TRAVEL SUSTAINABLY WITH UMD SMART COMMUTE FOR REWARDS, RIDE-MATCHING SERVICES, AND FUN OPPORTUNITIES!
Lighten your carbon footprint, save money, burn calories, and reduce traffic on the road and in the parking lot with UMD Smart Commute programs, incentives, and events to help you explore the eco-friendly modes below:
Sustainable Transportation Type | Why should you try it? |
Public Transit | Shuttle-UM, buses, and trains connect College Park with the DMV region, with perks and discounts for qualifying rides. |
Carpool, Uber Share, or Lyft Shared | Enjoy preferential parking, a 50% permit discount, and a free bundle pack of day passes when you carpool with another DOTS permit holder.
While the subsidy lasts, use this cash incentive to start your carpool (car-less carpoolers do not qualify for the DOTS carpool incentive above, but do qualify for this governmental incentive). |
Carsharing with UMD Zipcar | Enjoy major discounts for being a Terp with these carshare vehicles that live on campus! |
Bicycles and Scooters | Whether your ride is electric, folding, adaptive, or conventional, you can buy, rent, or borrow a bicycle, scooter, and safety gear for a direct, scenic, and active way to cruise to your destination. |
Walking | Try trails and shared-use paths, with walking escorts available for your safety, to get your steps in, take in the scenery, and find serendipitous moments to meet a friend, a colleague, or think through a project or idea. |
Electric Vehicles | Charge your hybrid or electric vehicle with over 30 Level 2 charging stations on-campus, and check if you qualify for DOTS’ Green Permit 20% discount. |
Teleworking | Work from home and flex your office time to beat rush hour and recharge your day. |
Discover new ways to travel to places you want to go, and try out these resources in our UMD Green Commuter Cheat Sheet to arrive at your destination comfortably, affordably, and in style.
Still unsure about your green commute? Read these success stories about UMD students, faculty, and staff who have transitioned to a Smart Commute, one trip at a time!
Are we missing a resource, service, or program to assist you with your green commute? Write us in the comments of our resource guide or email SmartCommute@umd.edu and we’ll be in touch!
RETHINK YOUR RIDE, EARN REWARDS
Download the Commute Tracker App and/or use the Smart Commute Dashboard where you can: Find or post carpools and group rides with Terps for trips to visit family, go on excursions, start that internship, or get to class while saving gas. Earn rewards for every sustainable trip you log, including complimentary day parking passes and raffles for swag and events. Sync your account with your health or fitness app, like Strava.
| DID YOU KNOW... Find even more riders through out the
DMV region on-demand with CarpoolNow
and earn $10 each day and $130 in your first month with ‘Pool Rewards. |
How it works:
- Log your trips on your Smart Commute Dashboard or set up automatic trip logging with the CommuteTracker App (Android, Apple). Trip logging helps us measure our climate action impact, and unlocks the great benefits below!
- Click “Rewards” to earn points for each sustainable commute.
- Redeem rewards!
- Enter your commute start and end location to find carpool and group ride matches on your way. Post to the “Ride Board” if you want to boost your post for a group ride.
- Track your stats! You’ll see the calories you’ve burned, the money you’ve saved, the CO2 emissions you’ve prevented, the distance you’ve traveled, and the solo car (SOV) trips taken out of traffic with every commute you log.
