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Commissioner reports Fort Riley "Safe Passage" vouchers provided rides worth about $13,000 in May
Summary
Commissioner Asher described Fort Riley's Safe Passage program, which offers two $30 ride vouchers per year to lower-ranking soldiers and uses services such as Lyft and Uber; he said the program showed roughly $13,000 in rides in May.
Commissioner Asher told the commission that Fort Riley’s "Safe Passage" program issues two $30 ride vouchers per year to soldiers at ranks of captain and lower to help prevent impaired driving to and from Manhattan and Junction City. The program partners with ride services including Lyft and Uber, and participants sign up through an app to request rides.
Asher said that in May the program accounted for roughly $13,000 in rides; a ride-count number in the transcript was unclear and is not reported here. He described the program as "working really well" and said it fills a need to reduce impaired driving among soldiers traveling from Fort Riley.
The update came as part of routine reports from commissioners and did not include a decision to fund or expand the program at the county level. No county funding action or change to eligibility was recorded in the public portion of the meeting.
