www.NMRide.net

This Ride Share web site connects commuters for ride sharing to work, activities, and more throughout the Northwest Michigan region. Search for a ride by clicking on Get a Ride. Offer to give others a ride by clicking on Give a Ride. Learn more about ride sharing in Ride Share Tips, Ride Share Safety, and FAQ. 

Aligned with the Grand Vision, NMRide.net is an easy way to reduce traffic, save energy, and make friends who value this smart commute option.
 

Northwest Michigan Council of Governments assumes no responsibility for the safety and/or satisfaction of ride sharers. 

The goal of the annual Smart Commute Week in Northwest Michigan is to promote alternative ways to get around your town and region. Smart commuting includes bicycling, walking, carpooling or taking public transportation. Smart Commute Week promotes alternative transportation and to educates area residents of the benefits of a smart commute. Smart commuting includes many benefits for your health, for the environment and for your pocket book. Smart Commuting increases our mobility with less pollution.

Smart Commute Week is held annually in June

Glowing in the Aftermath of Smart Commute Week

Try Transit! Did you know you can take a bus on a set schedule from any of these villages: Frankfort, Benzonia, Beulah, Honor, Lake Ann, Empire, Glen Arbor, Maple City, Cedar, Northport, Omena, Peshawbestown, Suttons, Bay, Fife Lake, Kingsley, and Kalkaska (M-W-F Only)? Try Transit Bus Schedules.

For your convenience, Smart Commute lots have been designated for those who live too far to bike or walk to their workplaces in Traverse City. A Smart Commute lot is a designated parking area for you to park your car and finish your commute by biking, walking, carpooling, or taking public transportation the rest of the way.

1. Cherrybend Road trailhead on the Leelanau Trail.

2. First Congregational Church at the base of Old Mission Peninsula.

3. Medalie Park (next to Logan's Landing).

4. Hull Park (behind the library).

5. St. Francis Church.

6. Oleson's West (N. Long Lake Road).

7. Grand Traverse Mall: Take the Mall Trail along US 31 to town.

8. TBA Career Tech Center (Parsons Road).

9. AAA Michigan offices (3 Mile/US 31): Take the Three Mile Trail to the TART Trail.

10. Civic Center.

11. Northwestern Michigan College (Elm Lot).

12. Bayview Professional Building ($1 off for Smart Commuters at Aroma's coffee shop @ M-72/M-22).

13.Copper Ridge: Follow signs to Building F and park in the lot. Access the dirt Copper Ridge Trail and coast down the hill toward The Barns.