Employer Benefits

Reduce employee stress. Great for them. Even better for your bottom line.

Commuting takes a real toll on your employees: on their car, on their health, and on the environment. Sharing a ride to work in a carpool, vanpool, or by cycling together can be a big help to them, even if they only do it one day a week. Participating employees will appreciate the following benefits:

• Personal cost savings
• Decreased wear and tear on their personal vehicle by carpooling, vanpooling, or taking public transit instead of driving alone
• Guaranteed Ride Home program, ensuring that they can get home in an emergency if they rideshare or use transit
• Pre-tax savings on transit and vanpool expenses
• $400 monthly subsidy for qualified vanpools to help defer the cost of gas
• Increased productivity and reduced commute-related stress

Alternative transportation is good business. By implementing a commuter program in the workplace, employers benefit from:

• Reducing and measuring the organization’s carbon footprint
• Adding commuter benefits to employees’ compensation package at little or no cost
• Tax benefits and cost savings
• Reduced employee parking and/or workspace demand
• Enhanced retention and recruitment
• Increased employee productivity
• Providing bulk transit pass discounts
• Added points for Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) certification

For more information, call 511 and say “iCommute” or e-mail iCommute@sandag.org.