Parking and Transportation Alternatives
There
are a number of commuting and parking options available. Below are some
of them. To get detailed information, click on the related image on the
left of the title. Sound Transit now has the first segment of light rail in the region in operation daily between the Tacoma Dome area and the heart of downtown. Tacoma Link provides service from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday. Parking is free at the 2400-space Tacoma Dome Station, and users can ride free into downtown
- Tacoma. Light rail stops are located along the following corridor:
- Theater District - South 9th at Commerce Street
- Convention Center - South 15th at Commerce Street
- Union Station - South 19th at Pacific Avenue
- South 25th at Pacific Avenue
- Tacoma Dome Station - 25th between 'D' and 'E' Streets
Leave your car at home once, twice, or five days a week! Pierce Transit can help downtown employees find commute options that eliminate parking hassles and save money!
Pierce Transit offers a wide range of products, services, and programs for companies and employees who want to give other commute options a try, including:
- Assistance with transportation subsidies
- Vanpool & carpool programs
Transit Agencies Team to Promote Ridership
Pierce Transit and Sound Transit are teaming up to offer an incentive to employees in the downtown area to help increase transit ridership and vanpool use, and to help relieve on-street parking woes. In cooperation with downtown employers, the agencies will provide a matching subsidy for the purchase of a monthly transit pass or vanpool fare. When an employer provides a new subsidy or increases the amount already being provided to the employee, Pierce Transit/Sound Transit will match the amount "dollar-for-dollar" up to the price of the pass. This special offer is good for any consecutive three-month period, starting this month and continuing until December of next year. The matching dollars will be reimbursed to the company at the end of their three-month term. For example, if purchasing a monthly Puget Pass for $45, an employee would receive a $20 subsidy from their employer, and Pierce Transit/Sound Transit would now match that subsidy so the pass would cost the employee only $5! The intent of the "matching subsidy" program is to encourage downtown employers to continue their portion of the subsidy after the three-month trial period, as well as to provide an incentive to employees to try riding the bus or joining a vanpool for the daily commute. To find out more about this program or to schedule an appointment with a company, please call Pierce Transit Employer Program Specialist Duane Perez at (253) 589-6373. Search for Parking The Parking Forum |