cspwal Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 I know some companies offer a Q-card, but I'm not sure if that's the same thing? And the way it works isn't a monthly pass, just a normal Q-card that is refilled by your company/pre-tax income instead of you later. Metro offering a monthly pass to those companies could help boost ridership - why pay for a garage permit when you can have a monthly transit pass? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
102IAHexpress Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 18 minutes ago, cspwal said: I know some companies offer a Q-card, but I'm not sure if that's the same thing? And the way it works isn't a monthly pass, just a normal Q-card that is refilled by your company/pre-tax income instead of you later. Metro offering a monthly pass to those companies could help boost ridership - why pay for a garage permit when you can have a monthly transit pass? Okay. Yeah that sounds right. Cool, glad Metro offers that then. I vaguely remember that Metro STAR (those private/metro Van pools) can be paid on a pre-tax basis, but I didn't know Metro's regular bus/light rail was setup that way too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Again, it's not really metro offering it - at least when I had one way back in 2008, it was just a Q-card that got refilled by Rice as opposed to me. I think back then I had to bring it to them to refill, but I'm sure now its hooked up to a corporate bank account somehow, just as if you had it hooked up to your credit card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
102IAHexpress Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 9 minutes ago, cspwal said: Again, it's not really metro offering it - at least when I had one way back in 2008, it was just a Q-card that got refilled by Rice as opposed to me. I think back then I had to bring it to them to refill, but I'm sure now its hooked up to a corporate bank account somehow, just as if you had it hooked up to your credit card Okay, yeah, i think we're talking about the same thing. I'm talking about a "401(k)" transit benefit. Or an employer sponsored health plan for transit. You pay for the transit benefit via your pre tax dollars, then your employer processes the payment with the transit agency, the benefit is then refilled to your transit card, or here a Metro Q Card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 We've been able to do that forever. It's even easier now that there's a phone app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 4 hours ago, 102IAHexpress said: Unfortunately, for some reason Metro does not offer a similar system for employers (at least I'm unware of Metro offering one). Maybe someone can shed light on why? If there's something that prevents Metro from doing it in its Charter, then even more reason to scrap Metro and start from scratch. People I work with who are in van pools can have pre tax money taken out of their checks for the monthly charges. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 (edited) On 10/10/2019 at 5:25 PM, mollusk said: We've been able to do that forever. It's even easier now that there's a phone app. The apps...kinda suck. Its not built for phones in a compelling way and its not easy to use. Now the idea about the texting of bus station numbers and getting upcoming departure times...now that has been a great idea. Very effective and its immediate info. Edited October 12, 2019 by Luminare phrasing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 57 minutes ago, Luminare said: The apps...kinda suck. Its not built for phones in a compelling way and its not easy to use. They rebuilt the iPhone version a couple months ago. It's a noticeable improvement - then again, I learned on steam powered computers so YMMV.* *(a more polite way of saying "get off my lawn") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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