Sustainability and Energy Action Plan

TRANSPORTATION GRANTS PASS SUSTAINABILITY AND ENERGY ACTION PLAN T-3-4. Conduct a “Safe Routes to Work” Study to Determine Barriers to Zero Emissions Commuting and Potential Fixes Further discussion with surveyed employees found that employees don’t necessarily lack a desire to walk or bike to work but feel that it is unsafe to do so in Grants Pass. An investigation of what routes to work are available to employees and what obstacles lie on these routes ( such as a lack of available public transit, absent sidewalks or crosswalks, or unsafe biking routes), can inform potential future efforts to improve alternative commuting options. T-3-3. Allow for Greater Schedule Flexing and Remote Work Allowing employees to flex their schedules so they have an extra day off, and/or are able to work remotely some days, is another way to decrease employee commuting. The implementation of these systems of work will allow for a substantially reduced work to commute time ratio, and, therefore, a sizeable reduction in overall annual commute time. Even allowing employees to flex their schedule so that they only work a half day on one day instead of a full day could produce reductions in commute time, as many employees go home during their lunch break.69 Both of these policies are probably some of the most effective and fast -acting ways to reduce employee commute emissions since they do not require employees to adopt new transportation methods, but are able to produce a sizeable impact, nonetheless. For example, if 50% of employees transitioned to remote work two days a week, associated emissions would be reduced by 20%.70This was also one of the most popular strategies for employee commute reductions among employees surveyed. No ResponseNo InterestEV ChargingZEV LoansRaffleCash/PayEmergency RidesPTO/Vacation TimeSchedule Flexing/Remote WorkVanpoolingFitness Program IncorporationWork Site FacilitiesInterventions Number of employees expressing interest in employee commute interventions.7165