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City of Austin Launches Transportation Program for City Employees

20th January, 2012 - Posted by katherine - No Comments

I saw this article in the Austin Business Journal today that says that the city of Austin is launching a pilot program to encourage its downtown employees to choose an alternative means of transportation versus driving their own cars to work each day.  At first when I read the story I got really excited because I thought it was open to all downtown employees, but it’s only for City of Austin employees.

If you are a City of Austin employee, though, it sounds pretty amazing:  the article states that in an effort to reduce downtown congestion, ”The city will pay participating employees $50 per month for leaving their cars at home and is aiming for 20 percent participation among its downtown workers. The city will also provide a free Capital Metro transit pass, personal commute advisors, guaranteed rides home for emergencies and trip reduction training classes.”