7 counties · 136 active rides · 69 drivers · 81 vehicles
Wheelchair vans idle — drivers needed
Barron has plenty of wheelchair-accessible vehicles but is short on credentialed drivers to staff them. Insurance-covered chairs are sitting unused on weekday mornings.
Recruit 2 volunteer drivers from Chippewa overflow pool to cover Barron AM dialysis runs.
Wheelchair-van driver orientation — pair with Silver Wheels Co-op.
More rides requested than drivers available
Chippewa is running a ride deficit — requests outpace driver availability, especially mid-week clinic windows. Vehicles are available; the gap is people.
Major Pain Point
Chippewa Valley Coop needs transportation assistance after 5pm Tue–Friday. ~70 rides / month.
Open Chippewa driver sign-up to Eau Claire drivers (vehicles already staged in Chippewa lot).
Broker overflow rides to Helping Hands Transit — 4 open seats heading to Mercy Geriatric.
Balanced — small rural demand
Clark county is rural and balanced. Pool opportunities exist on long-haul runs into Eau Claire for specialty care.
Coordinate Clark → Eau Claire specialty rides into a shared van (3 riders headed same direction).
Healthy ride-share matches available
Dunn has consistent overlap with Eau Claire trips. Good candidate for standing weekly pooled routes.
Lock standing pooled route Menomonie → Eau Claire clinics (5+ recurring riders).
Drivers ready — short on vehicles
Eau Claire has a strong roster of volunteer and paid drivers, but vehicle capacity is the bottleneck. Drivers are sitting available without a van.
Borrow 2 Barron wheelchair vans for EC morning shifts — Barron driver gap means vehicles are free.
Match EC drivers to Dunn shared route (vehicle provided by Dunn co-op).
Low volume — opportunistic pooling
Polk volume is low. Best fit: pool with St. Croix on cross-county medical trips.
Combine Polk + St. Croix riders into one van for regional VA appointments.
Stable — eyes on growth
St. Croix is stable. Watch for grocery + clinic route overlap building in the next 30 days.
Pilot grocery-then-clinic combined run for 4 recurring riders.