Guest feature: Gladys Hurwitz, transportation planner, and Michelle Martin, assistant director, are with the Maryland Department of Transportation. Follow along with MDOT and the Commuter Choice Maryland program on LinkedIn and online at commuterchoicemaryland.com.

Maryland commuters spend an average of 30 minutes sitting in traffic traveling to work – resulting in diminished productivity, extreme frustration, and lost time. To mitigate traffic congestion and support both the mobility, health, and wealth of its community, environment, and business partners, the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) has launched Commuter Choice Maryland.

The benefits of Commuter Choice Maryland are significant. Commuter Choice Maryland encourages commuters to explore and use alternate means of transportation to and from work, giving them travel choices when convenient to them, such as transit, biking, walking, carpooling, vanpooling, and teleworking. All of these options help to reduce commuter stress, reduce congestion, and conserve energy. We have also seen that Commuter Benefits help to attract and retain top employee talent.

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