program comes in! The ERH program provides employees a free taxi ride home for eligible participants in case of an emergency. All the employer needs to do is sign up for the program and all the employee needs to do is register.

The ERH program provides employees up to four taxi rides home each year in case of a qualified emergency on days when they don't drive alone.

Why Is The ERH Program Offered?

One of the main reasons many people drive alone to work is the security of having a car available to them in case of an unexpected emergency. By providing a FREE Emergency Ride Home, we can increase the number of employees in our community who will either carpool, vanpool, take a bus, ride a bike, or walk to work. The Emergency Ride Home Program helps manage the demand placed upon our road system, by reducing congestion, and increasing parking availability.

How It Works

The employer signs a letter of agreement with Commuter Solutions saying they will be responsible for helping to promote the program and handling the ERH taxi vouchers.

The taxi rides can be used for emergencies when:

• The employee or a family member suffers an illness, injury, or other emergency
• The employee’s home or property is damaged by fire, burglary, or similar emergency
• The employee’s carpool/vanpool driver has an emergency and has to leave early

When an employee has an emergency on a day they commute to work by means other than driving alone, they simply obtain a signed taxi voucher from their ERH administrator who calls a taxi from the taxi provider list. Commuter Solutions will pay for the entire trip and will be invoiced by the taxi provider.

Area of Service

Eugene/ Springfield metropolitan area and surrounding communities including:
- Cottage Grove
- McKenzie Bridge
- Veneta
- Elmira
- Oakridge
- Junction City
- Coburg
 

ERH Participating Companies
9Wood, Inc.
Alternative Work Concepts
Alvord-Taylor
Arc of Lane County
Avant Assessment
Balzhiser & Hubbard Engineers
Berg Electric
Bosco House
The Boulevard Grill
Cameron, McCarthy, Gilbert & Scheibe
Capella Market
Cascade Manor
Champion Technologies, Inc.
City of Eugene
City of Springfield
Comfort Suites
Country Coach 
Courtyard by Marriott
Curves on 28th
Days Inn
Dougherty Landscape Architects (DLA)
Elizabeth Lewis Publishing
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Eugene Hilton
EWEB
Franklin Village Extended Stay
Funk/Levis & Associates
Gallagher Financial Services, Inc
GarageGames, Inc
Good Company
Green Valley Rehabilitation Health Center
Harlequin Beads & Jewelry
Harrang Long Gary Rudnick P.C.
Harry Ritchie’s Jewelers
Hawes Financial Group
Health First Financial
Heritage Research Associates
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites - Franklin Blvd.
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites - Gateway
Holt International Children's Services
Identity by Sew-On
IRIS Media, Inc.
Isler CPA
ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education)
The Kiva
Lane Community College (Faculty & Staff)
Lane Council of Governments
Lane County Legal Aid & Advocacy Center
Lane Transit District
Lanz Cabinets
LEAD
Life Technologies
Looking Glass Station 7
Lunar Logic
Marathon Coach
McKenzie Leasing & Finance
Mobility International USA
Network Charter Schools - Faculty & Staff
Northwest Community Credit Union
Oak Patch Gifts
Oak Street Child Development Center
OMG - Oregon Medical Group Country Club Medical Center
OMRI - Organic Materials Review Institute
ORCAS - Oregon Center for Applied Science
Oregon Department of Justice - Child Advocacy Section
Oregon Department of Justice - Division of Child Support, Eugene
Oregon Department of Justice - Division of Child Support, Springfield
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Oregon Medical Laboratories
Oregon Research Institute
Oregon Social Learning Center
Oregon Supported Living Program
Pacific Cascade Federal Credit Union
PacificSource Health Plans
Pacific Winds Music
Pathology Consultants
Pentagon Federal Credit Union
Pepperberries Tools for the Cook
Pivot Architecture 
Planned Parenthood
Professional Credit Service
Public Defender Services of Lane County
Quality Inns & Suites
R.E.I. (Recreational Equipment, Inc.)
Residence Inn by Marriott
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd
Sexual Assault Services of Lane County (SASS)
SOLARC Architecture and Engineering, Inc.
Special Mobility Services
Sperry Tree Care
Sunshine Legal Services
Symantec Corporation
Systems West Engineers
Titan Funding Group
Travel Lane County
University of Oregon, Department of Housing
University of Oregon, Facilities Services
Venture Data
VersaLogic Corporation
Western Environmental Law Center

It’s Easy to Register

All you need to do is submit the ERH employer agreement. We will then meet with you to review the program and provide you with an ERH Administrator's kit that includes:

• Taxi Provider List
• Rules of Eligibility
• Brochures
• FAQ’s
• ERH Vouchers
• Employee Marketing Materials and Ideas

Call us at 682-6213 for more information.