Employers: Help Your Employees Reduce Their Commuting Costs

Employers play an important role in reducing their employees commuting costs as well as reducing traffic congestion and air pollution.

Atlanta-area workers commute an average of 26-miles round trip daily and that adds up. A recent INRIX study reported that the costs associated with driving in metro Atlanta totals more than $11,000 annually, including car payments, maintenance, fuel, insurance, parking, idling in congestion, and unexpected parking costs/fines. Beyond cost savings, clean commuters see significant health benefits associated with improved commutes like reduced stress levels, increased productivity at work and more time spent with family and friends. Georgia Commute Options helps our employer partners develop and implement commuter programs at work sites around metro-Atlanta and surrounding areas.

Empowering workers to choose alternatives to driving alone on trips to and from work and encouraging commuters to try a commute option other than driving alone is equivalent to giving them a raise by the money they will save. Georgia Commute Options offers incentive programs for those who log their commute option as well as those who already use a clean commute option. Transit riders may also be entitled to discount transit passes through their employer. Incentive programs offered by Georgia Commute Options include: 

• Gimme Five: New program participants can earn $5 a day — up to $150 — for making the switch from driving alone to a clean commute option.
• $25 Prizes: Existing clean commuters are entered to win monthly $25 prizes for logging their commutes.

• Guaranteed Ride Home: Program participants are promised a guaranteed ride home when unexpected events occur and are approved. Participants can receive up to five free rides each year, by taxi or rental car, to their home or car in case of emergency.