Share a ride in a van or SUV, lower commute costs, and make longer work trips easier to manage. Vanpooling can be a strong fit for commuters with consistent work schedules, longer commute distances, high weekly mileage, or a desire to reduce the cost and stress of driving alone.
Built for Longer Commutes
Vanpooling is often a better fit for commuters traveling longer distances or putting a lot of miles on their vehicle each week.
Share the Drive
Riders meet at a central location and share the ride to work. Vanpool members can also share driving responsibilities, depending on the vanpool setup.
Join or Create a Route
Commute with Enterprise allows users to join an existing vanpool, create a new vanpool, create an account if they are already part of a vanpool, or explore employer partnership options.
A vanpool works like a larger, more structured carpool with 5 or more commuters. Riders typically share a van or SUV, meet at a central location, and travel together to work. COMMUTE with Enterprise operates metro Atlanta’s vanpool program, helping commuters either join an existing route or form a new one and Georgia Commute Options provides a way for commuters to find a vanpool.
Step 1: Share Your Commute Details with COMMUTE with Enterprise
Enter where your commute starts, where it ends, the days you travel, and your work arrival and departure times.
Step 2: Find an Existing Vanpool
Look for an ongoing vanpool route near you. COMMUTE with Enterprise includes an option for users who want to join a vanpool and share a ride with coworkers who live nearby.
Step 3: Start a New Vanpool
If there is not an existing route that fits, commuters can create a new vanpool. With COMMUTE with Enterprise, you can create a vanpool with four or more coworkers.
Step 4: Get Ready to Ride
Once the vanpool is active, riders coordinate pickup, schedule, cost-sharing, and trip logging.
Vanpool costs are different from transit fares because they depend on the vanpool provider, vehicle, route, rider group, available subsidies, employer support, and any current incentive programs. The Georgia Transportation Efficiency Authority (GTEA) Vanpool Program operated by COMMUTE with Enterprise currently provides a subsidy covering 40% of vanpool expenses, and some employers may offer commuter benefits that offset costs.
Shared Monthly Cost
Vanpool riders typically share the cost of the commute rather than paying a standard one-way fare. Final rider costs should be confirmed during the vanpool setup process.
The GTEA regional vanpool subsidy covers 40% of vanpool expenses for commuters who live within the 13 metro-counties.
Ask your employer if they offer commuter benefits that help further offset vanpool costs.
Vanpool riders should know what happens if they need to leave work early, stay late, or miss the normal ride home.
Keep a way home in place.
MyGCO allows commuters to log clean commute trips, including vanpool trips, and participate in eligible rewards and incentive programs.
Ride together. Log together. Earn together.