Commuter Value Pass
For employees at companies with 20 or more MCTS riders, the Commuter Value Pass program is a tax-smart employee benefit that provides reliable transportation at the lowest possible cost. Read below for more details or view our Commuter Value Pass FAQs page here. Employees can also download a helpful brochure here.
Plus, the MCTS Emergency Ride Program is available if the employer chooses to participate and is free to all recipients of Commuter Value Passes.
Participating employees receive an unlimited pass good for use on all MCTS services.
Commuter Value Passes Are...
- Easy to Use: Employees simply show their passes when boarding.
- Secure: Passes include photo identification and are revalidated each quarter.
- Economical: The employee's cost contribution provides for unlimited use on any MCTS route, including Freeway Flyers, festival services and special event shuttles. Employees will save at least 25 percent over the cash prices for commuting by bus five days a week.
- A Partnership: MCTS includes a 14 percent discount off the pass price for maximum savings with this program. The employee and the employer may share in the cost.
- Tax-smart: The employer contribution is a deductible business expense and is tax-free for the employee. In addition, the employee cost can be deducted as a pre-tax reduction in wages, resulting in further savings for both employees and employers. (You may need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this form.)
Advantages for Your Company
- Easy to Administer: Employers are billed once per quarter, but employees may join or leave on a monthly basis. MCTS representatives manage the enrollment and produce the passes.
- A Great Employee Benefit: As an employer, help your employees fill a very basic need – transportation. It provides a benefit that will be used regularly and assists you in recruiting and retaining employees throughout Milwaukee County.
- Relief: A way to help your employees avoid construction delays and the hassles and expense of driving and parking during peak traffic hours.
- A Positive Direction: This program provides an effective way to combat traffic congestion, reduce parking requirements and be more environmentally friendly.
If you have any questions regarding the MCTS Commuter Value Pass, please contact MCTS at (414) 343-1777.
Some Participating Companies
Commuter Value Certificates
MCTS offers the Commuter Value Certificate, a voucher that employers can purchase and distribute to employees as a 100 percent employer paid, tax-free transit benefit. Read below for more details or view our Commuter Value Certificate FAQs page here.
- Each certificate can be exchanged for a weekly pass or strip of regular fare tickets, or can be used toward the purchase of premium/Freeway Flyer tickets or a monthly pass.
- Commuter Value Certificates equal the cost of a standard adult weekly pass or 10 adult tickets. The minimum order quantity is 20 and they must be purchased in multiples of four certificates. Certificates do not expire and can be exchanged at any MCTS retail outlet.
- Employers may purchase Commuter Value Certificates after signing a letter of agreement which details their responsibilities while participating in the program.
- You can print an order form online and then mail your completed form and payment to MCTS. (You may need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this form.)
- Commuter Value Certificates must be provided to the employee/client as a no-charge and tax-free transit benefit. For federally taxed organizations, certificates are tax deductible as an employee benefit expense.
- Commuter Value Certificates are a very effective employee benefit. Employees use their passes or tickets every workday and gain reliable transportation to work at the same time. The program can be a real advantage in recruiting and retaining employees.
If your company has 20 or more employees who are bus riders, you can qualify for even greater savings with the Commuter Value Pass.
If you have any questions regarding Commuter Value Certificates, please contact MCTS at (414) 343-1777.
Emergency Ride Program
As a Commuter Value Pass customer, employees are automatically eligible to participate in the Emergency Ride Program. MCTS recognizes that a major obstacle in using our transit services is the rider’s fear of being “stranded” in case of a personal or family emergency. As a result, we created this program to provide alternate transportation for our Commuter Value Program users if an emergency arises and your normal bus service is not readily available.
How it Works
A CVP participant may utilize the program when an emergency situation develops for the employee or an immediate family member.
• Rides are available between 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. through a specified taxi company.
• The participant can quickly get home, to a transit point of origin or to a medical care facility. It is available throughout MCTS’s service area. Since we understand that time is of the essence, we made the program easy to use for the employee and easy to administer for the CVP Coordinator.
• When an emergency arises, the participant just lets his/her CVP work coordinator know of the emergency.
• The coordinator calls the taxi company and gives the participant a voucher to give to the taxi driver. There is minimal paperwork to be completed.
• No money or tip is needed. The participant just needs to fill in information on the voucher and return it to the coordinator the next day.
Transit is a convenient and reliable form of transportation. The Emergency Ride Program gives that added assurance so you can use transit every day to work.
For more information about Emergency Ride or the other MCTS employer programs, please call MCTS Business Services at (414) 343-1777.