E-Pass & other corporate pass programs

When companies share the fare,
employees share the ride.
When companies encourage riding the bus or rail, carpooling or vanpooling ... employees listen. When companies share the fare through employer discounts, matches and subsidies, employees are three times more likely to share the ride. Companies across the country are finding that when employees share the ride, they also help reduce traffic congestion and air pollution, and get a work force that is more relaxed, more productive and on-time more often. DART's FareShare programs can lower parking costs, improve your employee benefit package, and enhance the image of your company.

DART makes it easy for your company
to do its FareShare.
DART will do whatever it takes to help you encourage your employees to share the ride. We'll analyze your company's transportation needs, survey your employees, find matches for carpools and vanpools, provide custom trip itineraries for potential bus or rail users, provide fare discounts, enroll your company in the Ozone Alert Action Network and help train an employee transportation coordinator. In short, we'll tailor a trip-reduction program that works for you.

Introducing the new E-Pass for employers
The E-Pass is DART's photo I.D. bus/rail pass which employers purchase for all employees. The E-Pass entitles employees of participating companies to one year of free, unlimited rides on all regular DART services. Once a company is enrolled in the program, all employees are issued individual E-Passes. These photo ID E-Passes may be issued by DART, or the employers may utilize their existing employee photo IDs. E-Pass stickers are affixed to the photo IDs. to validate them.

The price of an E-Pass is determined by the company's location, the amount of DART service available to the work site, and the number of employees in the company. Service Level Areas (SLAs) measure the number of peak hour service bus/rail trips that are, at most, a third of a mile from the company's business site. "Peak" is defined as 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., and 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

There are three SLA categories.

Minimum -- Areas with 1-10 trips during the peak periods

Medium -- Areas with 11-50 trips during the peak periods

Maximum-- Areas with 51+ trips during the peak periods

E-Pass Pricing Chart^*

Service Available	1-20 Employees	21-250 Employees	251-Plus Employees
Minimum	$49	$41	$29
Medium	$89	$75	$64
Maximum	$173	$161	$149

^*Contract Minimum $720

Your company can share the fare up to
$65 a month... tax free.
Catching a bus, hopping a train, or joining a vanpool can reduce commuting costs by 70% or more. When your company does its fare share, employee commuting costs are further reduced. As a bonus, any company offering discounts can do so tax-free ... up to $65 a month!

Buses & Rail
Through DART's Employer FareShare Program, you can provide your employees monthly passes, 11-Bonus Pak booklets, and reduced monthly passes on-site, at the lowest rate available. Or... through Pass-by-Mail, passes can be sent directly to your company for greater rider convenience and accessibility.

Bus/Rail FareShare

* Regular bus and rail service
** Express bus service

Other Employer Trip-Reduction Programs

Carpools
If you have employees who just want to save money and do their share for cleaner air, carpools can be another commute option. DART offers free ride matching assistance to your employees. A RideMatch list consists of other commuters who live, work, have similar work hours and also want to share the ride.

Vanpools
DART's commuter vans help improve recruitment and retention by providing transportation for employees who work late shifts or in areas where bus and rail service are not as accessible.

With DART's vanpooling program, 6 to 15 individuals can share the ride to work for about $40 a month for all vanpoolers.

DART supplies everything, the van, maintenance, fuel and insurance.DART's vanpool goes anywhere, anytime, so long as either the work or home destination is within Dallas, Denton, or Collin County and does not originate within Tarrant County or other counties that we consider to be served by the rideshare program of the Fort Worth Transit Authority (the T).

For more Employer FareShare Program information or other employer transportation programs, please call (214) 747-RIDE and one of our account executives will help you set up a company-specific transportation program that meets the needs of your employees.