The City of South Bend has won a $1 million grant to help people who don't have reliable transportation.

The grant, which is from the Bloomberg Philanthropies' U.S.

, will help low-income and part-time workers. The grant will allow people in need to take rideshares to their jobs.

Mayor Pete Buttigieg said the grant will allow workers to get more hours and, as a result, earn money.

"The bottom line is to make sure it's easier and more consistent for shift workers to get to work," Buttigieg explains. "We know that it would reduce stress, it would reduce disruptions in the workplace and should be something that makes the whole city better off. It's also a great example of our style of what I call being a beta city. Taking advantage of our size. Being just small enough and just big enough to try an innovation like this. And then with generous support from organizations like Bloomberg Philanthropies, scale that up and see if it can benefit other cities too."

Only nine cities across the country are getting grants from U.S. Mayors' Challenge. Other cities are using the grants for other issues like homeless and economic opportunity.