​Bruce County launches Smart Commute app to match drivers, riders to jobs

Bruce County has launched Smart Commute, an application (app) dedicated to increasing transit options and helping connect drivers and riders to jobs through ride-matching.

The launch of the app is one way the county is advancing the recommendations outlined in the Transit Feasibility and Demand Study completed in December, 2023.

The implementation of the ride-matching platform is one of the early actions recommended in the study to increase transit options in county.

Smart Commute is focused on meeting the following immediate transit needs including:
 

• Connecting smaller communities to jobs and services
• Connecting seasonal, service, and occasional workers to jobs

“This app provides a great opportunity for Bruce County to onboard local employers into the Smart Commute Program to help connect their employees with a cost-effective and sustainable commuting option through carpooling,” says Claire Dodds, commissioner of community development. “Smart Commute helps reduce single-occupancy trips and creates an opportunity to share costs between drivers and riders.”

The county is connecting with local municipalities and employers to grow the Smart Commute program in Bruce County.

“Smart Commute provides a new transit option for the county that allows employees to easily connect to jobs by encouraging drivers and riders to commute together,” says warden Chris Peabody. “We encourage employers in our county to sign up to become members of the Smart Commute Program.”

Local employers who are interested in the program are encouraged to send an E-mail message to transit@brucecounty.on.ca to find out more information about how their workplace can become part of the Smart Commute Program.

Download the Smart Commute App today at brucecounty.smartcommute.ca.

For additional information about transit services available in Bruce County, visit: www.brucecounty.on.ca/transit.

Bruce County is part of a larger network of municipalities that has launched a Smart Commute Program, including municipalities in the Greater Toronto Area, Hamilton, City of London and City of Greater Sudbury.