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Maryland & Virginia Telework How can municipal and regional governments best promote telework? This case study highlights the telework program that originated in the Washington DC area in 1996, and the state-wide program that was subsequently established in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The later offers cost reimbursement (up to $35,000 per business), free personal assistance, and promotional "Telework Days." Both programs help overcome key policy and adoption barriers, and both have impressive impact data. Background This case study focuses on telework initiatives in the region of Washington, DC, which covers the District of Columbia and surrounding jurisdictions (counties and cities within Maryland and Virginia). In 2010, the region had about 2.8 million workers and the regional forecast is to add 1.2 million new jobs to the region by 2030. Such growth forecasts will impact the region's transportation infrastructure. Commuter Connections, a regional network of transportation organizations coordinated by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG), started in 1974 to provide mobility solutions in the region. The network is administered through the Regional Metropolitan Planning Organization, part of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB)   Setting Objectives The Commonwealth set a goal of having 20% of its eligible workforce [approximately 105,000 employees) teleworking by 2010. Getting Informed "Dating back to the late 1980s, the TPB conducted a series of reviews of telecommuting pilot programs, which were in operation in Los Angeles and in Arlington County, Virginia," explained Nicholas Ramfos, Commuter Connection's Alternative Commute Programs Director. "These programs were primarily started at the local government level with the idea that lessons learned could be shared with the rest of the businesses in those jurisdictions and beyond." The TPB also reviewed the federal government's Flexiplace progr

Telework Telework brings work to employees through technology rather than bringing employees to work by traveling. Teleworkers are employees who work at home one or more days each week instead of commuting to the office. Employers that offer telework programs benefit from: Increased employee productivity Reduced overhead costs Decreased demands for office and parking space Employees who telework benefit from: Fewer parking and commuting expenses Better balance of work and personal lives Less commuting stress Put DRCOG's telework team to work for your company today! Let us help you explore key issues involved in implementing a telework program that fits your company's unique needs. Our FREE assistance includes: Presentations on teleworking designed for upper and middle management Hands-on assistance with implementation of a new program, or help with an existing program Review and development of policies and forms, evaluation and survey tools Sample materials, case studies and implementation kits Training for both managers and teleworkers FREE Toolkit You can download the Telework Tookit to get started today. Please contact RideArrangers at 303-458-7665 for more specific information. Forum Information July 28, 2010 Telework Forum video Case Studies Alpine Access - Case Study Rocky Mountain Center - Case Study SKLD - Case Study

State of Telework in U.S. Telework continues to spark the interest of workers and workplaces. Netconference presenters Kate Lister and Tom Harnish from the Telework Research Network provided a synthesis of their latest research on the state of telework in the U.S. You can view the recording (no recording key or password is required) and download a pdf copy of the presentation (7MB). Their presentation shed light on how telework has grown in recent years, who's doing it, where they're working, the barriers to its adoption, and where the trend might be headed. Attendees to the netconference gained a deeper understanding of the current and likely future state of telework. They heard about: How telework participation differs by industry, geography, income, and other factors What share of the nation's workforce holds telework-compatible jobs The potential economic, energy-saving, and environmental impact of frequent telework What's holding telework back. This netconference held on October 13, 2011 was co-sponsored by Best Workplaces for Commuters, the National Center for Transit Research (NCTR) at the University of South Florida, and the Telework Council of the Association for Commuter Transportation.

 National TDM and Telework Clearinghouse The NCTR National TDM and Telework Clearinghouse is located at the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida and the home of Best Workplaces for Commuters  

n Assessment of Public Transportation Markets Using NHTS Data This free webinar on Thursday, March 22 (noon to 1 PM ET) by the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at the University of South Florida summarizes a recently released study by the National Center for Transit Research (NCTR) that assesses a range of public transit markets for Florida and the U.S. as a whole. Data from the 2009 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) are used. The public transit markets are defined with trip purpose and seven personal, household, and travel characteristics of persons in these transit markets, including driver status, immigration status, existence of medical conditions that make it difficult to travel out of the home, household income, vehicle availability, race and ethnicity, and monthly frequency of transit use. Based on an approach of cross tabulations, this study assesses these transit markets from five perspectives: 1. Market Size - how the overall transit market is distributed across these transit sub-markets. 2. Modal Share - how people within each transit market travel using various modes, including transit. 3. Attitudes - how people within each transit market feel about a set of transportation issues. 4. Socio-Demographics - personal, household, location, and travel characteristics of transit markets. 5. Trip Characteristics - transit-specific and general trip characteristics of transit markets. The assessment for Florida is limited to the first three perspectives due to sample size issues. The results presented are useful to operating agencies for strategic planning and to other government bodies for developing policies and funding programs for improving mobility of those who are transportation and economically disadvantaged and for improving the transportation system in general. Presenter: Xuehao Chu, PhD, Senior Research Associate, CUTR Webinar connection information: http://www.cutr.usf.edu/events