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Commuter Connections
is a regional network of transportation organizations coordinated by
the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. If you live or
work in the Metropolitan Washington D.C. area, Commuter Connections
can provide you with information on all your commute options, so you
can make a smart choice about how you travel to work. Commuter
Connections also helps employers establish commuting benefits and
assistance programs, including telework/telecommute programs, for
their employees.
Commuter
Connections was originally created in 1974 as the Commuter Club,
providing one of the first computerized carpool matching systems in
the nation. The Commuter Club network consisted of the
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG), General Services
Administration (GSA), and the Greater Washington Board of Trade. COG
provided the direct ridematching services to the public. This service
was and still is provided free to anyone who requests ridematching
information. In the 1980’s, the local government agencies of City of
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Montgomery County, Prince William County,
and the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission joined the
network. The Commuter Club network members used COG’s
ridematching software and shared one regional database for
ridematching. It was in the mid-1980’s that the network changed its
name to the RideFinders Network.
By 1994 the network
had grown in membership to include all Washington D.C. area local
governments, a few federal agencies, several Transportation Management
Associations, and government agencies from the Baltimore area,
southern Maryland, and northern Virginia.
In 1996 and 1997,
the services provided by the RideFinders Network had grown beyond just
carpool/vanpool matching to include transit route and schedule
information, a regional Guaranteed Ride Home program, bicycle to work
information, park-and-ride lot and HOV lane information,
telecommute/telework program assistance, InfoExpress commuter
information kiosks, commuter information services through our Internet
site, and employer services. It was in 1996 that the network changed
its name to
Commuter
Connections.
All services are
provided free to the public and employers. Please browse this Web site
to find more about our services. You may find a “smarter way to
work.”
Commuter
Connections is a program of the National Capital Region
Transportation Planning Board at the Metropolitan Washington Council
of Governments and is funded by the District, Maryland and Virginia
Departments of Transportation as well as the U.S. Department of
Transportation. Many of
the local Commuter Connections members receive grant funding directly
from their respective state government. Please
Click here to contact us.
Commuter Connections
777 North Capitol Street, NE
Suite 300
Washington, DC
20002-4239
1-800-745-RIDE
Fax (202) 962-3218
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