We had an anonymous comment suggesting "Companies should offer an incentive for people to carpool or take public transportation to work." Many would agree that transportation needs to become more sustainable, even if it's just to reduce traffic. For many of us, the commute to work is a significant amount of our monthly transportation. How can businesses make this better? I don't know how an incentive program for carpoolers or those taking public transportation would work. For example, what would keep people from claiming to carpool or take public transportation even when they didn't. Any thoughts on how to make such a program work?
Any other ideas for how we could support businesses that would make transportation more sustainable? Maybe if public transportation (i.e. trains, buses) were cheaper, it would be more commonly used. Perhaps it makes sense to reward a business that can transport people inexpensively. Or perhaps we should reward a business that can transport people quickly. Or both.
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On that note, do companies receive an incentive when participating in Transit Check? My previous employer offered Transit Check, which was super convenient. For those not familiar, Transit Check is a program that allows employees to allocate a certain amount of pre-tax dollars for subway cards, tolls, parking, etc. -- related to work commute. Funds are automatically deducted from one's paycheck and the subway card (or other forms of transportation costs) are automatically refilled.
ReplyDeleteWhen I changed companies, my new employer didn't participate and I wonder why not? Such a great incentive for public transportation. Anything that makes the process smoother seems worthwhile.