Unexpected interest from neighbouring counties pushes Ride Share launch back

Craig Bakay | Mar 11, 2020

The much-anticipated Ride Share internet listing from Rural Frontenac Community Services had been scheduled to launch in January. However, a few wrinkles and glitches had to be worked out.

“We came very close to launching,” said RFCS transportation programmer Gail Young. “Then we got calls from Lennox & Addington and Lanark Counties asking if they could participate.”

She said they were currently in process of making adjustments to include the two other counties as well as Frontenac County.

“We’re hoping to be ready before the end of March,” Young said.

One of the changes they’re making to the website is showing where rides are emanating from and where they are going to “show we can share statistics with our Councils,” she said.

“We were ready to go but we’re holding off launching until we can make these additions,” she said. “We don’t want to launch with a bunch of glitches.”

The program had been called Community Car Pool but will now likely be shortened to just Community Car.

The idea is quite simple actually. If you’re looking for a ride to somewhere from somewhere, you put it on the site. If somebody is already going, or willing to take you, the site makes a connection. And vice versa, if you’re going somewhere on a particular day, you can list that and anybody who wants to go with you makes a connection via the web site.