Connect with CyRide via X, Facebook and E-mail Notification!

1) Sign up for CyRide's X Posts

CyRide publishes route problems using text messages to your mobile phone over X! You can use this service to keep you in the loop even when you’re away from your computer! 

• Get your X Account

  Go to www.X.com/cyride
  Start by clicking the “Sign Up” button at the top of the screen.
  Follow X’s instructions to finish creating your new account.

That is everything you need to do to get on X! If you only want to keep track of us when you’re on the Internet, that is great. But to really get everything out of this great service, you should enable text messages on your phone. Click "Set up mobile notifications" and follow X instructions to validate your phone number with your new X account!

• Get Text Messages (aka SMS) On Your Mobile Phone from CyRide

  To get CyRide's X posts on your mobile phone, just text "follow CyRide" to 40404. (Similarly, you can turn off CyRide's X posts by texting "unfollow CyRide" to 40404.) CyRide only sends out detours, service problems, and other route disruptions on X to keep the number of text messages manageable. Check out your text plan with your wireless carrier for applicable charges.

2) Like CyRide on Facebook

You can also get more information (and show your CyRide pride!) by liking CyRide on Facebook! www.facebook.com/cyride.

3) Sign up for E-Notification

CyRide has an e-mail notification where you can sign up for Alerts for CyRide's transit routes and What's New with CyRide.  This E-notification allows you to specify how much you want to be informed.  Perhaps you want to be informed about all of the routes operating throughout Ames or just the one route you ride the most.  The What's New category keeps you informed of all other newsworthy items such as meetings and events at CyRide.