Miami Employers Tell Workers to Kick Back and Relax
Some companies are subsidizing employees’ use of public transportation to help the environment and ease the pain of soaring fuel prices.
By Garry Kranz Comments 0 | Recommend 0
Paying Them Not to Drive: Some companies in commuter-happy Miami are offering
incentives to encourage employees to use public transportation, in lieu of
driving to work. The strategy is twofold: to reduce toxic emissions and help
ease the pain of rising gas prices. The city of North Miami is the latest
locality to endorse the idea, offering discounts to employees who buy passes for
commuter rail. Reportedly, people making the switch would pay $15 a month,
instead of the usual $75 monthly fee. About 9,000 people are said to have signed
up already. Given the huge discount, it makes one wonder if some splinter group
won’t file a lawsuit saying the practice is unfair, although nothing like that
is reported to have happened. The initiative is part of the Miami-Dade Transit
Corporate Incentive Program, which provides pretax savings and other benefits to
employees who purchase rail passes through their employer.
Workforce Management contributing editor Garry Kranz is based in Richmond, Virginia. E-mail editors@workforce.com to comment.
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