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Share The Ride
Commute Connector has made it easy to find a carpool partner or a vanpool. Download our free Commute Connector mobile app. Plus, you can earn rewards by tracking your trips on the app!
Carpooling
- Carpooling commutes involve two or more people sharing a ride.
- Some carpool groups rotate drivers and cars, which helps reduce the wear and tear on vehicles.
- Some carpool groups pitch in money to cover the cost of gas and tolls.
How to get started
- Form a carpool with a buddy who lives or works near you—ask a friend, coworker, or use the carpool matching feature in the Commute Connector app to find a partner!
- Start chatting to discuss logistics
- Log your carpool trips to earn rewards for your commute.
Vanpooling
The Southwest Florida Vanpool Program offers assistance to commuters who live or work in our 12-county region. While carpooling typically involves sharing a personal vehicle, vanpooling is when a group of four or more commuters lease a vehicle together, specifically for traveling to and from work. Vehicles are provided through COMMUTE with Enterprise
For commuters, vanpooling provides a low cost, convenient, reduced stress commute. The vehicles vary in type based on need of the vanpool. Large passenger vans, minivans and crossover vehicles have been added to the fleet. Commuters that live in the same area and work in the same location form their own vanpools of 4-15 commuters.
- All expenses, fuel, maintenance, and insurance are split among the vanpoolers.
- Who Drives? A primary driver is designated from the group, but it’s recommended to identify back-up drivers to share the responsibility.
- The vanpool group sets the schedule and designs the route with our team based on what works best for them.
- The per-person expense depends on the commute distance (fuel expense) and the total number of riders.
Vanpool participants qualify for the Emergency Ride Home Program provided by Commute Connector. This program will reimburse participants for their ride home in the event of a qualifying emergency such as illness or unscheduled overtime.
If you are looking for information regarding starting or joining a vanpool group, please contact us today!
