Rideshare Program

Expanding Access to Reliable Transportation

What is Rideshare?

Rideshare is Link’s commitment to expanding public transportation into a wider community beyond our Fixed-Route service. We provide Rideshare vans to qualifying Rideshare groups who cannot make use of regular fixed-route buses.

What is a Rideshare Group?

A minimum of three people sharing a similar commute and riding together in one vehicle make up a Rideshare group. Everyone in the group will start and end their commute in close proximity and work a similar schedule.

Each group will need a:

• Primary driver
• Backup driver
• Bookkeeper (in charge of reports that track miles, fuel usage, and ridership to be submitted once a month)

What Does Link Provide?

Link Transit provides a Rideshare van for a tiny fraction of the cost of private vehicle ownership. This includes:

• Vehicle (7 Passenger Honda Odyssey Van)
• Fuel (Link Transit will provide each van with one fuel card and a PIN assigned to each driver for fueling; the fuel card may be used at any participating service station.)
• Insurance
• Maintenance
• Guaranteed ride home (Taxi reimbursement up to four times a year for qualified reasons.)

What Does Rideshare Cost?

All groups must start, end in or have at least one passenger located in Link Transit PTBA Boundary (which includes all of Chelan County and the Eastmont, Lake Chelan, Orondo and Waterville School Districts in Douglas County). The monthly per person rate is determined by each individual’s commute.

Rideshare has five different monthly rates based on the round-trip miles traveled each day:

• 0 – 50 miles traveled each day: $52/month
• 51 – 100 miles traveled each day: $94/month
• 101 – 150 miles traveled each day: $135/month
• 151 – 200 miles traveled each day: $177/month
• 200+ miles traveled each day: $219/month

All riders 18 and under ride for free.

Do You Qualify?

• Link Transit Fixed Routes do not meet your commute requirements (geographic and/or service hours)
• Rideshare commute origin and/or destination are within Link Transit Public Transportation Benefit Area (PTBA), as authorized by Chapter 36.57A RCW. PTBA boundaries included all of Chelan County and the Eastmont, Waterville and Orondo School district boundaries in Douglas County.

Click apply now to read the agreement and complete the form to get started.