Managing Commuters' Behaviour : A New Role for Companies / European Conference of Ministers of Transport

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Government document

Author/Creator:

European Conference of Ministers of Transport.

Contributor:

European Conference of Ministers of Transport Economic Research Centre., Content Provider.

Conference Name:

Round Table on Transport Economics (121st : 2001 : Paris, France)

Round Table on Transport Economics

Series:

ECMT Round Tables, 19900228 ; no.121.

ECMT Round Tables, 19900228 ; no.121

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commuters.

Commuting--Management.

Commuting.

Automobiles--Environmental aspects.

Automobiles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Encouraging wage earners to use public transport has a vital role to play in meeting environmental objectives, particularly the challenge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Changing people's behaviour calls for action in the workplace and one option open to employers is to recruit mobility managers whose task is to help reduce employees' dependence on private car use. Governments can support such initiatives by running information campaigns, by publishing practical guides to incentive schemes and by harmonising regulatory and fiscal frameworks. Round Table 121 was devoted to this innovative topic and opened with a discussion of the provision of free parking facilities to company employees in the United States, a practice that has many knock-on effects and ramifications. One solution is for companies to replace free parking with cash-out schemes under which financial benefits are given to employees who choose not to make use of their free parking space. The Round Table then proceeded to consider several examples of employee mobility schemes in Europe, and ended by drawing conclusions of interest to local, regional and national authorities. This Round Table makes a key contribution to continuing efforts to chart a course of action directed towards achieving the goal of sustainable transport.

Contents:

""24. Parking cash out: The tax angle""""25. Parking cash out: Evaluating the effects""; ""26. Parking cash out compared with conventional TDM""; ""27. The politics of parking cash out""; ""28. Why requiere employers to offer parking cash out?""; ""Appendix G: Commute subsidies at the case study firms before and after parking cash out""; ""Appendix H: The vehicles of nations""; ""Report by T. RYE (United Kingdom)""; ""Company management of staff's travel choices in the United Kingdom 1. Introduction""; ""2. Context""; ""3. Examples of existing practice""; ""4. Conclusions""

""Report by J. WHITELEGG (United Kingdom)""""1. Introduction""; ""2. A company transport plan vignette: The case of Pfizer in Kent""; ""3. The building blocks of a company transport strategy: Pfizer in Sandwich""; ""4. Benchmarking""; ""5. Commuter management strategies""; ""6. What are the specific tools and measures used to bring about a shift away from the car at individual company level?""; ""7. Best practice, benchmarking""; ""8. The United Kingdom Government�s programme of ""site-specific assistance"" (SSA)""; ""9. Conclusion""; ""OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS""

Notes:

Also published in French under the title: Gérer les déplacements du personnel : un nouveau rôle pur l'entreprise.

At head of title: Economic Research Centre.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-03503-X

9786610035038

92-821-1300-0

OCLC:

700682470