The “My Impact” section of the Commute Calendar Tool includes various statistics on how employees’ commutes impact the environment and their finances. They can either fill out the entire pay period or do it one day at a time. Employees fill out a calendar and earn a commute bonus for eligible commute modes. The Commute Calendar Tool allows employees to log all the ways they get to work. This accomplishment is significant both for a hospital and for an employer located in a neighborhood with limited public transit service.Ĭhildren’s recently launched Children’s Commute Tools - an online component of the transportation program:Ĭhildren’s Commute Tools includes commuter resources such as shuttle schedules, trip planners, rideshare information, and the Commute Calendar Tool. The hospital’s programs to reduce drive-alone commuting and vehicle trips to the campus have resulted in a drive-alone rate of only 38 percent among daytime employees, down from 73 percent in 1995 as measured by a state-administered Commute Trip Reduction survey. Environmental Protection Agency for its excellent commuter benefits and achievements in vehicle trip reduction. Seattle Children’s has long been recognized as a leader in Transportation Demand Management (TDM), receiving awards from the Governor’s office, King County and the U.S. I was so intrigued that I immediately picked up the phone and called Louise Maxwell, Public Relations Specialist at Seattle Children’s Hospital, to find out more. Since I’m interested in learning what various hospitals are offering in the way of innovative employee perks, I clicked on the link to the video (here’s a working link if you’re interested: ). Earlier today, the following Tweet appeared in my Twitter stream (if you’re still fuzzy on the whole Twitter experience, I invite you to check out my three-part Twitter 101 series):
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