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City launches short-term 'Essential Worker Ride Home' with $447,500 to get late-shift staff home safely
Summary
San Francisco and the County Transportation Authority launched a time-limited program funded with TFCA and Prop K dollars to reimburse taxi rides for essential workers stranded by reduced transit; program capped rides at $70 and 10 trips/month and prioritized late-night travel and low-income workers.
San Francisco on Wednesday announced a new Essential Worker Ride Home program to help essential employees return home safely when public transit schedules have been curtailed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The program adapts the city’s decade-old Emergency Ride Home framework and was designed in partnership between the Department of the Environment and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA). Initial funding combines Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) reprogramming ($197,000) and…
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