10 Mar 2010

MATISSE Smarter Commuting
Welcome to the NEW Smarter Commuting section of the MATiSSE Smarter Working website.
With a successful 3rd MATiSSE 2009 SMART COMMUTE WEEK (2nd to 6th November) under our belts, we encourage you to browse the Smarter Commuting pages to obtain tips, guidance and information on smarter ways to commute, smarter ways to contact your clients and suppliers and above all, smarter ways to reduce employee travel cost outlays and improve wellbeing and work-life balance
 Here are ten ways to help you on YOUR journey to Smarter Working and Smarter Commuting:
  1. View the 2009 Webcasts with topics ranging from Car clubs to Conferencing and from home-based working to smarter working centre based working
  2. PACT - Learn how MATiSSE Smart Commute Week partner WSP is achieving carbon reduction in its own organisation and as a result gaining profile and new business
  3. View  the Smart Commute Week highlights video on-line (courtesy of Signalize) where you can find out  out how a ferry, a chicken, a bus, a greenhouse and a folding bike all contributed to Smart Commute Week 
  4. View the 2008 Webcasts - when topics ranged from the environmental impact to behavioural change best practice
  5. NBTN (National Business Travel Network) essential guide to travel planning
  6. WWF Travel Light Campaign - Click here WWF campaign or here to view or download the WWF report
  7. Ozone Conferencing - How to prepare for and manage a successful conference call
  8. Plus Bus - click on Plus Bus to find combined bus and train ticket information and the participating operators
  9. Traveline South East - find out the public transport options where you live and work 
  10. MATiSSE Cost Savings CALculator - find out how much Smarter Working and Smarter Commuting can save your organisation

Finally...Remember the MATiSSE Smarter Commuting One in Five Challenge…

It only requires one in five of each employer’s workforce to work from home or work flexible hours at least once per week (e.g. one day in five), or for your business to reduce business travel mileage by 20% (e.g. one web conference meeting in every five customer meetings) or commute by alternative means (car share, car club, cycle, bus, park &ride, or train), once a week, to achieve the MATiSSE Smarter Working Initiative 'one in five' aim of reducing peak-time traffic volumes by, you’ve guessed it, by 20%.