PugetPass and King County Metro VanPool Options
Puget Sound transit agencies implemented an integrated regional fare system in the Fall of 1999. The fare system known as Puget Pass exempts use on Metro Vanpools.
However, Metro developed several options for County Metro VanPool Program participants who take the bus to meet their vanpool and for those who commute by a combination of bus, ferry and vanpool. The following options remain in effect today.
Option One: Vanpool riders whose employers participate in the King County Metro FlexPass Program will continue to apply their FlexPass toward vanpool fares, if the FlexPass agreement includes a vanpool element.
Option Two: King County Metro continues to promote Commuter Bonus vouchers to employers as an incentive to employees applicable toward the payment of vanpool fares for King County Metro, Pierce Transit and Community Transit vanpool programs.
Option Three: King County Metro produces and sells a monthly Metro-only VanPool/Transit pass. This pass is not transferable. This pass may only be used by the vanpool rider buying it for partial vanpool fare subsidy and for travel on Metro Transit. The pass is available in the familiar one-zone peak or two-zone peak travel on Metro buses, enabling vanpool riders to travel to their vanpool.
Option Four: King County Metro vanpoolers using the bus and ferry during their commute may apply the Puget Ship-to-Shore Passes toward their vanpool fare payment.
Contact the Metro Rideshare Service Rep for more information, 206-684-2043.
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