Comment 117009

By kevlahan (registered) | Posted March 15, 2016 at 10:12:05 in reply to Comment 117006

But have they even tried?

Does HHS offer subsidized bus passes? SoBi? Reduced rates and special spots for car pooling? Have they thought of working with HSR to improve service (spend $100k annually on improved HSR service rather than shuttles and extra parking)?

McMaster has only 4400 parking spots for almost 40,000 students and staff (about 30,000 students and 7000 staff). HHS could do a lot more (i.e. more than nothing) in incentivizing alternative transportation and disincenitiving (i.e. reduce subsidies) driving.

A hospital should prioritize other ways to be competitive on benefits than promoting a polluting, dangerous and inactive way to get to work!

See the carpool policy at McMaster:

http://www.mcmaster.ca/sustainability/at...

Where is the HHS carpool incentive? At McMaster 24% of those who drive carpool.

"According to the survey, 76% of the respondents commute to campus in a personal vehicle are by themselves, while 24% are carpooling. "

https://www.mcmaster.ca/sustainability/d...

Surely HHS could achieve similar percentages: this has nothing to do with bus service, or the perception of the area. According to smartcommute less than 1% of HHS employees carpool http://smartcommute.ca/hamilton/current_...

I don't think they've tried any of this.

Comment edited by kevlahan on 2016-03-15 10:20:35

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