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Celebrate TDM Week This September

September offers a chance to promote and raise awareness around Transportation Demand Management, or TDM. Transportation Demand Management is the successful complement to infrastructure, focused on understanding how transportation choices are made and assisting people in using the existing infrastructure for transit, walking, biking, ridesharing, and teleworking. 

TDM is at the core of what Arlington Transportation Partners (ATP) does in our work with employers, residential communities, commercial properties, and hotels.

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What We Learned at the Flexible Workplace Webinar

Summer is in full swing, and now is as good a time as ever to take advantage of telework and/or a flexible workplace to improve work/life balance and increase employee satisfaction. Allie Velleca, Transportation Demand Management Project Manager with AECOM and Chair of the ACT Telework Council, joined ATP to share information on different kinds of flexible workplace models and how they improve employee retention.

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Transit Updates: Fare Increases and a New ART Route

Effective July 1, 2024, Arlington Transit (ART) has discontinued three routes- 53, 61, and 62. In their place is Route 56 – Military Road to Rosslyn Metro. Transit riders can also expect fare increases throughout the region.

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Introducing Our Brand-New Regional Transportation Guide

Whether you work or live in Arlington you’re most likely familiar with the Metrorail operated by the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority (WMATA), but can you say you’re familiar with all the transit options the region has to offer? Arlington boasts a variety of options to get you to your end destination and while it can be overwhelming to navigate them all, ATP has got you covered.

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Champion of the Month: Bloomberg Industry Group

At the end of May, I spent the day at Bloomberg Industry Group’s employee benefits fair. While there, I spoke to 126 employees about their commuting options. Many were aware of their various benefits, but just weren’t sure how to use them. Others were excited to learn that their employer supported their ability to pursue a non-driving commute.

Better Benefits = Better Engagement

A benefits fair would be nothing without the benefits its promoting; and Bloomberg Industry Group has plenty to promote. They support their employees in almost any commute they could choose to take. For employees who prefer to use the train or bus, a direct commuter benefit is at their disposal. This is an incentive that is essential for encouraging employee mode shift as presumed cost is often the biggest barrier to getting out of the car.

For more athletically inclined employees, Bloomberg offers Capital Bikeshare Memberships as well as giving access to showers and lockers. These offers are equally supportive of employees who live close to the office and those with first and last mile challenges getting to the nearest transit. Offering employees multiple options for their benefits both incentivizes their commute and creates a more equitable work environment.

Bloomberg also knows that it isn’t just offering these benefits that got employees in the door. It’s the fact that these benefits are promoted internally, and employees are encouraged to use them. These ideas go hand-in-hand and a benefits fair where 126 people are interested in how to improve their commute is a perfect example of that. They continuously show their commitment to offering their employees the best by participating in Champions since 2015.

Let ATP Help Expand Your Benefits

Bloomberg Industry Group offers some amazing benefits to their employees, but they always strive for more. As a Gold Champion, they work consistently with Arlington Transportation Partners (ATP) to make sure they are offering the best possible programs to their employees. Through the Champions program, ATP assists with benefit implementation while giving recognition for the work you put in. Champions is open for enrollment through November 30, 2024 and there’s no better time to join than right now.

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