King County Metro Offering Discounted Carpooling Trips

Try dynamic, flexible carpooling with Scoop or Waze Carpooling and King County Metro will help pay for your ride (or offer higher reimbursement for drivers)

From King County Metro:

Metro is partnering with private ride-matching companies, bringing you incentives and helping you find your best carpool options. The first step for riders is to choose an app and find a match. Here’s a list of carpool apps and websites.

Carpooling has never been easier—just follow these simple steps:

  1. Download a free carpool app* or create an account atRideshareOnline.com.
  2. Enter your trip locations and times.
  3. Get matched with neighbors or co-workers going your way.
  4. Book a ride and enjoy the benefits.

*Note that service areas, pricing, and user experiences vary.

 

Scoop

A mobile app that finds you the most efficient carpool match, lets you schedule individual trips for maximum flexibility, and facilitates payments from riders to drivers.

  • Service area: Residential areas across King County and select work areas
  • Scheduling trips: Separate scheduling for morning and evening trips. Schedule your morning trip by 9:00pm the night before. Evening trips can be scheduled until 3:00pm on the same day. You'll be notified of a match a few minutes after each matching period.
  • Cost for riders: Variable, viewable before booking
  • Driver reimbursement: Variable, viewable before booking
  • Incentives: For a limited time only, Metro will provide discounts for riders and higher reimbursements for drivers. The application of incentives may vary based on your employer’s partnership with Scoop.
  • Choice of carpool partner: Scoop's algorithm automatically matches you with another carpooler based on the most efficient trip.
  • Safety features: Motor-vehicle history check for drivers, required photos, phone verification, monitored feedback, and optional coworker/Facebook friend filter.
  • Guaranteed Ride Home: If you carpool in the morning as a rider and are not matched in the evening, Scoop will cover the cost of your alternate transportation home. More info here.
  • Languages: English
 
 

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Waze Carpool

A mobile app that lets you choose from the most efficient carpool matches, lets you schedule individual trips for maximum flexibility, and facilitates payments from riders to drivers.

  • Service area: Washington State
  • Scheduling trips: Up to one week prior or in real time. One to two days in advance is recommended./li>
  • Cost for rider: For a limited time only, $2 for all rides starting or ending in King County. Costs are always viewable before booking.
  • Driver earnings: As much as $0.54/mile with occasional bonuses available. Viewable before booking.
  • Incentives: For a limited time only, $2 flat-rate trips for riders and a $20 bonus for new riders/drivers when referred by a friend.
  • Choice of carpool partner: Choose between matches or filter for co-workers, same gender or private groups.
  • Safety features: Photo, rating, optional same-gender/coworker filter, social profile links
  • Guaranteed ride home: Not through app, but available through Metro's Just One Trip program.
  • Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew
 
 
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Rideshare Online

A website that shows you the most efficient carpool matches and lets you contact potential carpoolers.

  • Service area: Washington and Oregon
  • Scheduling trips: Any time (generally ongoing carpools)
  • Cost for rider: Up to the rider/driver
  • Driver earnings: Up to the rider/driver
  • Incentives: Check available rewards (login required)
  • Choice of carpool partner: Choose between matches or restrict to co-workers
  • Safety features: Workplace verification
  • Guaranteed ride home: Not through app, but available through Metro's Just One Trip program.
  • Languages: English, Spanish; translation services available by phone at 206-625-4500 (8-5, M-F)
  • WA Relay: Yes