Are you heading to your job interview? Or, did you get accepted, and heading to your building on a daily basis? The interesting thing is, whether you applied for a job as a barista in a coffee shop, or in the corporate world, the situation is the same! Not every professional in a corporate company would have lots of money to pay for Lyft or Uber rides to work, every, day.
Nice news for you! Lyft is giving away free rides to your building, provided that your jobsite is in New York City. Yes, free rides either to your job interview or to your actual job.
The ridesharing app teamed up with the New York City Employment and Training Coalition to unveil this pilot program, giving away free rides to New York City employees traveling to their job interviews, workforce training programs, employment appointments, and even their first days on the job. Hold on, it may not be free rides everyday, but this is big help, don’t you agree?
The New York City Employment and Training Coalition is the largest city-based workforce development association in the USA, representing more than 220 community-based organizations, educational institutions, and labor unions. Established in 1997, it advocates for policies and investments that connect underserved New Yorkers to quality jobs and career pathways.
This initiative is like a hero, Supergirl, since brand-new federal work requirements for some Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients have made transportation, interestingly enough, harder for the residents of the city. RSF wonders why.
The initiative is named Job Access Ride Code Pilot Program, characterized by the following terms and conditions that apply:
- Lyft is contributing financially $50,000 in ride credits that will be distributed to the network
- The network consists of over 220 workforce development organizations
- These organizations serve over 200,000 New Yorkers each year across NYC’s five boroughs, working with applicants, career changers, and people facing barriers – such as transportation – to employment
Lyft and New York City’s authorities are making things easier, and you know which is easier? Instead of applying directly through Lyft, those who can avail themselves of the program will get ride codes from the workforce organizations they already work with.
An overseas worker in New York City decades ago chatted with RSF, sharing how transportation during his time working in the Big Apple was difficult before ridesharing arrived.
According to the chief executive officer of the New York City Employment and Training Coalition, this action plan solves “one of the most persistent and invisible barriers between a New Yorker and their next opportunity.”
"Our member organizations work every day to connect underserved New Yorkers to jobs, training, and pathways to economic mobility – and too often, the ride to the interview is the obstacle standing in the way,” Gregory Morris told Ridesharingforum.com.
Meanwhile, Lyft’s take is that this pilot builds on the same workforce transportation programs it has supported in other parts of the USA!
Taviona Davis, the ridesharing app’s senior public policy manager, stated, "For New Yorkers trying to land a job, get to a training program, or meet the new federal work requirements to keep their food benefits, a ride can make the difference between success and a missed chance.”
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