06-13-2018, 06:20 PM
(06-13-2018, 03:51 PM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: I would say there's just a complete lack of effort on the part of most employers to shift behaviour. I've seen many people toss around numbers of $50K to build a structured parking spot. What's the monthly cost of that, and how many employers offer an equivalent financial incentive for their employees to instead carpool, take transit, bike, or walk? The absolute best effort I've seen was $70/month for those who did not drive. I can't imagine you can buy much real estate or parking for $70/month, but it seems a bit nuts that we will reward drivers with a benefit in the hundreds of dollars per month of value, but will offer nothing to those who remove that cost from the business.
The benefit to the drivers, in our case, is $155/month, the cost of parking in the Charles/Benton garage. There are a few challenges with declining this option and getting a credit instead, whether $70 or something different. The first is getting this approved at the corporate level, as our local office is not in control of employee benefits. The second is that many people who bike or walk to work still drive in inclement weather, and we would need to figure out how to enable them to do that (daily parking in the same garage is $14.50, which adds up quickly).
(We do, however, provide secure bicycle parking in the building as well, which is also worth something).
The reality is that as an employer you do need to provide parking as most people do drive. Supporting alternatives is something we need to do, but it's not trivial to enable that today yet.