Geneva: what solutions to improve access to your business?

How about making your business more accessible? This will reduce absenteeism and improve the efficiency of your employees. How can I get better access? Find out our answers. 

A variety of transportation solutions

The conditions of access to company sites is a crucial point. Cost of transportation, time spent in travel, available parking spaces for cars or bikes... every detail is important. Access to the workplace is an issue for all staff, who are required to be on site up to five days a week throughout the year. The good news is that there are a number of solutions that can be put in place to improve access to your business.

Offer transportation services with a focus on quality

Driving to work alone is not the only possible alternative, far from it. Today, you can encourage your employees to carpool, in order to save a little bit each month on their fuel budget. This is not only good for your finances, but also for the planet, since it limits the production of greenhouse gases. To encourage this practice, you can, for example, propose parking spaces dedicated only to "carpoolers", in order to make their life easier.
Other ecological and economical means of transport to be encouraged: scooters or bicycles, especially electric ones. These modes of travel are in vogue and you should provide enough dedicated parking spaces. All of this while ensuring that equity is promoted. 
Equitable solutions must be found to make life easier for everyone, regardless of their mode of transportation! For example, if the company adds a car parking space for an employee, it must also find equivalent solutions for those who travel by bike. 
 

Offer financial participation for public transport

Geneva and its region benefit from a dense transport network via tpg. To encourage the use of these modes of transportation, you can partially finance public transportation passes. It is a useful initiative for all employees and allows your company to stand out.
By offering a salary package that supports access to public transportation, you will potentially be more generous than other companies and will attract more candidates when recruiting.
It is finally a measure that allows you to improve the quality of life at work. Employees spend less time in traffic: they are less stressed, more fulfilled and have every chance of arriving on time every day! 

Gains for the company and the teams

By offering a variety of transportation options, your company wins on all fronts.
On the one hand, teams are less tired and more productive. They also benefit financially, especially if they choose public transport 
According to the tpg mobility comparator, an annual public transport travel pass in Geneva costs CHF 1.37 / day compared to CHF 30 / day for a car. This makes a total of CHF 10,000 per year available for other needs!
Adopting modes of transportation other than the car also means more reliable travel times. In the car, a trip can easily double in length and generate a lot of stress! Especially since you are not busy driving a bus or a tramway. So you have time to read, organize your day, watch videos ... In short, to spend a pleasant moment and decompress!
More fulfilled staff members will be more loyal to the company, which will experience less turnover. This also means fewer accidents and less absenteeism. Finally, thanks to the proposed financial contribution, you will be more attractive as an employer.
 

The mobility plan as a lever for better accessibility

What is a mobility plan?

A mobility plan is a tool to promote alternative transportation solutions for commuting. Overview of the different ways to implement it. 

Analyze practices, then develop an action plan

The first thing to do is to start by analyzing employee practices. Study in detail how your employees get to the office. The data collected will allow you to visualize concretely how people move. Make your own diagnosis.
You can then develop an action plan that allows the company to deploy new mobility solutions. Then, over time, do not hesitate to analyze these actions and evaluate their relevance to employees.  
 

A mobility plan that further optimizes access routes

To take it a step further, you can map out the mobility needs of your staff. This tool allows you to:

• Visualize to what extent the mobility plan envisaged by the management team will impact the employees,
• Support teams to improve the transition to sustainability,
• Preserve social peace in the company and restore equality of treatment between teams,
• Promote the well-being of employees, in particular by encouraging them to use public transport rather than private cars. This, while insisting on the benefits: savings, safety, time for oneself during the journey, etc. 

Having a mobility plan in place also helps you analyze your ecosystem. You will be able to better understand the surrounding service area near your company and analyze the implementation and efficiency of the various practices deployed. You now have the possibility to centralize both mobility needs and solutions on a single platform.