Rideshare
April 25, 2024

Rideshare program sees limited usage

 

By Michael Williamson, Richwood Gazette

The Union County- Marysville Rideshare Program now has its first full quarter of data and officials say it’s doing well but they want to increase numbers.

Eric Phillips, the economic development director for the county and city, updated the county commissioners recently on the pilot program with Uber, which now has data from Jan. 1 to March 31 and has started collecting through the first part of this month. Phillips said the results so far are positive.

“It’s some really detailed data about where we are three and half months into this program,” he said. “And I’m really happy with the results.”

According to data collected wi…

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