Mobility Alternatives

Want a Commute that's
Easier, Less Stressful, Less Expensive?

Find out how with a "MAP" from DVRPC.

MAP stands for Mobility Alternatives Program, and it can help companies improve their benefits package and even help employees save time and money on their commute. (Using a MAP also helps reduce traffic and air pollution!)

About the Mobility Alternatives Program

Carpool Brochure
[2.9 MB .pdf]

Commuter Services
Brochure
[1.3 MB .pdf]

If you or most of your employees drive alone to work, MAP can help everyone find a better way to get to work in Southeastern PA. Whether it's on transit, in a car pool or van pool, or even working from home, MAP has information on what the alternatives are and how companies and individuals can take advantage of them. Plus, there's information on incentives, emergency rides home, flex time and parking management (see the links below).

And there's Share-A-Ride, too: a free, comprehensive, computerized commute match service that can put employees in touch with the most convenient transit options or other commuters going their way.

And the best part is, this program is funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), so there's no charge!

To find out more about MAP, please complete the MAP Information form (coming soon) or, contact DVRPC's Office of Commuter Benefits.

Or you can Sign Up for Share-A-Ride online.

Happy commuting!

Mobility Alternatives: Learn More!

Using Transit

If you'd like to encourage greater use of transit by your employees, we can work with you and your employees to make everyone more aware of the services in your area and in overcoming obstacles to transit use.

Alt. Work Schedules

Learn more about Flextime and Compressed Work Weeks. Flextime allows employees to alter their arrival and departure times slightly to accommodate commute schedules. Compressed work weeks allow certain employees to condense the hours they work into fewer days, increasing the length of each work day, and thus decreasing the number of days spent at the work site.

Park-n-Ride

Park and Ride lots are areas specifically dedicated for use by commuters to park vehicles while using public transit or participating in carpools or vanpools.

Parking Management

Parking Management encourages employees to use shared commute methods by making single-occupancy vehicle (SOV) travel less convenient and/or more expensive. These programs can also be beneficial to employers by eliminating the need for additional lot construction and reducing maintenance costs.

Telecommuting

Telecommuting allows employees to work from home via computer, fax and telephone, under special arrangements with their employer.

Employee Incentives

There are many types of incentives to consider, and each has a different cost, depending on how it is executed and who participates. TransitChek, Employee Discounts, and Preferential Parking are some examples we can help you with.

Supplemental Programs

There are several other options that can make abandoning Single Occupant Vechicles (SOV) travel more attractive to employees, including bicycle and walking facilities, shuttle services, and accommodating childcare schedules.

Emergency Ride Home

The Emergency Ride Home (ERH) service is a "safety net" for commuters working in southeastern Pennsylvania who share their ride to work (carpool, vanpool, transit) on a regular basis.

Find Your MAP Contacts Here

There are a number of other organizations that can help you, such as the Transportation Management Association in your area.