Case Study: Colorado State University achieves reliable safe rides with Spare

Colorado State University achieves 95.8% on-time safe rides with Spare

Colorado State University's RamRide safe ride program faced the challenge of quickly relaunching its services for returning students with unpredictable ridership demand. They needed a flexible, cost-effective transit solution that was easy for their volunteer drivers to learn and operate. To meet this need, they partnered with the vendor Spare for a microtransit software solution.

Spare implemented an on-demand service that automated trip planning, allowing RamRide to maximize a smaller fleet and offer students either a free RamRide or a discounted Lyft. The Spare app simplified operations for volunteers, requiring minimal training. This solution led to the successful relaunch of the program, which now handles an average of 287 boardings per night with a 95.8% on-time performance and 96% of bookings coming through their app.

Colorado State University