Stories from a WeGo Warrior
Wake-up, Take 2: I get up and get ready for my 10 min rideshare. I head out and arrive at the meeting point just as my driver is pulling up. She smiles and waves me into her car; this is now my fifth ride with her. (I’m also proud to say it’s my 66th WeGo shared ride, which means I’m an official WeGo Warrior!) I’m trying to help my driver also become a WeGo Warrior. She and I work in similar fields, in offices next to each other downtown, so it’s nice to have someone to chat with on the ride to work. It beats the long bus with strangers plugged into their music, feeling alone.
I get to work at bit early; all the time I would have spent on the bus, I now have to myself this morning. I meander over to the corner deli and grab some breakfast. Food in hand, I walk over to our downtown plaza, and eat in the beautiful park while going through my to-do list for the day. I finish breakfast and head over to the office, feeling so excited having had all that productive extra time to mentally get ready and enjoy breakfast before work.
A couple of days later, I stay super-late at work and miss the bus. The next one isn't coming for a while. On a whim, I pull up Avego, WeGo Rideshare’s app, and look-up a ride home. Lo and behold! My morning rideshare driver has a trip home scheduled under the "Trips" section of the app. I quickly send her a message through the app, and she replies that she's leaving in 10 minutes. My next thoughts are: "Success! I’ve got a quick and easy ride home! Good, because I'm tired!”
Outside waiting for my ride I smile thinking, “I like being part of the WeGo community — ridesharing is really having a positive impact on my life and the environment. I have to share this with more friends!"
-Laci M.
*Because of recession-based budget cuts, the bus schedule has been drastically reduced and now there are limited times when I can take the bus.