Emergency Ride Home gives people using alternate transportation back up

According to the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, 25 percent more people would use public transportation if they knew they could have a free emergency ride home from work.Now a program designed to do just that is up and running in 15 central Ohio counties.Patty Olmsted Vanpool said the agency came up with the Emergency Ride Program as people addressed the fear of missing public transportation due to an emergency or working late leaving them stranded in a time of need.“It doesn't matt