Cut your commute costs by 50%!! Carpooling is an easy, flexible alternative to driving alone. Just 2 people make a carpool - use the Maryland HOV (diamond) lanes and save time too!!

FREE Carpool Matching: we can match you with other commuters who live and work near you and have similar hours...this service is FREE!

• SAVE Time - by using the HOV lanes!
• SAVE Money - according to AAA we spend 37cents per mile on our commute. If your one way commute is 20 miles or more, you've already spent over $20 today. Just to get to work and back home again. That translates into $400 a month or $4884 a year!
• SAVE your Sanity - your stress index is high enough...why add traffic and gridlock to the equation!
• SAVE the Earth - you alone can help eliminate tons of air pollution by leaving your car at home!
  

The Commitment: NONE-Carpooling does not demand a long term commitment. Give it a try and see if it works for you. Every person who carpools has had the same reservations and questions you do.

• Guaranteed Ride Home Program
• Carpool Application

How to get started? Call the NORTH BETHESDA TRANSPORTATION CENTER at 301-770-8108.

For commuters who want both the convenience of a private vehicle and the cost savings of public transit, VANPOOLS are the commuting choice!

Vanpooling offers a comfortable, reasonably priced and convenient way to work for groups of seven to 15 people who share similar commute pattern. A commuter van is driven by one of the members of the group. Riders are picked up at an agreed upon location (s). Expenses are shared....IT'S THAT SIMPLE!

VPSI - Vanpool Services, Inc.

You don't have to own a van to start a vanpool. VPSI is a professional vanpool leasing company. It offers all the amenities needed for a successful vanpool. One flat fee is paid and includes insurance, 24 hr. roadside assistance and regular maintenance.

BENEFITS

1. Cuts your commuting costs substantially
2. Time: you can use HOV lanes, greatly reducing the time it takes to drive to work
3. Save wear and tear on your car
4. Your family may not need two cars anymore-a rather dramatic savings!
5. Regularity: with a set schedule; you will always arrive to work on time-and you get to leave on time!
6. Lower insurance premiums are possible for people who vanpool...call your insurance company and ask!
7. Guaranteed Ride Home Program
   
   
   

SUBSIDIES are available to start vanpools, or to keep existing vanpools on the road. Through the North Bethesda Transportation Center, new vanpools can get up to $2,000 in start up money. Existing vanpools in the process of recruiting new riders to fill vacancies can apply for $400 to offset temporarily high expenses. Surrounding jurisdictions have additional programs; call us for more information.

What is the initial commitment?

Drivers and passengers are only obligated for a month at a time. It's easy to try it out and see how it works.

How to get started? Call the NORTH BETHESDA TRANSPORTATION CENTER at 301-770-8108.