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From buses and shuttles to van and carpooling services, commuters have many options to help them reduce their reliance on personal vehicles. These alternatives are convenient and economical — and they help relieve stress on the environment, not to mention stress on drivers and wear-and-tear on vehicles.



Statewide Commuter Services

Go Maine

GO Maine Commuter Connections
This free commuter assistance program provides services to commuters who live, work, or travel throughout the State of Maine. Commuter services include:

  • Carpool and vanpool ridematching using a computerized database of commuters and commuter information
  • Carpool support, including the Emergency Ride Home Guarantee, regular prize giveaways, and other ridesharing incentives
  • Commuter information and referrals on regional transportation options

www.gomaine.org 1-800-280-RIDE

Emergency Ride Home

Emergency Ride Home
Benefit that allows for a free (or reimbursed) taxi ride or rental car home in the event of a workday emergency. Think of it as "commuter insurance"!

www.gomaine.org/emergency/index.html
1-800-280-RIDE

Zoom Turnpike Express Park & Ride. MDOT and the Maine Turnpike Authority maintain Park and Ride parking lots where commuters can connect with car and vanpools.

 

City and Regional Bus Services by Maine Region

Greater Portland & Casco Bay

Zoom Turnpike Express ZOOM
ZOOM Turnpike Express is a weekday commuter bus service operated by ShuttleBus, and serving commuters traveling between Biddeford/Saco to downtown Portland. Stops are located at Turnpike Park & Ride lots (Exit 5, Saco and Exit 4 Biddeford) in as well as several METRO stops in Portland:
  • Forest Ave. near Congress St. (with nearby connections to the Maine Medical Center shuttle)
  • Congress Street near Monument Square
  • METRO Pulse on Elm Street (Downtown)
  • Forest Ave. in front of Pier 1 Imports (near USM)

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Downeast & Acadia

This is the logo for Downeast Trasnportation Downeast Transportation
DTI provides five day per week commuter service to the Jackson Lab in Bar Harbor, contract service to Mount Desert Island Sheltered Workshop, and one day per week midday service between Bar Harbor, Ellsworth and Bangor.

(207) 667-5796

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Maine Lakes & Mountains

 

Western Maine Transportation Services, Inc. (WMTS)
Commuter service from Lisbon to Lewiston – Lisbon Connection.

(207) 784-9335
1-800-393-9335

Service Area: Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford Counties

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Mid-Coast

  RTP Intercity Commuter Service
RTP operates a Saco - Portland - Bath intercity commuter service designed primarily to serve employees of Bath Iron Works in Bath, but is also available to the general public. Transportation is provided Monday-Friday from Saco to Portland to Bath, with intermediate stops in Scarborough and

(207) 774-2666
  Coastal Transportation (CTI)
Coastal Trans operates a commuter service from Rockland to Bath Iron Works.

COMMUTER
(207) 443-6207 – Bath
1-800-444-6207 – outside calling area

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Southern Maine Coast

  Wave Commuter Service
York County Community Action Corporation (YCCAC)

(207) 324-5762

Service Area: Sanford – Wells Corridor, York County

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Other Commuter Bus Service

This is the logo for the Regional Transportation program Regional Transportation Program. RTP operates a commuter service from Portland and Westbrook to BIW in Bath.

Service Area: Cumberland, Bath, Sagadahoc (commuter to Bath)

(207) 774-2666
1-800-244-0704
  BIW Express
Operating between Saco, Portland and Bath Iron Works.

(207) 774-2666
  VIP Tour & Charter
Serving USM Portland-Gorham.

(207) 772-4457



 

 

 

 


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