(a) Establishment. The county executive shall establish a share-a-ride program.
(b) Purpose. The share-a-ride program is to provide personalized ridesharing services by:
(1) Promoting and assisting in initiation and maintenance of new ridesharing arrangements;
(2) Providing a continuous effort to identify potential carpoolers, vanpoolers, and transit riders;
(3) Providing a personalized system to match applicants into carpools and vanpools;
(4) Providing continuous follow-up contacts to modify unsatisfactory arrangements and rematch individuals whose circumstances and requirements have changed;
(5) Soliciting the cooperative support of employers and property owners in encouraging ridesharing; and
(6) Promoting incentives to ridesharing, such as preferential carpool spaces, subsidized vans, and discounted transit passes. (1985 L.M.C., ch. 9, § 1.)