ORCA for Business makes it easy for Snohomish County employers to offer public transit benefits. With an ORCA card, your employees can ride public transportation across the Puget Sound region—for commuting, errands, and fun. Explore our program options below to find out how you and your employees can benefit.
Comprehensive benefits including unlimited transit travel for your whole team.
Passport offers an unlimited-trip ORCA pass to all benefits-eligible employees, including Vanpool and Guaranteed Ride Home services.
This program is for employers with 5+ employees. Custom contracts are available to businesses with 500+ employees.
First-time Passport customers are eligible for up to 50% off their first-year contract with the ORCA Business Incentive.
Snohomish County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation (“Community Transit”) is offering transit incentives to qualified small businesses (including non-profits) through its ORCA Business Incentive Program (“Program”). The Program is intended to help eligible small businesses provide their employees with subsidized transit passes through the ORCA Business Passport program.
The goal of the Program is to encourage employees who receive an ORCA card through the Program to switch from single-occupancy, drive-alone transportation to public transit or other mobility alternatives to driving alone. Through the Program, Community Transit also hopes to encourage participating employers to continue to provide ORCA transit pass subsidies to their employees after the business’s participation in the Program has ended.
The Program is available to eligible small businesses (including non-profits) located in Community Transit’s Snohomish County public transportation benefit area.
Program eligibility requirements
To be eligible to participate in the Program, a business must meet the following requirements:
Additional program terms and conditions
(3.1) Voluntary Participation. Participation in the Program is strictly voluntary.
(3.2) No Partnership or Joint Venture. No partnership, joint venture, employer-employee or agent-principal relationship is formed with Community Transit either by this Agreement or by participation in the Program.
(3.3) Personal Information. Public access to any personal information that may be received through this Agreement is subject to the Washington Public Records Act, Chapter 42.56 RCW and the Community Transit Privacy policy found at communitytransit.org/privacy-policy. Personal information may be shared with third parties, such as Community Transit consultants for the purpose of data analysis.
(3.4) Indemnification. The participating business, in consideration of the request and permission to participate in the Program and any funds received through the Program, hereby assumes full responsibility and all risk of injury or loss, including without limitation, financial loss or personal injury, including death, which may result from participation in the Program. Neither Community Transit nor any officer, official, or employee thereof shall be responsible for any damage or liability occurring by reason of any action or omission by the undersigned participating business under or in connection with this Agreement. The participating business hereby agrees to hold harmless, release, waive, forever discharge, and covenant not to sue or bring claims against Community Transit, its officers, officials, agents, or employees. The terms of this release shall serve as a release and assumption of risks for business’s successors, executors, and administrators.
The participating business shall fully indemnify, defend, and hold Community Transit, its officers, officials, agents, and employees harmless from and against any and all liability and expenses, including without limitation, defense costs, any costs or liability on account of bodily injury, death or personal injury of any person or for damage to or loss of risk of property, and any legal fees and any claims for damages of any nature whatsoever arising out of the participating business’s participation in the Program, including without limitation:
The participating business, by specific mutual negotiation and agreement, expressly waives all immunity and limitation on liability, as respects Community Transit only, under Washington’s Industrial Insurance Act, Chapter 51 RCW, or any other industrial insurance or workers’ compensation act, disability benefit act, or other employee benefit act of any jurisdiction which would otherwise be applicable in the case of such claim, to the fullest extent necessary to provide Community Transit with a full and complete indemnity of claims made by the participating business’s employees.
The provisions of Section 3.4 (Indemnification) shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
(3.5) Term of Agreement. The Agreement shall be effective as of the date the participating business signs this Agreement and shall remain effective until Community Transit terminates the Agreement or upon the participating business’s completion of all commitments and obligations under this Agreement.
(3.6) Reservation of Rights and Reimbursement of Funds. Community Transit reserves the right to establish a wait list for Program enrollment, change the Program, or cancel the Program at any time, without obligation, at the sole discretion of Community Transit. Community Transit reserves the right to deny funding for any businesses and to terminate the funding for the Program if Community Transit deems that it is in the best interest of the agency to do so. Any violation of the Program Participation Eligibility Requirements or failure to comply with the Terms and Conditions of this Agreement will require that the participating business reimburse all Program incentive funds received pursuant to this Agreement.
(3.7) Information Sharing. Community Transit is authorized under this Agreement to provide its subcontractors, consultants, and agents any information related to business’s participation in the Program.
Offer valid through Dec. 31, 2025.
Flexible & customized coverage for employers of all sizes.
Employers can choose which employees get an ORCA card and which transit options to offer them.
Business Choice
Business Passport
Business Choice | Business Passport | |
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Unlimited-use ORCA cards for all employees | ||
Employee cost-sharing option (employee pre-tax payroll deduction) | ||
Add value to cards monthly or as needed | Optional | |
Annual contract | ||
Employer contributions required and 5+ employees needed | ||
Online card management & direct customer support | ||
Vanpool subsidy | Optional | |
Emergency Guaranteed Ride Home taxi rides | Optional | |
Invoice payment option | ||
Credit card payment option ($10,000 max per transaction) | ||
Pricing | View price list | Estimate the cost |
Use our ORCA for Business brochures and flyers to educate your team about their transit benefits.
Did you know your employer can cover your fare with ORCA for Business? Employers can get significantly discounted rates on unlimited-use regional transit passes for employees through ORCA Passport, saving you hundreds on transit costs. Use our script to ask your employer about ORCA benefits today!
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For more information about ORCA Business options, visit the ORCA Business website or contact:
ORCA Business Accounts
ORCABusinessAccounts@commtrans.org
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