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.
BACK TO
TOP
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.
BACK TO
TOP
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.
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.
BACK TO
TOP
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.
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.
BACK TO
TOP
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.
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.
BACK TO
TOP
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
BACK TO
TOP
