________________________________ Transportation Announcements - Spring 2018
Welcome to the spring edition of ‘Transportation Announcements.’ To sign up for future announcements contact Norma<mailto:n...@cornell.edu> at Way2Go. SEE WHAT’S NEW New TCAT transit trip planning tools and Real Time Apps: Plan your next Transit trip using TCAT’s NEW trip planning tools and mobile apps! Find these tools and apps at https://www.tcatbus.com/Apps New TCAT signage coming to an area near you: TCAT is working hard to install bus stop signage in the coming months to better inform riders of where they can get on a bus. Bus stop numbers can be used to get schedule information via text message. For more information reach out to TCAT at t...@tcatmail.com <mailto:t...@tcatmail.com> Schuyler Tompkins Bus Connection: You can now connect from TCAT’s route 14 and 20 to Schuyler Transit Route 6 to Watkins Glen. There is a direct route from Cayuga Medical Center to Schuyler hospital, and connections from downtown Ithaca and Enfield Park & Ride. Find more information, connections and route map here<http://ccetompkins.org/way2go/transportation-options/regional-transportation#nyc>. Lime Bike Bikeshare coming to Ithaca in late April: Lime Bike, a private bikeshare company, is bringing 200+ brightly-colored bikes to Ithaca for public use. Rides cost $1 per 30 minutes or $30 for 100 rides, or if you receive benefits like SNAP, EBT, etc the cost is $5 for 100 rides. It’s a great way to move around town for groceries, meetings, and more. Check them out at the next Streets Alive! on Sunday, April 29 at Cayuga and Court Streets. More information can be found at https://www.bikewalktompkins.org/bikeshare or contact Hector Chang at hec...@bikewalktompkins.org<mailto:hec...@bikewalktompkins.org>. Free Helmet Giveaways at Streets Alive! Ithaca on April 29th: Streets Alive! is on Sunday April 29th, from 1-5 PM. Walk, bike, roll or dance along this open street festival. Bike Walk Tompkins is offering free helmets to adults at Thompson Park on Cayuga Street, and the Upstate Foundation is sponsoring a helmet giveaway to kids & teenagers at the Ithaca High School near the Ithaca Youth Bureau Bike Rodeo. For more info, go to https://www.streetsaliveithaca.com/ Bring Ithaca Bike Champions to your next event: Bike Walk Tompkins is training Ithaca Bike Champions to encourage your community to enjoy the fun, healthy and cost-saving benefits that come from biking and using bikeshare more often. Ithaca Bike Champions will be able to answer questions about biking, the Lime Bike bikeshare system, and organizing easy bike rides. To invite an Ithaca Bike Champion to your event between May and September (especially events in communities that could really benefit from increased biking), contact hec...@bikewalktompkins.org<mailto:hec...@bikewalktompkins.org>. Ithaca Carshare Easy Access plan: Ithaca Carshare's Easy Access plan is a subsidized version of the It's My Car monthly membership. Tompkins County residents with incomes at or below 150% of the federal poverty level may join. Despite recent loss of funding, Ithaca Carshare continues to offer the plan to 30 individuals at a time. http://ithacacarshare.org/rates/community Contact - Katie Kelly, i...@ithacacarshare.org, 607-277-3210 x3 for more information. Collegetown Cab Taxi App: Try this fully functioning app that has been operational for over six months. Download the app at www.collegetowncab.com<http://www.collegetowncab.com> Users use code "FIRSTRIDE5" to get $5 off their first taxi trip booked via the app. GET INVOLVED TCAT invites community input for upcoming visioning process and strategic plan: Share your comments through a mix of interactive activities and conversations with TCAT leadership and members of the project’s consulting team. Come to TCAT’s first open house on Thursday, May 3 from 4:00 to 7:00 at the Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC), 301 W. Court Street. Drop in anytime, kids are welcome! Be a Volunteer Driver on May 29th: URO & Way2Go are recruiting volunteer drivers to provide rides to participants of the Beyond the Box Networking & Job Fair to get to and from the Greenstar Event Space between 11am to 2pm. This is a great opportunity to help your neighbors get the support and resources they need to succeed. To volunteer a ride, contact Norma of Way2Go at n...@cornell.edu<mailto:n...@cornell.edu>. For more info about the Beyond the Box Networking & Job Fair contact Indy at il...@cornell.edu <mailto:il...@cornell.edu> Volunteer Driver Programs Working Group: Way2Go is exploring volunteer driver programs and invites you to get involved! Attend one or both of the following meetings: April 12th at 10:30am, Volunteer Driver Programs Working Group meeting, Cooperative Extension and April 24th at 3pm, Faster & Farther Network meeting, Human Services Annex 214 MLK/State St. Contact Dawn at dm...@cornell.edu for more information on this initiative or to RSVP. INFO & SUPPORT Transportation Information & Support: Have transportation questions or in need of support? Call 211 or 1-877-211-8667, or see the 211 web page<http://www.hsctc.org/index.php?page=information-referral> for community & transportation services. Contact Way2Go at 607-272-2292 or i...@way2go.org<mailto:i...@way2go.org> for additional support. Go to way2go.org<http://www.way2go.org> for information on transportation options, workshops and learning tools, such as our transportation how-to videos. Submit questions or comments, or add/invite others: Email Norma at n...@cornell.edu<mailto:n...@cornell.edu> or call Cooperative Extension at 272-2292 and ask for Norma or Sophie. Consider forwarding this email to a colleague who might want to subscribe. Norma S. Gutierrez Way2Go Transportation Educator Way2Go.org<http://www.way2go.org> Take Charge of Your Transportation! Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County 615 Willow Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850 (607)272.2292 www.facebook.com/Way2GoTompkinsCounty<http://www.facebook.com/Way2GoTompkinsCounty> For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.
