Carpooling from Montgomery can work
Gas is expensive, but you probably think that carpooling to work isn’t possible because you won’t be able to find anybody else going where you are going. Or that some days you have to run an errand, and that just won’t work with carpooling. But other people are thinking the same thing. Since this article is appearing in this publication, read by Montgomery residents, it is increasing the chance that one of your neighbors might add their name to the list of people who want to carpool. You should do the same. It doesn’t hurt to find out about a person with a similar destination so you can talk about the possibilities.
For years, you may have heard that the phone number 241-RIDE (241-7433) could match people for carpooling in the Cincinnati area. Now the system is also accessible online at rideshareohio.org
. You can go there and read about the process, and how flexible carpooling can be. There are not any rigid rules. It is whatever people want to arrange. Carpooling does not have to be every day. With emails and cell phones it is easy to make changes as needed. It also does not have to be door-to-door. Many people meet at a public parking lot and leave a car. Here in Montgomery, you are welcome to leave a car at any of the parks, or the public parking lot on the east side of Shelly Lane.
Note that there have been some recent reorganizations of Cincinnati and Ohio websites for this service, so don’t be surprised if as part of the process of registering at www.rideshareonline.org you are redirected to rideshareohio.org.