Tips & Insights

Greener Commutes Sustainability Solutions

Sustainability is a big concern for businesses and governments today. Addressing transportation, including the commute, as a key part of sustainability offers substantial environmental gains and benefits. Drive alone commuting significantly adds to harmful air emissions and pollution, while contributing to both individual and organizational carbon footprints. By encouraging greener commute options, businesses and governments can reduce a sizable portion of their transportation-related emissions and impacts.

Lead the way in sustainability for a better today and tomorrow by empowering your employees to use greener commute options. Download this one-pager about how to turn employee commutes green and using free resources, tools, and services available from Get There Oregon and our partner network.

Better Commutes: Carpooling Solutions

Among the key factors impacting employee job satisfaction today, the commute is at the top of the list. Employee commutes have steadily gotten longer not only due to growing traffic congestion, but farther distances traveled for work. Skyrocketing fuel costs and inflation are taking more out of employee paychecks, too.

Supporting shared commute solutions like carpooling can give employers a competitive edge to retain and attract employees, especially on-site shift workers that can’t use transit or other options. Empower employees to carpool using free ridematching tools and support services from Get There Oregon and partners—here’s how!

Energize + Grow your Workforce!

Today, work satisfaction plays a big role in employee morale, productivity, and retention that broadly impacts operational performance and the bottom line. Perceived work experience can also hurt recruitment. Offering scalable, low-cost commute and remote work solutions to employees can serve many business needs.

Download this one-pager about why the commute matters for employers and what scalable, low-cost commute and remote work solutions can be offered to improve your employees’ commutes. Plus, get tips on how to get started and learn about free resources, tools, and services provided by Get There Oregon and partners.

Better Commutes Vanpooling Solutions

Amid the many factors impacting organizational success is one pivotal cornerstone—your employees. Recruiting and retaining employees can be a challenge, and work satisfaction today plays a big role. That includes the commute, which for many onsite employees has become longer and more costly.

Download this one-pager about turning commute problems into a competitive work perk by connecting your employees with vanpooling services provided by Get There Oregon, Commute with Enterprise, and local partners at no cost.

Workplace Wellness & Active Commutes

Today’s staffing issues make one thing clear: promoting and supporting your employees’ health is more important than ever. Supporting active commute options can improve employee health and wellness, as well as boost staff retention and talent recruitment. Download this one-pager about the benefits of active commuting for both employers and employees and how to build support, benefits, and perks into your workplace wellness efforts.

Recruitment, Retention + Employee Commute Pain & Hybrid Work Top Oregon Employer Priorities, Survey Says

“Commute pain”—the stress and hassle of the commute— was revealed in a survey as a top priority for employers relative to recruitment and retention, followed by supporting remote work. Get There Oregon conducted an online survey among HR professionals in the first quarter of 2022 to gauge top operations and workforce issues and to determine how employee commute concerns rate as priorities for organizations.