Travel surveys for business commuters
About this good practice
Resources needed
No specific resources needed, except for surveying platform, finding contact with partners (businesses/eployers) and analytical resources to dig the data. We used GIS platform to get the data, PowerBI for analysis.
Evidence of success
Reaching large numbers of respondents providing detailed commuting data helps the city on several aspects: better planning or more informed decisions for travel alternatives (as well as checking if past decisions make any impact), a chance to inform employees (and employers) on other commuting choices and more sustainable way. In 2019, the number of commuters by car dropped by 3.3% (compared with 2018).
Potential for learning or transfer
This practice is considered good, because modal split and city’s travel surveys are not done frequently enough and the data from those surveys cannot help as much as the specific data from one company to learn and change ir commuting habits. In these surveys many important, but not typical travel surveys’ questions can be included.
It also helps to collect more data for better decisions as well as be in touch with companies (especially, in larger office “campuses”). This is a learning and good practice exchange opportunity.