Choose YOUR alternatives to driving alone!
Reduce your stress, save money on gas and parking, minimize wear and tear on your vehicle and help reduce air pollution in Central Indiana by choosing one of these affordable and convenient transportation alternatives.
Carpool
New to carpooling?
Getting started is easy! Just sign up, get your carpool match list, contact the people on your list, and determine how often you’d like to carpool. Your carpool schedule can be as flexible as you need it to be! Plus, you may be eligible for additional commuter benefits through your employer.
Already carpooling?
If you carpool and need to leave work early for an emergency, you may qualify for our emergency ride home service. Register for Commuter Connect and see if your organization is a participating employer.
Vanpool
Vanpooling is great for groups heading to work!
Commuter Connect provides vans for groups of people from throughout Central Indiana who work in similar locations. Vanpools meet at designated spots, ride in to work together, and share the cost of the ride while saving up to 50% on gas and maintenance costs. View latest vanpool pricing information.
Already vanpooling?
You may qualify for our emergency ride home service. Register for Commuter Connect and see if your organization is a participating employer.
Telecommute
Do You Telecommute?
Sign up here to participate in challenges throughout the year!
Telecommuting Tips
Commuter Connect staff is here to help employees entering the telecommuting/work-from-home world for the first time. We can also help you to measure your reduction in carbon emissions.
Ride the Bus
There are some great options for commuting by bus in Central Indiana, including fixed-route bus service, door-to-door providers and CIRTA Workforce Connectors.
Already riding?
You may be eligible for the Commuter Connect Emergency Ride Home Program offered by participating employers. Register and find out!
Workforce Connect
CIRTA operates two shuttle services to worksites in North Plainfield and Whitestown. Once a day at 5:10 a.m., the shuttles depart from a stop on Washington and Delaware in downtown Indianapolis and go directly to the worksites. The rest of the day, the shuttles pick up at IndyGo stops and head to the worksites. Rides are $1 each way.
School Pool
There are some great options for commuting by bus in Central Indiana, including fixed-route bus service, door-to-door providers and CIRTA Workforce Connectors.
Already riding?
You may be eligible for the Commuter Connect Emergency Ride Home Program offered by participating employers. Register and find out!
Learn more about School Pool
Download our informational flyer here.
Find Schools
If you are a school or parent and your school is not included in the list below, contact Commuter Connect to get started.
Bike or Walk
Biking
Whether it’s a fun hobby or your main source of transportation, biking is safer than ever in Central Indiana with more open bike lanes than ever throughout the region.
Already biking or walking to work?
You may be eligible for the Commuter Connect Emergency Ride Home Program offered by participating employers. Register and find out!
Walking
Pedestrian trails in Downtown Indianapolis offer Central Indiana residents safe walking routes for getting to work or school, exercising, or accessing transit. Great places to walk include Monon Trail and Cultural Trail.
Emergency Ride Home
If you experience an emergency and need to leave work suddenly or if you unexpectedly have to stay late, Commuter Connect will provide you with a free taxi ride to wherever you need to go up to five times in one year. The only requirements are that:
- You’re registered with Commuter Connect in advance of the emergency;
- You carpool, vanpool, bike, walk, ride the bus or telecommute an average of three times a week; and
- You work for a participating employer.
View our pamphlet for more information.
Find out if you’re eligible for ERH by registering now!