Create Low-Cost Choices for Commuters

摘要

Accommodating alternative transportation is more than just painting a couple of special spaces or setting out a stack of bus schedules. Whether your company's plans are prompted by the possibility of LEED points or a near-capacity parking structure, the central point is the same -offer commuters more choices. The freedom to choose a different way to travel is inherently good for the environment, and it also offers soft benefits for employers and employees. "If people are stuck in traffic for an hour to get to work, they're not necessarily arriving at work in the best mental state," says Ted Bar-dacke, a senior program associate for Global Green USA, current member of the LEED Technical and LEED-ND Core committees, and former chair of LEED's Location and Planning technical advisory group. "Maybe the idea of choice is that you don't have to face that every day."