Employer Services & Trip Reduction Program

Valley Metro Rideshare offers FREE services to help your company promote alternative commute options to the worksite. Our goal is to provide services and resources to help motivate employees to commute to work by ways other than driving alone. Your company and employees may benefit from using alternative commute options:

• Easier recruitment and retention
• Reduced employee commuting time and expenses
• Less stress among employees
• Improved employee morale, job satisfaction and productivity
• Reduced absenteeism and tardiness
• Achieve Trip Reduction Program goals

Problems associated with long commutes and traffic congestion don't have to be problem at your company!

We Can Help!

Our highly trained Rideshare staff assists Transportation Coordinators with preparing, writing and implementing a Trip Reduction Program. The following services and information are available to assist you with your program:

Trip Reduction Program
The Trip Reduction Program is a County ordinance that requires employers with 50 or more employees and/or schools with driving aged students reporting to one site at least 3 days a week, 6 months per year to participate in the program. This group of employees and students makes up approximately 50% of all the commute trips within Maricopa County. Currently, there are 1,200 employers/schools in the program, representing more than 500,000 employees.

Employer Training and Workshops
Valley Metro Rideshare provides FREE, interactive workshops for Transportation Coordinators and others who want to be more effective in executing a successful Trip Reduction Program. Workshops include an introduction to the trip reduction program, how to write and update a trip reduction plan, implement and document the plan, and more.

Transportation Coordinator's Associations
Information on Transportation Coordinator's Associations for Networking Opportunities. FREE, geographically located Transportation Coordinator Meetings that provide Transportation Coordinators or interested individuals with an opportunity to meet on a regular basis to network, share ideas, and work together on promotions and programs.

Tools and Materials to help you market alternative commute options
FREE promotional and collateral materials are available to help Transportation Coordinators promote the Trip Reduction Program. Contests are also available to employees for using alternative modes of transportation.

Commute Options
By using alternative commute options, employees can save money, save time by using the HOV lane, get to work relaxed and refreshed, and help clean the air. Valley Metro offers a variety of commute options from carpool matching to telework assistance.

Non-Commute Options
(Flexibility Options/Equivalent Emissions Reduction Credit)
In this section you will learn more about non-traditional options to help you meet your TRP goals.

Employer Bus Pass Program
Bus Card Plus is a transit credit card available only to companies and organizations for their employees. Instead of using tickets, passes, or tokens, participants in the program receive a plastic card with an encoded magnetic stripe.

Tax Benefits
The federal government has made tax “breaks” available to employers and commuters. Bus riders, vanpoolers and employers may be able to realize substantial savings.

Commuter Club Card
The Commuter Club program offers your alternative mode users discounts on many Valley products and services with a convenient use of a special CC "credit card"--free of the hassle of coupons.

Our Rideshare Representatives Can Help You with your Trip Reduction Program. We provide one-on-one assistance to Transportation Coordinators with developing and implementing an effective trip reduction program.

For more information, click on any of the links above, call us at 602.262.RIDE or email rideshareinfo@ValleyMetro.org.