EcoMetro

If you bike or bus three times per week, you are eligible for the Guaranteed Ride Home program, which sends you two coupons for $25 each for cabs, buses or trains. Use them for bad weather, emergencies, or if you work late.

Our own Metro Transit offers many ways to commute and support renewable energy. They’ve pledged to make 150 buses hybrid-electric by 2012, and have biodiesel and zero-emissions light rail options as well. You can plan your trip from start to finish with the TripPlanner. Metro Transit also offers a site...

Driving to work can be tedious, polluting and costly. You can save thousands of dollars annually by leaving the car at home and busing, biking, or vanpooling. There are even chances to win prizes through the Commuter Challenge. But the best reward of all is seeing the community from a new perspective...

511.org combines all local transit (BART, AC Transit and more) in one easy place, so you can search for the best route and know how long it will take before even leaving the house. You can even download the information to your PDA (Treo, Blackberry, etc.). You can sign up for four free days of transit...

Driving to work can be tedious, polluting and costly. http://wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/ Calculate the real money you spend driving, and find resources for commuting by other means at commuterchallenge.org . Commuting 10 miles in Seattle in an average car could cost you $2412.12 a year, compared to $990.00...