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Park & Ride Lots

What Are Park & Ride Lots?

Park and Ride Lots serve as optimal meeting and parking areas for carpoolers, vanpoolers, and transit riders. Commuters can conveniently access nearly 400 lots and 160,000 parking spaces. These locations are near highways and at transit hubs throughout the Washington, DC and Baltimore metropolitan areas, which makes our abundance of commuter parking a national leader in Park and Ride facilities:

Parking is free at 89% of Park & Ride Lots.
Two-thirds of Park & Ride Lots have bus or rail service available.
More than 25% of Park and Ride Lots have bicycle parking facilities.

Commuter Connections actively seeks data from local jurisdictions to source and develop the regional listing of Park & Ride lots.

How Can Park & Ride Lots Help Optimize My Commute?

Park and Ride lots are ideal locations to meet your carpool partner(s). Many lots, such as the Springfield Commuter Garage in Virginia, also serve as meeting grounds for “sluggers”, or casual carpoolers. They also serve as a great staging area for vanpools that routinely commute at the same time on set weekdays. Select the button below to find carpool or vanpool partners who share a similar commute as you and may be interested in sharing the ride.

Find Carpool Partners

Park and Ride lots are typically located near major highway corridors that tend to get congested during commuting hours. Park there to hop in a carpool, vanpool, or bus to meet Express Lane / HOV requirements that may allow you to zip to your workplace more quickly – and use the lanes for free!

Mapped: Park and Ride Lots

Commuter Connections is here to help you find a Park & Ride Lot that works for your commute! Checkout our webmap below that features nearly 400 lots to see where you can setup carpool meet-ups to zip into work by vehicle or hop onto transit. A complete listing of Park & Ride Lots with useful details such as number of parking spaces, bicycle parking information, and transit connections is included.

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