Parking is expensive. Reducing the drive-alone rate among employees means you can spend less money on facilties costs, whether it's a parking garage or leasing individual spaces.

Many employees, especially younger members of the workforce, expect commute benefits and will turn down employers that force increasingly long drive-alone commutes on employees.

Offering a range of commute benefits means helping all your employees get to work. Not everyone has a car or lives in the suburbs, so commute benefits should reflect that diversity.

Transportation is one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Reducing drive-alone commute trips can help our region's air quality and help your organization demonstrate real carbon reduction metrics.

Driving is not only expensive, but also stressful and dangerous. According to the Centers for Disease Control, motor vehicle crashes are the second leading cause of the death among children and adolescents in the U.S.

Long commutes behind the wheel of a car takes time that can be spent on other activites and in turn negatively affect employee management and prodcutivity.