BALTIMORE, MD—In an effort to combat traffic congestion and rising commuting costs, the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) Commuter Choice Maryland announced the launch of two new rewards programs this week. The Baltimore Vanpool Incentives Program and the Baltimore Carpool Incentive Program aim to provide commuters with financial incentives to choose alternative modes of transportation to work.
The Baltimore Vanpool Incentive Program offers a $500 monthly incentive to commuters who participate in vanpools. The Baltimore Carpool Incentive Program provides a $5 daily incentive for 90 days to those who register and carpool to work. MDOT funds and Commuter Connections administers both programs.
“Maryland commuters, business owners and commercial drivers continue to deal with the congestion impacts from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse,” said Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul J. Wiedefeld. “These new vanpool and carpool rewards programs are promoting and incentivizing alternative options to driving alone, saving commuters real money and reducing congestion impacts for the region.”
Commute with Enterprise, a national vanpool provider, coordinates the vanpools for the program. They’re the country’s largest vanpool provider and the sole approved provider of vanpools for the program. To be eligible for the incentives, commuters must register for the programs through https://www.baltimorecommutes.org.
Commuter Choice Maryland is a statewide program designed to improve commutes for Marylanders by offering resources and incentives for alternative commuting options. The program proudly offers employers and commuters resources that ease, secure, economize, and ecologize commuting. The program also promotes the CommuterCash mobile app, which helps travelers find carpool, vanpool, transit, biking, and multimodal travel options. Commuters can earn rewards points for logging trips in the app, which can be redeemed for cash, gift cards, or transportation credits.
This article was written with the assistance of AI and reviewed by a human editor.
Photo via Chris Montcalmo Photography
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