Designed with minimal parking, KC Current wants you to carpool to team’s next home match
April 4, 2024 | Startland News Staff
A just-announced tech tool aims to help KC Current fans make sustainable and affordable transportation an easier choice on matchday as the hometown team continues a string of development wins at its new riverfront stadium.
Raven Jemison, KC Current
Current Carpool — a new feature from the free WAY TO GO trip planning and carpool matching app — connects users to fan carpooling for the match and helps them find additional options, such as taking transit or biking. RideKC buses have zero fares, and KC Current offers a bike valet service on matchdays.
“This partnership with WAY TO GO makes it easier for KC Current fans to decrease their environmental impact, ease ingress and egress routes, and provide a more seamless transportation experience for all matchgoers,” said Raven Jemison, president of the KC Current. “Our Current Carpool initiative can be a model for sports teams to create connection among fans and increase sustainability efforts across the industry.”
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The KC Current opened its season in March at CPKC Stadium, the first facility of its kind purpose-built exclusively for a professional women’s soccer team. The stadium was intentionally designed with minimal parking to encourage walking, as well as use of public transportation options — included the in-the-works KC Streetcar expansion.
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“Current Carpool supports the mutual goal of reducing the environmental impact of transportation by helping KC Current ticketholders identify transportation options for traveling to the home games, including finding carpool ride matches,” said Rachel Krause, program coordinator for WAY TO GO. “KC Current’s leadership in amplifying the local, sustainable transportation ecosystem that is available to fans sets an example for event hosts large and small.”
App users can record their trips in their WAY TO GO account to track money saved, emissions prevented and WAY TO GO points collected. WAY TO GO points can be redeemed for a chance to win gift cards, restaurant and retailer savings, or for discounted tickets to shows and attractions.
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