FREE VANPOOL PROGRAM

Program-at-a-Glance

  • Free van lease (for full-time employees)
  • Preferred parking at work
  • Free emergency ride home program
  • Employees pay fuel
  • Employees pays for onboard Wi-Fi (if desired)
  • Register HERE

How It Works

Hines rents vans from Enterprise Rideshare at no cost to employees on a month-to-month basis. Employees share the cost of fuel.  Only five or more people are needed to start a new vanpool.

Vehicle coverage includes all of the insurance ($1 million liability, $0 deductible comp and collision, $100,000 uninsured motorist), vanpool maintenance and servicing, 24-hour roadside assistance and replacement vans. Employees need to give only 30-day notice to end vanpooling. 

There are a variety of van sizes available for any size vanpool group (minimum of 5 people). The typical starter vanpool is a 7-passenger minivan, moving up to 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 and 15-passenger vans.

Steps to Start a Vanpool – It’s Easy!

  • Identify four Centene employees making the same commute (or the Centene Commuter Concierge, for help if you can’t identify five on your own)
  • Determine a route and coordinate work hours for the group (arrival and departure times)
  • Identify who will be the Vanpool Coordinator – the main contact for your vanpool group and Enterprise Rideshare. The coordinator signs the agreement application with Commute with Enterprise but is not financially responsible for the vanpool.
  • Identify a primary driver and two back-up drivers.
  • Complete the driver/coordinator application agreement with Commute with Enterprise
  • Complete the Centene Vanpool Parking Permit Registration
  • Schedule delivery of your van and begin vanpooling to work!
  • Pick up parking permit from the security desk.

Driver Requirements

  • Must be 25 years of age
  • No more than two points on your driving record over the last three years
  • No major convictions in the past five years (DUI, reckless driving, etc.)
  • Five years driving experience in the U.S./Canada

Vanpool Incentive Program

To assist employees with fuel costs, The Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) will subsidize your newly formed vanpool for a six-month period or a twelve-month period, up to $300 per month. 

To sign up for this incentive, the vanpool group must complete The Vanpool Incentive Program Agreement.

For program assistance, call SacOG directly at (916) 319-5190 or email Lisa Donahue at ldonahue@sacog.org.