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.
Choose a program
Compare features
Features | Business Choice | 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 |
Your ORCA Transit network
- Buses: Community Transit, Everett Transit, Kitsap Transit, King County Metro, Pierce Transit & Sound Transit
- Water taxis & ferries: King County Water Taxi, Kitsap Transit Foot & Fast Ferries
- Rail: Sound Transit Link light rail & Sound Transit Sounder (including Rail Plus partnership with Amtrak Cascades)
- Paratransit transportation: King County Metro Access, Kitsap Transit Access & Pierce Transit Shuttle
- Metro Vanpool & Vanshare
- Seattle Streetcar
- Seattle Monorail
- Washington State Ferries (available as add-on)
ORCA Business Incentive
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.
Contact us
To get started with the ORCA Business Passport program—and to confirm the annual cost for your business—please contact a Passport team member today.
For Snohomish County area, email: OrcaBusinessAccounts@commtrans.org
For Pierce County area, email: CommuteSolutions@PierceTransit.org or phone: 253-983-3792
For your King County business, use the form below or email: employer.services@kingcounty.gov