Memphis workforce mobility
Connecting People to Jobs.
Connecting Communities to Opportunity.
Thousands of workers are ready to work, but reliable transportation remains one of the most persistent barriers to employment. Routes & Jobs helps bridge that gap by connecting people with transportation to jobs, interviews, training, and economic opportunity.
Start here
Three ways to move opportunity forward
I Need a Ride
Request transportation to an interview, a first day, training, or a shift.
Request TransportationI Want to Fund a Ride
Sponsor the distance between a worker and their next opportunity.
Help Fund a RideMy Organization Wants to Partner
Add transportation to your workforce, hiring, or community strategy.
Partner With UsThe problem
A Job Opportunity Means Little If You Cannot Get There.
Transportation remains one of the most common barriers separating qualified workers from employment. Jobs are increasingly concentrated in industrial corridors, logistics centers, healthcare campuses, hospitality districts, and suburban employment centers that may be difficult to reach using traditional transportation options.
For workers, that can mean missed interviews, lost wages, declined opportunities, or unemployment.
For employers, it means vacancies, turnover, absenteeism, and a smaller accessible workforce.
Workers
Qualified individuals may live miles away from jobs they are ready and willing to perform.
Employers
Businesses struggle to recruit and retain workers when transportation limits the available labor pool.
Communities
Neighborhoods can remain disconnected from growing employment centers even when jobs are available nearby.
The solution
We Close the Distance Between Workers and Opportunity.
- 01
Identify Opportunity
We work with employers, staffing firms, workforce organizations, and community partners to identify jobs and workforce opportunities.
- 02
Identify Transportation Barriers
Job seekers and workers tell us where transportation is preventing them from reaching opportunity.
- 03
Build the Connection
Routes & Jobs coordinates transportation solutions connecting riders with workplaces, interviews, job fairs, and training.
- 04
Create Economic Mobility
Reliable transportation allows workers to accept opportunities, maintain employment, increase income, and build greater economic stability.
Sponsored rides
Sponsor the Distance Between Someone and Their Next Opportunity.
Your contribution can help provide transportation to a worker who has an interview, a new job, a training opportunity, or an employer waiting for them.
Impact
Transportation Creates More Than a Ride.
- Transportation
- Employment
- Income
- Stability
- Economic Mobility
For employers
Your Next Employee May Be Closer Than You Think.
Employers often recruit within the boundaries created by transportation availability. Routes & Jobs helps expand access to workers by creating transportation connections between neighborhoods and employment centers.
- Expanded recruiting radius
- Access to additional workforce talent
- Reduced transportation-related absenteeism
- Improved workforce retention
- Support for hard-to-fill shifts
- Community-impact opportunities
Working together
Organizations participating in workforce mobility
Employers, workforce organizations, community nonprofits, funders, and transportation providers each play a role in closing the employment transportation gap.
Opportunity Shouldn’t Depend on Having a Ride.
Together, we can make sure transportation is no longer the reason someone misses an interview, turns down a job, or loses an opportunity to build a better future.