Employee transportation management: What it means for the mobility of the future

… significantly increase the attractiveness of a company for new hires, but also improve the loyalty of existing employees to the company – an effect that should not be underestimated in a time where skilled professionals are in short supply. If you want to remain attractive as an employer, you have to create appealing incentives such as public transport options, parking spaces for bicycles, or ride sharing opportunities. This ensures a positive corporate image for both employees and customers. The competition for qualified employees will not decrease and especially for young people, sustainable mobility is often a differentiator when choosing an employer. The right offer is different for every company and depends on individual factors such as the size of the company, mobility needs in everyday working life, or location.

With an employee transportation management system, alternatives can be created to the company car or even to travelling by car. In this way, costs for the vehicle fleet or parking spaces, for example, can be significantly reduced, which is also associated with economic advantages for the company. Finally, CO2 emissions can also be significantly reduced with the help of employee transportation management. It is worthwhile to electrify or even reduce the company fleet and to rely on alternative forms of mobility in order to comply with the specifications of the ESG directive and to make a contribution overall as a company to a sustainable society and the mobility turnaround.

… an essential factor for smart and sustainable mobility in the future – because we should not only think about it from the perspective of the individual company, but also from the perspective of a city, municipality, or entire region. Why should they tackle the transformation of mobility alone? Commuters generate a large share of traffic at peak times. It is in any city’s interest to get this under control. But not by making people stop working in their region, but by offering smart alternatives. Because where people work, there are jobs, economic progress, and innovation. This is important for regions as attractive employer locations.

The opportunities offered by the future of mobility – new technologies, digital transformation, business models, and a wide variety of mobility offers – are advancing mobility in general, but also corporate mobility. Provided that mobility management reacts flexibly and keeps up with the times. Whereas in the past it was mainly large companies that dealt with the issue of corporate mobility, in the future suitable concepts and solutions will also be a matter of course for small and medium-sized companies. Multimodal mobility solutions will become available that can be used individually and are available to all employees. And the surrounding region or municipality will become an enabler, mediator, and perhaps even supporter in its own sense, in the sense of the mobility turnaround and in the sense of attractive employers in the region.