Carpool

Fill up those passenger seats and scoot over into the HOV lane. It’s carpool time. Odds are there are other commuters whose trips match yours for all or part of the distance. Find them by setting up a free account within our Choose Your Way Bellevue portal to the RideshareOnline regional ridematching service. Learn how to create a ridematch in RideshareOnline with this handy infographic. Or, talk to your worksite transportation coordinator and they might also be able to help match you with potential carpool mates.

Vanpool

If you can get five people together to share a commute schedule for at least three days per week, transit agencies will provide you with a van to use. (Really!)

About Vanpool:

• Basics – Vanpool is a great way to share the ride with others who have a similar commute to work. These group members remain consistent, and can include co-workers, friends or neighbors. One of the group members drives the van, and the riders meet at a pre-set location or are picked up on the way and typically dropped off at their work location. The program includes everything – van, gas, maintenance, insurance, 24-hour roadside assistance and the emergency ride home program.
• Flexibility – Enjoy reduced or alternating schedules available to vanpool commuters. Request a free bike rack for your van to combine biking with your vanpool commute.
• Fares – Cost will vary but may be similar to a monthly transit pass. Check with your Human Resources department for details about your transportation benefits.

Vanpool Guaranteed Ride Home Program Benefits:

An active vanpooler is eligible for up to six emergency rides home per year. These six rides are in addition to any benefits your employer may provide. King County Metro asks if you do have employer-provided benefits, that you exhaust those prior to using your six trips provided by King County Metro. 

Get Started:

To start or join a vanpool, find a ridematch by setting up a free account within our Choose Your Way Bellevue portal to the RideshareOnline regional ride-matching service. Learn how to join an existing vanpool with this infographic. Or use this infographic to learn how to start a new vanpool.

Looking to try out a vanpool for free for up to three trips? Fill out this form for the Ticket-2-Ride promotion!

Live or work outside of King County? For commuting to or from Bellevue, you have vanpool options in:

• Island County
• Kitsap County
• Pierce County
• Snohomish County
• Skagit County (email vanpool@skagittransit.org)

Find a Vanpool seat

Fill in the "Start" and "End" boxes with an address or zip code and click "Search" to see a list of vanpools going your way! You can also click the buttons on the right to see lists of Bellevue vans. Note: To see origin/destination neighborhood or commercial district, click "View Route." Start                End

See a list of all vanpools coming to Bellevue See a list of all Bellevue vanpools looking for riders

Vanshare

 

King County Metro’s Vanshare program is like vanpool, but the van must connect to a transit hub. Get five or more people to share a commute to or from a Park & Ride, commuter rail station or ferry terminal and King County Metro will provide a van for a flat monthly rate.

 

Vanshare Basics:

• 5-15 people decide on a schedule and share an agency-provided van.
• Vanshare riders must meet at a transit hub.
• 20 mile round trip maximum daily commute (10 miles each way)
• Riders split a flat monthly fare (currently $185; many employers fully or partially subsidize vanshare fares)
• Fuel, maintenance and insurance are covered.

Vanshare riders are eligible for a reimbursable Guaranteed Ride Home by taxi, so you'll never be stranded in case of suddenly changing plans.

View the differences between vanpool and vanshare. Download and share the vanshare flyer from King County Metro.

Ridematching and Personalized Commute Assistance

Learn how to find a ridematch using the regional system RideshareOnline through our handy infographic.

Are there no available vanpool's that match your transit? You can start your own! Learn how with this handy infographic.

Leave the planning to us. Use our Commute Assistance Request form to tell us your schedule and travel route, and we’ll create a customized commute plan for free — no commitment required.

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Accessibility

No driver’s license — no problem. Carpools and vanpools are a great option for people with disabilities that prevent driving. Get started by setting up a free account within our Choose Your Way Bellevue portal to RideshareOnline, the regional ridematching service. Check out our handy infographic on how to create a ridematch in RideshareOnline.

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