Start or Join State Employee Carpool

The carpool program was designated to assist in reducing greenhouse gases through the reduction of petroleum consumption, and to reduce the number of vehicles on the road. A carpool is defined as two or more persons sharing a vehicle to and from work. The following criteria must be met in order to be considered a carpool:

• All persons must be of legal driving age.

• Permit holders must be state employees.

• The primary permit holder must complete a parking application in the DGS Parking Portal. The primary carpooler must include the carpool members’ information (i.e., agency/department, business email, business phone, city, date, home ZIP code, name of carpooler, nearest major cross street to home, route to work, and work start/end time).

• Make, model, and license plate number of all vehicles used in the carpool must be identified on the primary permit holder’s parking application. 

• The primary permit holder must be coming into the downtown core area and park within a five-block radius from headquarters/primary reporting location.
• The carpool program is available only to state employees who have already been issued a monthly parking space. Applying for the program will not increase an individual’s chances of being selected from a waitlist or the OPLS.
• The parking permit may be reassigned to one of the other carpool members if the individual has been a documented carpool member for a minimum of six months.
• Carpool members are restricted to one carpool and shall not appear on another carpool application.

• A carpool is authorized to have one vehicle in the parking facility during hours of operation.

• If a carpool loses all members, the primary permit holder must register a new carpool member within 30 days. If no carpool member is registered within 30 days, the primary permit holder must contact the assigned Department Parking Coordinator or DGS PAU to be reverted to individual parking status and monthly rate. Failure to provide notification may result in the permit being forfeited.