Transit
In the New North area, employees who use transit travel all or a
portion of the commute on buses or shuttles. Some programs employers
can offer to support transit include Commuter Choice Tax Incentives,
transit pass programs, and guaranteed ride home (a program offering
an emergency ride home for employees with personal emergencies or
unplanned overtime).
Vanpool
A vanpool is a commuter highway vehicle, driven by
an employee, carrying 7-15 commuters to and from work. Often,
large numbers of employees live in close proximity to one another
and can take advantage of vanpooling to make their commute less
stressful and often less costly than driving alone. Employers
can support vanpools by offering Commuter Choice Tax Incentives,
preferential parking, vanpool start up assistance and guaranteed
ride home.
Carpool
A carpool consists of 2-6 employees sharing a ride
in a private vehicle. Employers can encourage and support carpooling
among their employees by offering preferential parking, ridematching
assistance, guaranteed ride home, and parking cash-out (employees
can "cash out" the value of employer-provided parking by
foregoing parking and receiving the taxable cash value of the
parking in return).
Bicycle/Walk/Skate
Employees that live near work may choose to bike, walk, or skate
to work as a way of getting exercise and avoiding costs associated
with driving or riding the bus. Providing secure bike facilities and showers
makes it more appealing for many to bike to work. Employers
may also support these modes by providing parking
cash-out and
guaranteed ride home.
Compressed Work
Schedule
A compressed work schedule allows employees to
work the same number of hours in a shorter work week. Popular
compressed work schedules include the 4/40 (40 hours in 4 days) and
the 9/80 (80 hours in nine days - one day off ever other
week). Like telework, compressed work schedules are popular
with many employees and may be useful to employers in recruiting and
retaining valuable employees.
Telework
Telework brings the job to the person rather than bringing the
person to the job. In addition to eliminating the daily commute,
teleworking can reduce the demand for office space and parking
facilitates. Telework is often done on a part time basis -
with employees telecommuting just a few days a week. Offering telework,
may prove valuable to some
companies when recruiting new employees or trying to retain existing
ones.
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