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You can save wear and tear on both your vehicle and on yourself by commuting the smart way - by carpool or vanpool. You will be able to save time, too, by using the
HOV lanes on several area highways. Receive free assistance in forming a carpool or vanpool convenient to your home and office, including potential poolmates.

It takes as few as two to be a carpool. Be prepared for those times when you just can't drive by knowing the names of potential pool-mates. And Guaranteed Ride Home will get you home in an emergency! For more information, call 240-773-TRIPS (8747) or email us at mcdot.Trips.ss@montgomerycountymd.gov.

Rideshare Tuesday is a new effort in the Washington metropolitan region to encourage carpooling at least once a week, every Tuesday!

  Try it and make it a regular part of your routine. Click here to learn more!

Carpool Options

Receive free assistance in forming a carpool or vanpool convenient to your home and office, including potential pool-mates. It just takes as few as two to be a carpool. Call 240-773-TRIPS (8747) or complete the online application form.

Take advantage of FREE or discount parking in many lots and garages near your workplace. CALL 240-773-TRIPS (8747) or email us at mcdot.Trips.ss@montgomerycountymd.gov.

• Examples: Metro Garage next to Westfield Shopping Town Wheaton Plaza – parking reduced to $1.50
• Check with your office building manager to see if free, discounted, or preferred spaces are available for your carpool. Check your nearest County-operated parking lot for select carpool and vanpool spaces.

Vanpool Options

Receive free assistance in forming a vanpool convenient to your home and office, including potential pool-mates. It takes as few as six people to share a van to work. CALL 240-773-TRIPS (8747) or complete the online application form. 

Take advantage of FREE or discount parking in many lots and garages near your workplace. CALL 240-773-TRIPS (8747) or email us at mcdot.Trips.ss@montgomerycountymd.gov.

• Examples: Metro Garage next to Westfield Shopping Town Wheaton Plaza.
• Check with your office building manager to see if free, discounted, or preferred spaces are available for your carpool. Check your nearest County-operated parking lot for select carpool and vanpool spaces.
• Some vanpools are eligible to accept Metrocheks, which employers can give employees to help pay for vanpool commuting costs.

Regional Vanpool Service Providers

Park & Ride Lots

FREE Park-and-Ride Commuter Lots with connecting buses allow you to meet your carpool or jump onto public transportation.

Download the Park-and-Ride Lots Guide in PDF format.

MTA buses

MTA operates commuter buses that serve Park & Ride Lots along these routes.

I-270: Route 991 bus - Hagerstown-Frederick- Shady Grove

MD 29: Route 995 bus - Clarksville-Ellicott City-Columbia-Washington, DC

  Route 915 bus - Columbia-Silver Spring-Washington, DC

Click here for additional MTA bus schedules

Metro Parking

At least 200 spaces are available at some Metro station parking lots.
Try these:

• Twinbrook East lot, accessed from Parklawn Drive
• Silver Spring County Garage on Bonifant Street, one-half block from station; monthly pass available for Metro users, call 301-565-7693
• Wheaton Metro garage next to Westfield Shopping Town Wheaton Plaza.

HOV Lanes

It takes as few as two in a car to use HOV Lanes on I-270. 

The 12-mile South-bound HOV lane from I-370 to I-495 operates 6 to 9 am Monday through Friday, and the northbound HOV lane from I-495 (Capital Beltway) to MD 121 (Clarksburg Road) operates 3:30 to 6:30 pm Monday through Friday.

Take advantage of free Park-and-Ride lots. For more information about HOV lanes, visit the Maryland State Highway Administration.

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