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Welcome to Commute Tampa bay!
Commute Tampa Bay helps Employers and Employees!
Whether you are an employer looking to add vanpool to your employees' benefits package, or an employee looking for a convenient, money-saving commute to work, you've come to the right place! Commute Tampa Bay is a free, public service from TBARTA. The more we vanpool, the more we reduce traffic congestion. So everyone wins!
Employers, please click on the "Vanpool for Employers" tab on the right. On that page, you'll see the details of how Commute Tampa Bay will work with you to set up your own vanpool program and the benefits your organization will receive. If you have questions, or would like a consultation, please contact our Manager of Commuter Services, Ken Boden, at Kenneth.Boden@TBARTA.com. Again, there is no charge for Commute Tampa Bay services!
Employees, please start with the "Vanpool for Riders" tab on the right. You will learn more about how much money you can save each month by riding in a vanpool, plus, the rewards you start earning the minute you sign up. Also, the video on this page is a great resource when you are just starting out. Download the app at one of the links below when you are ready to get started.
New to Vanpool? Watch this Video
In this webinar you will learn how vanpooling can save you lots of money, how to cash in on a Federal subsidy, and more!
Commute Tampa Bay is TBARTA’s one stop resource for information to help you improve your commute. Here are the services we offer:
- Vanpool: Thanks to TBARTA’s partnership with Commute by Enterprise, a group of employees ride together in a vanpool – saving money and taking advantage of a $400 monthly TBARTA subsidy.
- Carpool: TBARTA’s free online ridematching service can help you find someone to share the ride... and the cost!
- Transit: TBARTA can help you find public transit pass options and service information based upon where you live and work.
- Biking: Riding a bike to work improves your health and saves you money. TBARTA has resources to get you started.
- Teleworking: TBARTA provides employers with resources to set up an effective work-at-home program.
- Park & Ride: We have a list of lots throughout Tampa Bay where you can park your car and meet for a carpool/vanpool or catch the bus.
- Free Employer Support: TBARTA offers free employer consulting services to help you identify, set-up, implement and maintain a commute alternative program for employees. Depending on the benefits you choose to offer, you may be able to save on payroll taxes.
- Emergency Ride Home (ERH): ERH is the commuter’s get-home guarantee, for both employees and college students. If you commute using means other than driving alone at least two times a week, you can you can get up to six (6) FREE taxi rides home from work or school. (Restrictions apply.)
- Best Workplaces for Commuters: Employers and developments that meet the National Standard of Excellence in commuter benefits can win recognition on the list of Best Workplaces for Commuters. This is a free benefit for employers who qualify and participate in TBARTA's Commuter Services Programs.
- iCal Invite for the Commute Tampa Bay: Challenges and Successes webinar on Septermber 19, 2023 from 1:00 to 2:00pm.
RideMatch : How It Works
Simply enter your starting place and your destination to find others who are making a similar trip.
Tampa Bay’s new legion of teleworkers can provide up 20,000 meals for the hungry, just for working from home. Commute Tampa Bay is providing a new incentive in May for teleworkers to report each day they work from home, through a program called “Caring Commutes.”
Using the free Commute Tampa Bay app for IOS or Android, workers are asked to log each telework day. Collectively, if at least 700 telework days are logged on the app this month, TBARTA will provide 20,000 meals to Feeding Tampa Bay.
Get the app at the links above, or click here to learn more about the program and the rewards you can earn while working from home.
Free Telework Webinars Available
TBARTA's Commute Tampa Bay continues to support employers as they increasingly use telework during the COVID-19 emergency, through co-sponsorship of a Free Central Florida Telework Webinar Series that provides insight on working from home.
All three webinars are now posted online:
Part 1: Strategies for Employers
Part 2: Collaborative Technologies for Telework
Part 3: Embracing Cultural Changes to Support Teleworking Beyond COVID-19
TBARTA's Transit Asset Management Plan (TAM)
Through Commute Tampa Bay, TBARTA provides a regional vanpool program operated by a third-party contractor with vehicles not owned, operated, or maintained by TBARTA. However, the use of Federal funds to operate the vanpool program requires that TBARTA prepare a Transit Access Management Plan (TAM).
