Evaluate Your Plan

Most participants in green commuting programs report that they save money, are less stressed, more physically fit, and have greater job satisfaction as a result. Evaluating your plan will ensure the same success in your workplace, and will help to get the word out on these attributes.

Revisit Objectives

It’s important to provide on-going evaluation as conditions and priorities change for employees commuting needs. Civic situations may change, with new facilities and improved services for walking, cycling and taking transit. As these are developed, it is important to incorporate them into your plan.

Evaluation will also encourage you to revisit original goals and priorities and make changes to incentives / programs to develop a new set of targets. After one or two years, run the survey anew with just the questions related to mode of commuting (i.e. cycling, walking, carpooling, transit, telework) to see if the split between the types of green commuting used has changed. You will have new employees with different needs, so make room for them as you continue to adapt your program.

Show Benefits

Look for behaviour changes and seek out stories from employees about how satisfied (or dissatisfied) they may be with new programs and services. Communicate these stories or anecdotal evidence to show how employees are better off physically and financially, how the workplace reaps productivity and loyalty benefits, and how the community benefits from reduced emissions and cleaner air thanks to your green commuting plan.