TARRANT COUNTY PARTNERS WITH TRANSIT PROVIDERS TO OFFER FREE RIDES TO THE POLLS
Throughout early voting and on Tuesday , Nov . 8 , Tarrant County voters were able to catch a free ride to the polls on Arlington ’ s Handitran , Arlington ’ s Via , and Trinity Metro transit services .
Riders showed their voter registration card or current Texas ID and applied a special promo code to ride for free during early voting from Oct . 24-Nov . 4 and on Election Day , Nov . 8 .
The Tarrant County Commissioners Court approved a partnership with transportation services in Tarrant County to pay for customer trips to voting locations , with an amount not to exceed $ 20,000 . This program is a continuation of the Election Transportation Program that was offered in November 2019 , March 2020 , November 2020 , November 2021 and March 2022 .
The transit services included in the program are Trinity Metro ’ s bus routes , ZIPZONE on-demand rideshare services , ACCESS paratransit , plus Tarrant County Transportation Services ( TCTS ), Northeast Transportation Services ( NETS ), and Arlington ’ s Via Rideshare and Handitran .
VIA RIDESHARE INTRODUCE $ 80 MONTHLY PASS
Via Rideshare , Arlington ’ s on-demand , rideshare public transportation service , is now offering a new monthly ViaPass option that offers passengers unlimited rides for only $ 80 a month . Don ’ t need rides for a whole month ? Via Rideshare also offers a weekly ViaPass , which allows riders to take up to four trips per day for $ 25 .
Since 2017 , Via Rideshare has helped residents , students and visitors reach neighborhoods , shopping centers , offices , restaurants , medical facilities and other key destinations across The American Dream City . The service also helps riders get to and from the CentrePort TRE Station , where they can connect to Dallas , Fort Worth and beyond .
Now in its fifth year , the service continues to provide an equitable and flexible on-demand transit offering that is free from fixed routes and schedules . Via ’ s platform routes passengers in real time to convenient pickup and drop off locations within just a couple blocks , enabling multiple passengers headed in the same direction to efficiently share a single vehicle . More than 1.3 million trips have been taken on the service since it launched in The American Dream City .
Riders can book a shared ride six days a week using a smartphone application or a dial-in phone number , 817-784- 7382 . The service operates from 6 a . m . to 9 p . m ., Monday through Friday and from 9 a . m . to 9 p . m . on Saturdays .
If you are not using a weekly or monthly ViaPass , fares for individual trips are based on trip distance , with a minimum of $ 3 per trip for rides up to 1.5 miles in length and a maximum of $ 5 per ride for trips over 6 miles in length . Trips to and from CentrePort remain at a flat $ 3 rate .
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