OAR 340-242-0150
Employee Commute Options Program: How Can an Employer Reduce Auto Commute Trips to a Work Site?

Employee commute option programs include, but are not limited to:

(1)

Promoting carpool and vanpool programs;

(2)

Offering transit subsidies;

(3)

Establishing telecommuting opportunities;

(4)

Offering compressed work week schedules;

(5)

Providing an emergency ride home program;

(6)

Sponsoring shuttle buses to and from transit terminals and/or during lunch hours for errands;

(7)

Improving facilities to promote bicycle use;

(8)

Establishing on-site amenities to decrease employees’ need for a car at the work site;

(9)

Discontinuing parking subsidies and charging all employees for parking.

Source: Rule 340-242-0150 — Employee Commute Options Program: How Can an Employer Reduce Auto Commute Trips to a Work Site?, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=340-242-0150 (accessed May 26, 2025).

340–242–0010
Employee Commute Options Program: What is the Employee Commute Options Program? 340–242–0020
Employee Commute Options Program: Who is Subject to ECO? 340–242–0030
Employee Commute Options Program: What Does ECO Require? 340–242–0040
Employee Commute Options Program: How Does the Department Enforce ECO? 340–242–0050
Employee Commute Options Program: Definitions of Terms Used in These Rules 340–242–0060
Employee Commute Options Program: Should All Employees at a Work Site Be Counted? 340–242–0070
Employee Commute Options Program: What are the Major Requirements of ECO? 340–242–0080
Employee Commute Options Program: What are the Registration Requirements? 340–242–0090
Employee Commute Options Program: What are the Requirements for an Employee Survey? 340–242–0110
Employee Commute Options Program: What If an Employer Does Not Meet the Target Auto Trip Rate? 340–242–0120
Employee Commute Options Program: How Will Employers Demonstrate Progress Toward the Target Auto Trip Rate? 340–242–0140
Employee Commute Options Program: How Should Employers Account for Changes in Work Force Size? 340–242–0150
Employee Commute Options Program: How Can an Employer Reduce Auto Commute Trips to a Work Site? 340–242–0160
Employee Commute Options Program: What Should Be Included in an Auto Trip Reduction Plan? 340–242–0170
Employee Commute Options Program: When Will the Department Act on a Submitted Auto Trip Reduction Plan? 340–242–0180
Employee Commute Options Program: What is a Good Faith Effort? 340–242–0190
Employee Commute Options Program: How Does the ECO Program Affect New Employers, Expanding Employers and Employers Relocating within the Portland AQMA? 340–242–0200
Employee Commute Options Program: Can a New or Relocating Employer Comply with ECO Through Restricted Parking Ratios? 340–242–0210
Employee Commute Options Program: Can an Existing Employer Comply with ECO Through Restricted Parking Ratios? 340–242–0220
Employee Commute Options Program: What if an Employer Has More Than One Work Site Within the Portland AQMA? 340–242–0230
Employee Commute Options Program: Can Employers Submit a Joint Plan? 340–242–0240
Employee Commute Options Program: Are There Alternatives to Trip Reduction? 340–242–0250
Employee Commute Options Program: What Alternatives Qualify as Equivalent Emission Reductions? 340–242–0260
Employee Commute Options Program: Can Employers Get Credit for Existing Trip Reduction Programs? 340–242–0270
Employee Commute Options Program: Are Exemptions Allowed if an Employer is Unable to Reduce Trips or Take Advantage of Alternate Compliance Options? 340–242–0280
Employee Commute Options Program: Participation in the Industrial Emission Management Program 340–242–0290
Employee Commute Options Program: What Kind of Records Must Be Kept and for How Long? 340–242–0300
Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: What is the Voluntary Parking Ratio Program? 340–242–0310
Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: Who Can Participate in the Voluntary Parking Ratio Program? 340–242–0320
Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: Definitions of Terms and Land Uses 340–242–0330
Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: How Does a Property Owner Comply with the Voluntary Parking Ratio Program? 340–242–0340
Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: What are the Incentives for Complying with the Voluntary Parking Ratio Program? 340–242–0350
Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: Why Do I Need a Parking Ratio Permit? 340–242–0360
Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: What is Required to Obtain a Parking Ratio Permit? 340–242–0370
Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: How is the Parking Ratio Program Enforced? 340–242–0380
Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: When Will the Department Act on a Submitted Permit Application? 340–242–0390
Voluntary Maximum Parking Ratio Program: What are the Applicable Parking Ratios? 340–242–0400
Industrial Emission Management Program: Applicability 340–242–0410
Industrial Emission Management Program: Definition of Terms 340–242–0420
Industrial Emission Management Program: Unused PSEL Donation Program 340–242–0430
Industrial Emission Management Program: Industrial Growth Allowances 340–242–0440
Industrial Emission Management Program: Industrial Growth Allowance Allocation 340–242–0500
Gasoline Vapors from Gasoline Transfer and Dispensing Operations: Purpose and Applicability 340–242–0510
Gasoline Vapors from Gasoline Transfer and Dispensing Operations: Definitions 340–242–0520
Gasoline Vapors from Gasoline Transfer and Dispensing Operations: General Provisions 340–242–0600
Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Applicability 340–242–0610
Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Definitions 340–242–0620
Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Requirements for Motor Vehicle Refinishing in Portland AQMA 340–242–0630
Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Inspecting and Testing Requirements

May 26, 2025

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