Public transport brings many added benefits such as being able to read, listen to a podcast or watch the latest episode of a cool show en route, your time is your own.
Most public transport options now will offer free wi-fi allowing you to turn your commute into productive time for business or pleasure. If you are using the roads you are likely to face delays from time to time despite your choice of vehicle.
Public transport is likely to be cheaper than a car for commuting or short local journeys, which is not always evident on the face of it. When comparing costs, remember with a car you need to allow for running costs over the year as well as fuel. If you can use public transport to remove a car from a household, this could provide considerable annual savings for the family as well as significantly benefiting the traffic and environmental problems. Public transport often means you have additional travel to get to the transport hub from home, and then to the office from the transport hub at the other end.
This can be seen as a real drag, increasing commute time and cost but this can be turned into an advantage. Adding a short walk or cycle to and from the hubs can have a massive benefit on your overall health and so this type of commute may be ideal for you. You could also consider a taxi or an Uber for your commute. Not quite public transport but, with convenient apps allowing you to order private hire vehicles at the click of a button, this could be an efficient way of commuting.
As you are not hanging around for a bus or a train yo will save time on your overall commute time. You are not really getting much benefit here though with regards an alternative commute. You will remove the need to service and maintain a car but this option is likely to be more expensive over time. You also still contribute to the traffic, have exactly the same carbon footprint and face all the same delays than if you were to drive yourself. You also remove the health benefits from the equation.
The way you could utilise this as a healthy alternative commute method is by commuting part of the way with an alternative method, such as bike commuting, and have an Uber meet you somewhere on the journey, shortening your commute time.
Combining these methods will also make the physically demanding commute method much more manageable in the short term, while you build your fitness and reducing the time taken to commute for longer distances.
You can check out this article about taking your bike in an Uber. Modern cars could be among the cleanest modes of transport if shared, rather being driven alone and you can ride your commute with good company and share the overall costs. Car sharing schemes are becoming more popular. Car sharing may be formal, using an organised car share scheme such as Liftshare , or informal — for example, friends or colleagues travelling to work together.
Many companies help to facilitate car-sharing with car-share registers and encouragement. Take your car or public transport from home to a central destination where you meet up with other car sharers to finish your journey. You can find more information on the Park and Share page. Car sharing can, quite literally, half the number of cars on the road bringing major improvements to congestion, road rage incidents and emissions.
Remote working is becoming more popular, not only does this save you a number of commutes per week, but it also gives you more time to work and add value to your company. Allowing remote working requires a shift in attitude by the leadership, who need to cultivate a trusting and open culture to enable remote working success. Remote working has been proven to imporve work-life balance, reduce stress and improve overall productivity and so has many benefits for employer and employee alike.
If this is something you want to consider, it is built into UK legislation that any employer has to listen to your requests for flexible working and be supportive where they can. Worksites develop and manage their own programs based on:.
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