Last week, the Mission for Energy Transition organised special mobility workshops for 24 partner organisations of the Mission’s Business Mobility Plan project, which has been running for several months. All signatories of the Pact, the partner organisations represent more than 8,500 employees in total.
The workshops were the conclusion of the Diagnostic phase of the project, which consists of three major steps: Diagnostic, Action Plan and Follow-up. CITEC Ingénieurs Conseils, a firm which specialises in mobility issues, is working with the Mission to provide this support.
The aim of this first stage is to carry out an assessment of habits and needs in order to set out a tailored support plan for each of the businesses represented.
The five phases of the Business Mobility Plan:
1) A detailed mobility questionnaire was sent to the 24 businesses by the Mission for Energy Transition last April. The questionnaire covered every aspect of the daily commute between home and work: arrival and departure times, journey length (time and distance), preferred mode of transport, views on other modes of transport, views about car sharing, what conditions would need to be in place to change habits, etc.
2) This was followed by these discussion and consultation workshops. 3) The workshops will be reflected in a mobility assessment to be finalised in July 2021 (features specific to the business and definition of constraints). 4) This will be followed by the development of measures in September and, finally 5) The production of a plan of specific, tailored actions in December this year.
The support from CITEC will focus specifically on putting these actions in place.
In short, see you in a few months when we’ll validate the action plans!
Fundamentally, what is a Business Mobility Plan?
A Business Mobility Plan is an initiative that involves conducting analysis and taking action to optimise the travel of everyone associated with a business. That includes home-to-work commuting and business travel, but also, in a broader sense, the travel that involves suppliers, clients and visitors, etc. The aim is to work towards changing staff travel habits.
In short, it’s about exploring all existing possibilities to offer employees a range of mobility solutions that make maximum use of the potential of alternative modes of transport.
The climate emergency, gridlock on the roads, regulatory constraints, the need to save energy – there are a number of reasons for establishing a Business Mobility Plan, and there are just as many advantages: improving staff comfort while travelling, making financial savings, reducing environmental footprint, etc.
Ultimately, the aim is to achieve continuous improvement via a virtuous circle: overview / setting of targets / determination of measures to take / implementation of measures / overview, etc.
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