For employers

Help your people try walking, biking and transit for more of their trips to work.

Staff join with a private code and the free Shift app notices their walking, biking and transit trips on its own. You get a commute people choose, less pressure on parking, more use of the commuter benefits you already pay for, and the numbers to show it, with nothing to run. One flat annual price from $500. Start with a free commuter challenge on Walk/Ride Day.

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The questions employers ask

Most commute software is priced per active user and asks people to log their trips. Here is how Shift answers the questions we hear most, next to the other ways to run a program.

QuestionShift for EmployersGreen Streets Initiative, a Massachusetts nonprofitPer-user commute appsPave Commute, Love to RideEnterprise commute platformsLuum, Commutifi, CommuteHubA spreadsheet challengeRun by HR
What will it cost us?One flat annual price, $500 to $5,000, with reporting and GSI-funded Walk/Ride Day drawings included. It never goes up because more of your people join. Prizes you add are funded separately.Per active user per month, from $3 to about $25, with rewards billed on top.Not published. Enterprise contracts plus implementation fees.Free, paid for in staff time.
What do my employees have to do?Download the free app and enter your code. Walking, biking and transit trips are noticed on their own; a carpool is confirmed with a tap.Log each trip by hand, or track bikes only.Log trips, with optional tracking.Fill in a form, every time.
Will people actually use it?Getting people to join is the hard part of every commute program, so we plan for it: a launch tied to a day with prizes already on it (Walk/Ride Day), a ready-made note and flyer with your code, a leaderboard people check, and a prize at the end of month one. You see join and active rates every week and we adjust with you.Challenges and recognition; prizes cost extra.Incentives if your contract includes them.Usually one burst, then it fades.
What do we get to show for it?An aggregate dashboard, a weekly email and an impact report: participation, trips by mode, CO₂ avoided.Dashboards.Deep analytics, Scope 3 and parking reports.Whatever you tally.
What happens to employee location data?Trips are detected on the phone. Your organization sees team totals and the leaderboard, never anyone’s trips or routes. Joining is each person’s choice.Varies by vendor; check the privacy policy.Varies by vendor; check the contract.Whatever people type in.
How fast can we start?A free commuter challenge code in two business days and your private group within a week. Plan two to four weeks to tell staff before launch day, and we give you the kit and a date to aim at.Self-serve sign-up.An implementation project.A spreadsheet and a reminder email.

Competitor prices as published on their own sites in October 2026. Love to Ride publishes £10 to £20 per active user per month, shown here in dollars at October 2026 rates. Enterprise platforms do not publish prices.

A free commuter challenge on Walk/Ride Day

Walk/Ride Day is Green Streets Initiative's monthly day for walking, biking and transit, held since 2006, with prize drawings funded by GSI. The next one is Friday, October 30. Bring your team for a free commuter challenge, with no commitment.

  1. 1

    Tell us you are in

    A short note is enough. We send back a free private team code and an invite you can forward to your staff.

  2. 2

    Your team makes a trip

    On the day, walking, biking, transit and carpool trips all count. Each trip enters that person in the gift card drawings, up to three a day.

  3. 3

    You see the results

    The week after, we send you how many took part, how many trips they made and the mix of ways they got there. Aggregate numbers only.

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Nobody at your company sees an individual's trips. Drawings are open to Shift members 18 or older in Massachusetts. Official rules

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Why employers join

A commute people choose

More people are back in the office more days, and the trip in is the part they like least. Team leaderboards, challenges, monthly prize drawings and route help for your office give people a reason to try walking, biking or transit, and to keep doing it.

Less pressure on parking, more from the benefits you already pay for

Every active trip is a parking space you do not need that day, and a transit pass or bike benefit that gets used instead of sitting in the handbook. Shift runs alongside your pre-tax commuter benefit, with no payroll or benefits-admin work.

Nothing to run

No forms, no spreadsheets, no logging. The app picks up walking, biking and transit trips on its own, the weekly email comes to you, and we hand you the invite note, flyer and launch date.

Numbers for whatever you report

Participation, trips by mode and CO₂ avoided, in an impact report you can drop into a wellness update, a sustainability or ESG report, or a MassDEP, Cambridge PTDM or Boston commute filing.

Private by design

You see team totals and the leaderboard, never anyone’s trips or routes. Joining is always each person’s choice.

Built by a Massachusetts nonprofit

Green Streets Initiative has run Walk/Ride Day since 2006 and built Shift in Somerville. One flat price, no per-user meter, and a team that knows your transit map.

What employees get

A better commute

  • Help finding a walking, biking or transit route that works for their trip to the office
  • Prize drawings and rewards from local businesses, unlocked by active trips
  • Curated content: commuter benefits, transit pass info, bike parking near your office

Something to compete for

  • Private team leaderboard — see how you stack up against colleagues
  • Tier status and badges that reward consistency over time
  • Flagship events like Shift Your Summer, a statewide challenge

How it works

1

We set up your group and a launch date

Your private group and invite code are ready within a week. Together we pick a launch day, usually the next Walk/Ride Day or your own first challenge, two to four weeks out, so staff hear about it more than once before it starts.

2

Staff hear about it and join

You send the note we wrote and post the flyer with the code and QR. Employees download the free Shift app and enter the code; it takes about five minutes. We report how many have joined each week.

3

You see the results

An aggregate dashboard, a weekly email on your team and an impact report you can download: active members, trips, mode share and CO₂ avoided.

See it before you decide

This is what your people see on their phones, and what you see in the employer portal. Two more pieces are live on this site, and a 20-minute walkthrough is the easiest way to see it all together.

  • Join with your code

  • Trip logging is automatic

  • Your team’s page and challenges

  • Prizes your company funds

Your portal

  • Home: the last 30 days and your goal

  • Challenges: seasons drafted for you, prizes you fund

  • Share kit: code, link, QR, flyer and the note to send

  • Impact: the report you can download

Tap any screenshot to see it full size. Quillmont Analytics is a sample company with made-up people.

Live demo

Commute Advisor for your office

The page each employee uses to compare ways to get to work. Yours carries your company name and office address.

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Live

Nearby page for your office

Live transit, Bluebikes and bike paths around any address, with a printable version for the lobby. Yours is centred on your office with your logo.

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20 minutes

Dashboard and app walkthrough

What your admin sees each week, how a challenge is set up, what an employee sees on their phone, and what the impact report looks like on day 30.

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Plans

Annual subscriptions

Pick what fits how active you want your program to be. Every tier is annual, with custom packages and multi-year discounts available on request.

Starter

$500 / year

For small teams who want to track and celebrate progress.

  • Private invite code & team leaderboard
  • Team name + logo on public leaderboard
  • Aggregate dashboard (trips, miles, CO₂, mode mix, Shift Rate)
  • Downloadable impact report
  • Weekly email report on your team
  • Branded Commute Advisor page for your office
  • Branded Nearby page: live transit, Bluebikes and bike paths around your office
  • Optional public leaderboard for flagship events
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Basic

$1,000 / year

Everything you need to launch a workplace challenge.

  • Everything in Starter
  • Your company logo in the Shift app
  • Downloadable impact reports for any date range
  • Opt-in to regional public leaderboards

Standard

$3,000 / year

For employers ready to actively drive participation.

  • Everything in Basic
  • Create your own branded team challenges
  • Join flagship events like Shift Your Summer
  • Company-funded rewards pool — gift cards for challenge winners

Premium

$5,000 / year

Put your company name on the rewards you fund.

  • Everything in Standard
  • "Sponsored by [Company]" attribution on the rewards you fund

Massachusetts nonprofits: a founding rate for the first 10

Starter is free for nonprofits under 250 staff, and Basic and Standard are half price from 250 to 999 staff. In return, we ask to name you as an organization using Shift and to hear how it's going after a couple of months. Hospitals, universities and organizations with 1,000 or more staff pay the listed price. Ask about the nonprofit rate.

All tiers are annual. Custom packages and multi-year discounts available. Talk to us.

Common questions

Yes. Your company gets a private group. Employees join with your invite code, and you can also require a verified work email address so only your staff can join. People compete on a team leaderboard, win prizes, and see the team's collective impact. Run a time-limited challenge, such as a month-long competition, or an ongoing year-round program.
Employees download the Shift app and join your group via an invite code. Shift detects walks, bike rides, bus and subway trips automatically, so there is nothing to log. Your company receives aggregate data: active employee count, total trips, mode share, and CO₂ avoided. Individual trip data is always private.
Yes. Shift supports both time-limited challenges and year-round standing programs. Many employers start with a month-long challenge and transition to an ongoing program once they see the results.
Employer groups can include curated content — commuter benefits, transit pass information, bike parking locations, and other resources specific to your workplace. This content is customized during onboarding.
Annual plans start at $500 a year; see the plans above. You can also start with a free commuter challenge: bring your team to the next Walk/Ride Day and we send you the results. Custom packages are available on request.
Your organization never sees anyone's trips or routes. Your dashboard, weekly email and impact reports are aggregates: active members, trips, mode share and CO₂ avoided. The team leaderboard shows members' names and trip counts, the same view members see in the app. Participation is voluntary: employees join by downloading the app and entering your invite code, and can leave the group at any time.
The employer dashboard provides verified trip data broken down by mode, total CO₂ avoided, and participation rates. This data is ready for sustainability reports, wellness program documentation, and ESG disclosures.
Use the form at the bottom of this page. We reply within two business days with a free team code for the next Walk/Ride Day, or set up a 20-minute call about your goals, team size and timeline. A paid group is ready within a week; plan two to four weeks to tell staff before your launch day so people have time to join.

Get a free commuter challenge, or book a demo

Tell us your company and roughly how many people work at your Massachusetts office, and pick what you would like. We reply within two business days: a private team code for the next Walk/Ride Day (Friday, October 30) with a note you can forward to staff, or a time for a 20-minute walkthrough, or both.

  • No cost and nothing to sign for the challenge or the demo.
  • You see your team’s totals the week after, never anyone’s trips or routes.
  • If it works for your team, plans start at $500 a year.