The Buckhead Area Transportation Management Association (BATMA) works cooperatively with community partners to improve mobility, accessibility and air quality in Buckhead by sponsoring programs and providing incentives to encourage commuters to take transit, carpool, vanpool, telework, bike and walk to work.

Over 80 businesses

Over 20 property management firms

Over 3,000 commuters

Our Mission

BATMAHow are We Funded?

What we do

Commuter Services

Employer

Services

Community

Services

Community Services

PIEDMONT ROAD @ LINDBERGH DRIVE (SOUTHBOUND)

PIEDMONT ROAD @ TOWER PLACE DRIVE

(NORTHBOUND)

A fast, frequent and FREE way to make tracks around Buckhead.

Commuter Services

Carpool Vanpool

Transit Bike/Walk

Telework

What seems like an endless stream of cars in this photo …

Is only 88 people

The equivalent of: 2 Carpools 1 Vanpool 1 Xpress bus

Commuter Services

Carpool• It only takes two or more commuters riding in a personal

vehicle to form a carpool

• You don’t have to carpool everyday – Carpooling 1 day a week will reduce your commute costs by 20%

• BATMA will help find you find a partner

Vanpool• An arrangement by which a group of 7 – 15 people

commute to work in a van leased by a 3rd party provider

• Vanpools operate like mini-transit services & run on a set schedule

• Have a flat fare of

The price includes gas, insurance and maintenance

$75 $90 $100

Transit

Transit

Marta

410 Xpress from Discover Mills to Lindbergh

MARTA

Cobb Count Transit (CCT) to

Arts Center MARTA – free

transfers

Gwinnett County Transit (GCT) – free transfers to

MARTA

Clayton County Transit – free transfers to

MARTA

Alternative Work SchedulesFlex-Time • Flex-Time allows employees to set their own start and end times for work • There are core hours everyone must work• Allows you to avoid peak commute times

Compressed Work Weeks• Compressed Work Weeks allow you to

shorten your work week • 4/40 – 40 hours in 4 days allows one day each week off • 9/80 – 80 hours in 9 days allows one day off every other week

Telework• Teleworking replaces travel to and from work with working at

home or another location on a full or part time basis

• Teleworking is the only commute option that completely eliminates air pollution and significantly reduces traffic congestion

Bike / Walk• Bikes are allowed on most

transit systems

• Discounted Confident City Cycling classes taught by the Atlanta Bicycle Campaign

• Great Team Building Activity

It must have been something I ate…

The Guaranteed Ride Home program (GRH) provides commuters who carpool, vanpool, bike or take transit to work with up to five free taxi rides* home or to their car in the event of one of the following:

 

*Rental cars available for those who live far away

You or your family member’s illness

You or your commute partner(s) have to work mandatory unscheduled overtime

You or your commute partner(s) get sick at work and have to leave early

How to Get StartedALL COMMUTERS:

Register at batma.org

RIDE SHARE:Find

carpool/vanpool partners at

myridesmart.com

CARPOOLERS: Fill out your ‘Pool Perks Application

via batma.org

FIRST TIMERS: Complete your Cash

for Commuters applications on

batma.org

ALL COMMUTERS: Each week, log

your commute on batma.org to win

prizes

IncentivesFirst Timers

$3/Day

• Cash for Commuters• Carpoolers, Walkers, Bikers, Teleworkers and Transit Users• Earn $3/day up to $100. Log on batma.org to track commute

Occasional Users$25/Month Drawing

• Commuter Rewards• Log your commute on batma.org and get put in drawing to

win $25 Visa Gift Card• The more you log, the more you win. 1/20 chance to win

• Bike, Walk and Carpool• Bike and Walkers automatically get $20 each month • Carpoolers automatically receive $20, 40, and $60 gas cards• Log at least 30 trips (15 round trips) on batma.org

Vanpool Subsidies$75, $90, $100 Flat Fare/Month

• Vanpool Subsidy• Covers half of expenses. Regular fare is $150, $180

and $200• Includes van and maintenance costs

Employer Services• Free consultation with a telework expert

on how to develop a telework program or improve a current program

• Provide an alternative commute option plan to help you implement or improve your organization’s green initiative plans initiatives

• Georgia Telework Tax Credit Tax Credit up to $20,000 available for starting

new program Additional $1,200 available for each new

teleworker Application due October 31st.

Employer Services

Tax BenefitsCommuter Choice

Employers can cover the cost of the tax-

free transportation

fringe

benefit

Employers can allow employees

to reserve income on a pre-

tax basis to cover the cost

Employers can share the cost

with employees

Employees can participate in commuter benefits programs only if the programs are offered by their employer.

• Provide you with marketing materials

• Conduct onsite events; lunch and learns, lunch room displays, etc

Employer Services

BATMA’s Efforts• In 2008 (excludes shuttle)

– 44.11 Tons of Emissions Eliminated • +6 tons over 2007 - increase of 16%

– 26,361,429 of Vehicle Miles Reduced• +4 Million over 2007 - increase of 18%

9 Adult Elephants

Miles reduced equals 1,062 trips around the Earth or 410,998 trips

around Interstate 285.

Resources• www.batma.org BATMA• www.bucride.com “the buc” • www.myridesmart.com Ridematch • www.itsmarta.com MARTA • www.gctransit.com Gwinnet Co. Transit• www.xpressga.com Xpress Bus• http://web.co.clayton.ga.us/ctran/index.htm Clayton Co. Transit• www.cobbdot.org/cct.htm Cobb Co. Transit

• sabrina@batma.org Sabrina Bawuah• scott@batma.org Scott Cantrell