Baton Rouge Study Shows Delays and Congestion Cost Commuters $1,262 Annually…Learn What You Can Do About It Sept. 16th!
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The Baton Rouge Business Report says that Baton Rouge residents are spending $1,262 per year from traffic congestion. The study completed by Texas A&M Transportation Institute and INRIX shows that the city’s traffic is comparable to much larger cities; including Phoenix and Detroit. Baton Rouge is also ranked as the 11th highest city for most traffic congestion.
In order to combat the traffic problem, LCF has partnered with the Louisiana Dept. of Energy Quality, the Baton Rouge Clean Air Coalition, and the Capital Region Planning Commission to promote the new software called Geaux Ride.
The software was purchased by CRPC in early 2015, and the partner organizations have been working together over the past few months to promote the program. Geaux Ride is a carpooling solution that matches riders based off of their workplace, daily routes, and personal preferences for carpooling partners. By logging your miles traveled carpooling, Geaux Ride calculates individual money savings as well as your environmental impact; i.e. measuring your emission reductions.
To roll out the program, an introductory celebration will be held in Downtown Baton Rouge’s Town Square on September 16th from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. FREE lunch and refreshments will be available to attendees, and while you’re grabbing lunch, watch our Geaux Ride video to see how you can help the traffic problem in Baton Rouge!
Several state agencies have already signed on to participate in Geaux Ride; including: the Louisiana Dept. of Natural Resources and the Louisiana Dept. of Transportation and Development. We hope more employers take advantage of this FREE software to assist their employees in carpooling efforts.
Geaux Ride has already caught several news outlets’ attention. Recently, Geaux Ride was featured by the Baton Rouge Business Report and NOLA.com. To see what they hype is about, join us in Downtown Baton Rouge Sept. 16th!
In case of bad weather, the event will be moved to LABEQ's Oliver Pollock room.
Galvez Bldg. (DEQ-HQ)
Oliver Pollock Room C111
602 North Fifth Street
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802
Want to sign up?
Contact JT Sukits at the Capital Region Planning Commission
[email protected]
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