*Metro started monitoring select Eastside Park & Rides for usage beginning the week of December 12, 2011. This will continue until about the end of February, 2012. Use this spreadsheet to determine which park & rides will likely be full to plan for a smooth trip across the bridge during tolling.

Do you use SR 520? New bus service makes better connections on both sides of Lake Washington. Metro recently added 130 new bus trips across SR 520, for a total of more than 700 trips on 18 Metro and Sound Transit routes crossing the bridge every weekday! More buses mean more alternatives to driving and paying tolls.

• Find out about cross-lake bus service that can work for you!
• See the maps for U-District & North Capitol Hill which includes routes across 520.
• Central Eastside service map showing frequent service and other all-day service that operate on the central eastside of King County.

Ride toll-free or split the tolls in a vanpool or carpool.

Join a vanpool and ride toll-free or split the tolls when you ride in a carpool. Learn about the rewards available for new and current carpoolers and vanpoolers who travel on SR-520. Riding in a carpool or vanpool is a cost effective and convenient way for you to reduce your out-of pocket costs and take advantage of the time-savings offered by the high-occupancy lanes on SR-520. Find a transit agency sponsored vanpool, or regular carpool going your way at RideshareOnline.com. If your schedule requires more flexibility then sign up at go520.avego.com, a real-time ridesharing program for SR-520 commuters.

We'll help your boss help you get to work.

Interested in trying the bus or a vanpool for commuting to work, but want your employer to help you with the cost? Want to work from home but your employer is not so sure about the idea? Metro has a range of programs to help your boss help you get to work. And they don’t all cost money. Check it out:

Why not tell your employer about these opportunities? Pass along this flyer to your boss and get them started cutting your commute costs today!

You don't always have to be there, to be there!

The benefits of teleworking, coworking, compressed work weeks and alternate schedules are many: you can save money on travel costs, eliminate commute time and improve your work-life balance.

Your company doesn't have a telework program?  Get them on board!  We offer free assistance from expert telework consultants to create or expand telework programs.  Learn more about what your company can do to support telework

What is coworking? If you have permission to telework and want to feel part of a community or experience the motivation that comes from working with people, coworking can be a great solution. Local coworking spaces enable individuals to stay closer to home, have access to equipment, but still have a vibrant, social office environment that enhances productivity.

• Find out more at Coworking Seattle (with coworking locations throughout the metropolitan regions).
• Find coworking locations with the free Coworking iPhone app.
• Office Nomads is offering a free month of basic membership to any new member who mentions the Alaskan Way Viaduct construction as the reason they want to try coworking.  Contact Office Nomads for details.
• thinkspace in Redmond is offering a free month of basic membership to any new member who mentions the Alaskan Way Viaduct construction as the reason they want to try coworking. Contact thinkspace for details.

Are you a coworking space interested in offering a promotion to help commuters cope with SR 520 tolling and viaduct construction? Contact us and we'll add your offer to the list.

Take your bike across 520.