Commuter Challenge I Resources & Links

Resources and Links

Collected here are transportation-related links you may find useful as employers or commuters.

Air Quality
Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) Law
Commuter Tools
Employer Transportation Associations
Transit Providers
Telework Resources

Air Quality
Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
This site offers up to the minute air quality status, a Clean Air Network for businesses and citizens with email alerts about air quality and action steps.

American Lung Association
The American Lung Association web site includes air quality information and research.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. EPA protects human health and the environment; its web site includes information about air quality, employer commute programs, and fuel-efficient vehicles.

State of Washington Department of Ecology
The Washington Department of Ecology web site offers information about pollution and air quality issues.

Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) Law
Washington State Department of Transportation
See the Washington State Department of Transportation's web site for more information about the Washington State Commute Trip Reduction Law and transportation demand management, including tools for employers.

King County Department of Transportation
King County Metro’s Employer Commute Services offers resources to employers affected by the CTR Law.

Commuter Tools
Bicycle Alliance of Washington
The Bicycle Alliance web site offers a wealth of information for bicycle commuters from how to join a buddy program, to state bike laws and upcoming rides and event.

Bicycling Resources
Metro’s Bicycling Resources page provides links to regional maps and clubs specifically for bicycle commuters.

Flexcar
A carsharing organization partnering with King County Metro Transit, the Seattle regional office of Flexcar operates a fleet of more than 100 vehicles in more than a dozen neighborhoods in Seattle, Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, West Seattle, and Kitsap County.

Govlink
A joint web site, featuring regional weather and traffic related information from Seattle Transportation, the King County Department of Transportation and the Washington State Department of Transportation.

King County Metro Employer Commute Services
Information about employee transportation benefits and programs for work sites large and small.

Park and Ride Lots
Information on park and ride lots statewide can be found here.

Puget Sound Regional Council
To keep updated on long-range transportation planning, check out the Puget Sound Regional Council's web site. PSRC is committed to creating a great future for the region through planning for regional transportation, land use and economic development, under authority embodied in state and federal laws.

RideshareOnline.com
RideshareOnline.com provides you an easy way to find others who are interested in sharing their commute in a carpool or vanpool in the Puget Sound area.

Seattle Area Traffic Conditions
Washington State Department of Transportation provides current traffic flow information in the Puget Sound region.

SmartTrek
SmartTrek provides real-time traffic and mode information.

Tracker
Tracker provides real-time bus information for a specific timepoint or geographic area.

Trip Planner
Trip Planner helps you create custom transit plans wherever Metro Transit goes–instantly.

VanShare Program
Metro VanShare program–the missing link between you and public transportation.

Washington State Ferries
The Washington State Ferries' web site provides route schedules and fares, pass sales for walk-on, vanpool/carpool and bicycle passengers, terminal wait times and real-time "Vessel Watch" information.

Zipcar
Zipcar provides carsharing services on demand around the region.

Employer Transportation Associations
Duwamish Transportation Management Association (TMA)
The Duwamish TMA is a non-profit group working to improve transportation services in, to and through the Duwamish business community extending from the professional sports stadiums in the north to King County International Airport in the south.

Greater Redmond Transportation Management Association
The Greater Redmond Transportation Management Association (GRTMA) provides members with fun and innovative tools to ensure compliance while keeping their commuters aware of commute options throughout the Puget Sound.

Bellevue Transmanage
Created in 1986 to deal with the transportation challenges of a growing downtown, TransManage serves the transportation needs of over 12,000 employees in the Bellevue urban center.

Urban Mobility Group
The Urban Mobility Group provides products, services and resources to businesses and commuters located in or commuting to Seattle's Central Business District.

Transit Providers
Community Transit
Community Transit provides transit options throughout Snohomish County. Find information on trip planning, service maps and route information, as well as ridematching links and pass sales.

Intercity Transit
Intercity Transit provides bus and vanpool service for trips originating in the Olympia area.

Island Transit
Island Transit provides fare-free rideshare and transit service to its island communities.

King County Metro
Metro Online provides information to help you plan your trip, buy a bus pass, find timetables for Metro Transit routes, as well as road construction information and real-time traffic updates.

Kitsap Transit
Kitsap Transit provides transit options and local foot ferry service in Kitsap County. Find information on service routes and system maps, commuter programs, rider alerts and vanpools.

Pierce Transit
Pierce Transit's site offers information to help you plan your trip, find pass sale locations, identify bus routes, and calculate fares.

Sound Transit
Sound Transit provides a regional network of express buses, commuter rail, light rail and transit facilities connecting communities in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties.

Telework Resources
Work Options Resources
Commuter Challenge’s Work Options Resource page provides planning guides, case studies and sample documents including teleworker agreements, a selection tool, and a telework policy template as well as the following external links:

Canadian Telework Association

Center to Bridge the Digital Divide
Washington State University's rural telework program.

Commuter Connections

Gil Gordon Associates

HR Gopher is a directory of links to Human Resource sites on the Internet, including sites providing information on telework.

Inteleworks.com

International Telework Association & Council

National Transportation Demand Management and Telework Clearinghouse

TelecommuteCT
Connecticut’s telework web site.

Telework Collaborative
A six-state collaboration to provide telework materials and training.

Telework Colorado

Telework.gov
The joint Office of Personnel Management (OPM)/General Services Administration (GSA) web site on Telework/Telecommuting. "Telework: A Management Priority; A Guide for Managers, Supervisors, and Telework Coordinators" is available online or downloadable as a Word document.

Valley Metro