Commuter Services provides free assistance for employers to encourage your workforce to choose a sustainable commute. The following is a summary of the free tools and services available. We are happy to customize a commute program and give you ideas and strategies that fit for your staff, location and company culture. Please contact Kate Meredith, Vice President, at [email protected] or 612-750-4494 to get started!
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Strategies and Commute Resources |
- On-site events to promote sustainable commute modes: Commuter Fairs, Lunch and Learn
- Guidance on how to create commute incentive programs
- Promotion of commute options for a company newsletter, intranet posts or direct email
- New-hire commute resources: Commute information for new hires
- Sign up information for the quarterly Employer newsletter
- Sign up information for the Commuter Services commuter newsletter
- Employer poster outlining Commuter Services’ resources
- Display of commute options information
- Travel Demand Management (TDM) plan development assistance
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Telework |
Twin Cities Telework by Commuter Services offers an array of telework resources for employers, managers and teleworkers. Visit tctelework.com to find telework best practices, templates, webinars, articles and more.
Employers are invited to submit specific questions through the Ask an Expert feature; or sign up for the quarterly Twin Cities Telework newsletter.
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Bicycle Commuting |
- Hold an on-site bicycle safety check
- Facilitate presentations on how to bike to work
- Provide free bicycle commute resources and area trail updates
- Provide free outdoor starter bicycle racks
- Demonstrations on how to place bicycles on transit racks
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Carpool and vanpool |
- Assist employers and commuters in formation of carpools and vanpools
- Create maps for employees to see how many people live near them for ridematching
- Conduct meetings to gather employees by home location to help form carpools and vanpools
- Provide carpool and vanpool preferred parking signs
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Transit |
- Information and enrollment assistance on discounted transit passes including MetroPass and the Transit Assistance Program (TAP)
- Facilitate “How to ride transit” programs
- Information on new and coming transit construction projects
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Construction |
- Sign up to receive road and transit construction project updates
- Construction project presentations by MnDOT and area transit agencies
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"Commuter Services helped me find someone to carpool with. Now I am saving money and doing something great for the environment too!"
Dee Ann P., Best Buy |
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