The right policies and incentives encourage your employees to make commuting choices that benefit them and their environment. MetroPool can design a commuter-friendly workplace to support your Easy Street® NY van program.
Commuter-friendly policies
Do your company's policies encourage or discourage driving alone to work? Examples of commute-friendly policies include:
An Emergency Ride Home program to provide a ride home to fulltime riders and drivers in the event of an accident, illness or family emergency. Easy Street® NY participants are automatically entitled to use two free emergency rides home per year.
A preferred parking program that reserves prime parking spaces or offers reduced parking fees for vanpools
Flexible work hours that enable employees to modify their schedules to accommodate vanpool meeting times and bus/train schedules
A policy that discourages late-day meetings whenever possible, so employees can catch their vanpool or shuttle on time
An employee transportation allowance that can be used to cover either parking costs or vanpool fares
Employee incentives
Many employees believe that driving alone to work provides freedom and convenience. If you ignore the traffic, they are probably right. But traffic is a big problem along I-287, especially when you factor in the detrimental impact on the environment. To boost participation in your Easy Street® NY van program, you might consider the following:
