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Benefits of Smarter Travel Workplaces
For Employers
In some cases, a Travel Plan may be a condition of planning permissions, where as in other organisations, drivers and benefits include:
- Reducing the cost of leasing or maintaining parking spaces
- Reducing fleet costs and mileage claims
- Releasing land formerly used for car parking for productive purposes
- Reducing staff downtime spent travelling on business
- Enhancing accessibility to a site for staff, visitors and suppliers
- Reducing pressure on parking spaces so they are available to those with most need for them
- Tackling congestion, both on and off site
- Complying with environmental management systems
- Maintaining good relationships with neighbouring communities, or improving an organisation’s image
- Promoting staff health and stress-reduction and reducing absenteeism
- Providing additional employee benefits
For more information on identifying the business case for a travel plan in your organisation, contact info@smartertravelworkplaces.ie
For Employees
For your employees, implementing a Workplace Travel Plan can:
- Reduce journey times to work
- Reduce the cost of travel to work
- Give opportunities to build exercise and stress-relief into daily life
- Ensure parking for those with most need to access a vehicle
- Ensure access to tax-saving schemes, for example the Cycle to Work scheme
- Promote team-building and access to social networks withing the workplace
- Provide additional non-monetary perks
