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Smart Commuter Rewards is a new incentive program to help worksites encourage employees to reduce drive alone trips and vehicle miles traveled.

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Value of Having an Employee Program

There are many sound business reasons to encourage your employees to leave their cars at home at least once or twice a week. Having an Employee Transportation Program at your worksite can benefit you by:

• Helping you find and keep good employees
• Expanding your labor pool
• Freeing up parking for clients
• Expanding your customer base
• Increasing your workspace
• Reducing tardiness and absenteeism
• Moving people and freight more efficiently
• Reducing your tax burden (pdf)
• Helping the environment
• Being a good neighbor

If your business faces any of these challenges, the payoff for an Employee Transportation Program can be substantial. Contact Community Transit’s Transportation Demand Management staff today to get started: ctr at commtrans dot org or complete this Employer Information Form and return it to Community Transit.

Benefits for Employees

Driving to work is expensive and stressful. Choosing an alternative to driving alone provides real benefits for your employees.

• Saving Money. Reducing commuting miles saves money on gasoline, car maintenance and insurance. In fact, riding or driving with someone else can cut commuting costs in half.
• Reducing Stress. Sharing the chore of driving with a carpool partner helps not only relieve stress, but it builds camaraderie. Using an alternative to driving alone makes the task of getting to and from work a lot more enjoyable.
• Creating More Time. Work options such as telework or compressed work week give employees more blocks of uninterrupted time for their work, themselves and their families. Alternatives to driving alone such as carpooling, vanpooling or riding the bus allow employees to catch up on paperwork, read or even sleep.
• Making Life More Livable. When employees leave their cars at home just a few days per week, they help improve our environment and quality of life. You and your employees are also taking steps in making a positive impact on climate change.

Environmental Responsibility

The Puget Sound region is a great place to live. And for many of us, our automobiles are an important part of our ability to enjoy the Northwest.

According to the Puget Sound Regional Council, the number of trips people make in this region has increased by 450% over the last 30 years. If this trend remains unchanged, freeway speeds will drop to 18 mph over the next 25 years. As more cars try to use our roads, it’s safe to say that commute times will continue to increase, drivers will experience more stress and more pollution will be released into our air.

If every commuter would leave his or her car at home just one or two days a week, we would be on the road to solving traffic and air quality problems in Snohomish County. By encouraging commuters to consider options to driving alone, your company contributes to solutions instead of being part of the problem.