Join an Employee Carpool and Share the Ride

Rideshare with GoLoco
GoLoco is a trusted online community that lets people quickly and easily share rides with coworkers, friends and neighbors. GoLoco handles online payments from passengers to drivers for their share of trip costs. GoLoco calculates your impact on the reduction of CO2 emissions into the environment.

Carpools/Vanpools
If you think that full time carpooling or vanpooling may be an option for you, check  out GoLoco or the MassRIDES website for carpool matching information or the VPSI website for vanpool information. They will help you find a carpool or vanpool to join. Any way you start, you’ll end up decreasing wear and tear on your vehicle, and you’ll save money. You’ll also help to improve the environment.

MIT/VPSI Vanpool Subsidy Program

MIT regular salaried and hourly employees are eligible to participate in this program which provides both a monthly subsidy and a pre-tax payroll deduction.

For details about the MIT/VPSI Vanpool Subsidy Program, see the list of frequently asked questions.

Download the Subsidy Enrollment Form to begin the MIT/VPSI Vanpool Subsidy Program.

To obtain a carpool/vanpool parking permit, fill out the Carpool/Vanpool Parking application and return it to the Parking and Transportation Office.

Guidelines on Using a Carpool or Vanpool at MIT

• Commuters who want to join or start a carpool must identify themselves to their respective department Parking Coordinators.
• One member of the car or vanpool must be designated as the primary member or parker; the others will be secondary members.
• The primary parker provides the names and departments of the other carpool members on his parking application and submits it to his parking coordinator.
  • This parker may choose payroll deduction or pay by check. In either case, the primary parker is responsible for the full fee.
  • Each secondary parker must also complete a carpool/vanpool parking application and submit it to the primary parker’s parking coordinator
  • The Parking Coordinator will assemble a carpool application packet and submit it to the parking office.

The Parking and Transportation Office uses the information from the primary parker’s Parking Coordinator to assign permits. The permits are bundled up with a hang tag, and the bundle delivered to the primary parker's Parking Coordinator, who passes the bundle to the primary parker. It is the responsibility of the primary parker to distribute permits to members of that carpool.

Check Employee permits/rates for permit types and costs.

When a Carpool Member Has no Car

Occasionally an employee without a car will ride to work with another employee (e.g., family members). This constitutes a carpool, so the passenger must also be entered in Parking and Transportation Office records. In this case, the passenger also completes a carpool/vanpool parking application and notes “no vehicle” on the application. The Parking office will know to issue one permit and one hangtag to the primary parker.

Student Commuter or Student Carpool

For information on student carpool or occasional parking permits contact the Parking Office W20-022, mitparking@mit.edu, 617-258-6510 or fill out the Student Carpool & Occasional Parking Application.