Commute.org’s Employer Programs team helps employers and property managers in San Mateo County who are interested in encouraging their employees and tenants to make smart transportation choices: carpooling; vanpooling; taking a bus, train, shuttle or ferry; biking; and walking. Our team works with employers to create custom, easy-to-administer commuter benefits programs. We also organize events for employers to come together to discuss commuter transportation in the Bay Area region, like Commute.org’s Annual Symposium.
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Employers can have their own free, customized network on the Commute.org STAR platform to connect their employees to commute options, offer incentives, and track the organization’s drive-alone rate and carbon emissions reductions.
Employers are invited to use STAR to create or enhance their commuter benefit programs. STAR offers different levels of opportunities for employers. For more information on these opportunities, check out our STAR Guide for Employers.
Commute.org offers FREE virtual or on-site bicycle safety workshops at workplaces and other locations throughout San Mateo County. They are typically 60 minutes and include time for Q&A. We can also provide marketing assistance to get the word out to employees, as well as arrange workshops at multi-employer worksites.
The workshop covers practical and safety information including:
To request a workshop, fill out the form (limit one per employer per fiscal year July 1-June 30).
The Employer Recognition Program acknowledges and celebrates employers in San Mateo County who actively engage with Commute.org. By participating in the program, employers can earn points for their engagement and achieve certification. Learn more here.
There are other basic benefits that workplaces can offer your employees:
Bay Area employers with 50 or more full-time employees are required to register and offer at least one commuter benefit option to comply with Air District Regulation 14, Rule 1, also known as the Bay Area Commuter Benefits Program. Commute.org does not administer this program, but we can help analyze current benefit offerings and recommend options for compliance. To comply with the program requirements, an employer must:
Clipper BayPass gives your employees unlimited travel on all Bay Area transit services — bus, rail and ferry.
In 2023, the project team expanded the Clipper BayPass pilot to at least ten Bay Area employers of various sizes. This second phase of the pilot program offers the pass, for purchase, to organizations which are interested in offering their employees an unlimited Bay Area transit pass. After the two-year pilot, and based on results from the pilot, MTC and transit agencies hope to offer a permanent program to any interested organization/employer in the Bay Area. For more information, click here.
Apply to be a Best Workplace for Commuters here (not a Commute.org program). Best Workplaces for Commuters encourages companies to offer programs that makes workers’ commutes easier. Whether you are concerned with employee job satisfaction, company finances, maintaining a positive organizational image, or improving quality of life in your community and the global environment, Best Workplaces for Commuters is a natural choice to meet your needs.