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ORCA Business Programs
There’s work-life and life-life. Help your employees find fulfillment in both, with Metro’s Business Programs. Our ORCA cards can be used for any transit trip, to the workplace and the pizza place. For heading out on date night or dropping the kids at soccer.
In today’s job market, it’s more important than ever to attract and retain great employees with great benefits. Whether your team works on the frontlines, from home or somewhere in-between—no matter if your company is large or small—ORCA transit benefits offer flexibility, freedom and value.
Your commute is just the start.
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ORCA Business Choice provides the most flexibility in size and scale. Customers choose how to cover employees’ transit fares from a menu of ORCA products.
ORCA Business Passport is an annual all-inclusive benefit that provides employees with a yearly pass that covers unlimited access to regional transit at a highly cost-effective rate.
Program features
| ORCA Business
Choice |
ORCA Business
Passport |
|
|---|---|---|
| Unlimited-use ORCA cards for all employees | ||
| No | Yes | |
| Employee cost-sharing option (i.e., employee pre-tax payroll deductions) | ||
| Yes | Yes | |
| Add value to cards monthly/as needed | ||
| Yes | Optional | |
| Annual Contract | ||
| No | Yes | |
| Employer contributions required & minimum 5 employees needed | ||
| No | Yes | |
| Online card management & direct customer support | ||
| Yes | Yes | |
| Vanpool & Vanshare subsidy | ||
| Optional | Yes | |
| Home Free Guarantee emergency rides | ||
| Optional | Yes | |
| Invoice payment option | ||
| Yes | Yes | |
| Credit card payment option ($10,000 max per transaction) | ||
| Yes | No | |
| View the price list | Estimate the cost | |
Big transit benefits, lower cost
- Signing up for the first time? Subsidize your employees’ transit passes with ORCA Business Passport and you may be eligible for 50% off your first year, for a savings of up to $10,000.
- Already a client? Renew your ORCA Business Passport contract for a second year, and you may be eligible for 25% off your renewal contract, for a savings of up to $5,000.
Your ORCA transit network
Buses
- Community Transit
- Everett Transit
- Kitsap Transit
- King County Metro
- Pierce Transit
- Sound Transit
Rail
- Seattle Monorail
- Seattle Streetcar
- Sound Transit Link light rail
- Sound Transit Sounder
- Including Rail Plus partnership with Amtrak Cascades
Shuttles & vans
- King County Metro Access
- King County Metro Vanpool & Vanshare
- Kitsap Transit Access
- Pierce Transit Shuttle
Water taxis & ferries
- King County Water Taxi
- Kitsap Transit Foot & Fast Ferries
- Washington State Ferries