Frequently Asked Questions

 Vanpooling is a Ride-Share program. 

All federal employees.

In most cases employees get together and customize their own van-pool. 

You can build your own van-pool with as little as seven participants.

There's no out of pocket expense for riding the van-pool for employees who are entered in the Federal Employee Transit Subsidy program and have a van-pool with seven or more riders.  The program gives the employee a subsidy for riding in an approved van-pool.

The program is a financial subsidy for federal employees designed to encourage employees to use ride-share programs to commute to and from work.  The subsidy can only be used to pay for a van-pooling type commute.  Fedride only accepts what the federal subsidy covers and does not charge extra money to the employee making the van-pool FREE for the employee.   

Simply contact us fedride.com and we will assist you with getting you signed up for the program. 

Each employee is responsible to use the van-pool to commute for at lease 60% of their weekly travel to and from work.  You do not have to ride every day in order to apply. 

Simply search for other employees who have a van-pool coming through your travel route and sign up to ride their van and skip the bus stop and save your bus fare. 

There is no contracts and no obligations to stay in the program.  Get in and of the program risk free any time you like.  

Fedride takes care of all cleaning, servicing, and maintenance of all vans supplying you with a safe, clean, well-maintained vehicle. 

Each van is equipped with fuel card.  Drivers are responsible for using this card in order to fuel up the van.

There is no paid driver for any van, the van is driven by the employees participating in that particular van-pool.   

All employees riding in a van-pool can drive once they are approved through Fedride.  You will be responsible to supply us with your drivers license information and approved through the insurance company prior to driving.  

Each van will have an assigned Van-pool leader.  In most cases it's the first person who contacts Fedride to start their van-pool.  You can also contact us at fedride.com if you ever have any issues or concerns in your current van-pool.   

You save mileage, wear and tear, fuel, and depreciation on your personal vehicle by riding in a van-pool.  This will save you THOUSANDS of dollars yearly. 

There is no set mileage to qualify.   

The van leader gets with the riders of a van-pool to pick an area to decide where to park.  it's generally in a centralized area close to the starting point of the commute.  Some vans park in public lots and some riders take the van home.  It's all up to the riders of the van. 

Most riders meet in the area where the van is parked, park their personal vehicle, then use the van to commute to work.  In some cases, extra riders are picked up along the way. 

Simply contact Fedride and we will assist you in getting a program started.