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Is employee morale low in your company? With the halted economy and private and state budgets too tight to offer additional monetary compensation for hard workers, employers are looking for alternative ways to boost employee morale. Commuter Services of North Florida’s is able to assist you in boosting employee morale through free programs!

Using some of the ideas from this article on Forbes.com how to boost employee morale on a budget, let Commuter Services of North Florida help you do just that! These are just a few examples of how you can boost employee morale in your workplace:

• Invest in your employees to show them that you recognize their commitment to their work. Set up a Lunch and Learn with Commuter Services for your employees. This will offer them the opportunity to learn about free programs that help them save money on their daily commute costs!
• Family time can be important to employees, Commuter Services can provide you with information on flex scheduling and telework for employees you would like to reward.

Commuter Services of North Florida is to provide information to your employees on how to save money on commute costs. With numerous opportunities to put their hard earned cash back into their pockets, employees will thank you! Feel free to browse the rest of our website or call us at 1-888-454-7433.

Commuter Services of North Florida is just one of many partners working with StarMetro to host the 2011 Regional Mobility Summit. The summit is this Thursday, May 26 at the TCC Center for Workforce Development from 8:30am-4pm.

The goal of the summit is to identify ways to continuously improve transportation services through a coordinated plan for public and human services access to employment, health care and other activities of daily living for the citizens of the capital region.

Those participating in the summit will include partners throughout the region who will provide updates from the national, state and regional levels.

For more information contact, StarMetro at 850-891-5200.

Whether you carpool, ride the train or take your own wheels, a lengthy commute can increase stress, bring on fatigue and contribute to your waistline, experts say. Read this MSNBC.com article for advice on tips for surviving your daily commute.

Today is the first official vanpool day for the Marianna to Department of Revenue vanpool commuters! This group has been diligent and excited about starting their vanpool and are finally on the road. Congratulations to the group!

If you would like information on how to join or start your own vanpool please visit our Vanpooling information page to get information on how to save wear and tear on your personal vehicle and save money on gas! What would you do with the money you could save by vanpooling this Christmas?

According to About.com, cars are one of the leading causes of noise pollution:

Cars–One of the complaints of those who live in big cities or on busy streets is the disruption from the sounds of traffic. Interestingly, though, even low levels of traffic noise can be damaging to people, and traffic noise is one of the most commonly experienced contributors to noise pollution.

Fewer vehicles on the road means less noise pollution for everyone. Read the full article to learn more about the negative effects noise pollution has on productivity and health as well as what you can do to reduce those effects.

If you could carpool to work, would you? You know the benefits. It saves gas money and reduces wear and tear on your vehicle. Carpooling also helps save the environment because there are fewer vehicles on the road releasing emissions. It’s true that many carpools require that you take a turn driving, and perhaps you consider that to be a downside.

What if there were a ride share program that you could join without involving your personal vehicle, meaning you would never have to do any driving? The Rural Vanpool Assistance Program might be a great fit for you. By taking advantage of this program as a start-up employment commuter, with your trip originating or ending in a rural county, your vanpool can save up to 60% of the operational cost. The Department of Transportation is offering Federal stimulus dollars to cover 60% of the operational cost. This is a huge savings!

In addition, anyone traveling to work by vanpool at least three days a week is automatically eligible for our Emergency Ride Home Program.

For more information on how to get started visit our Vanpooling page or call 1-800-454-7433.

We are excited to report that two vanpools have signed on to operate under the Rural Vanpool Program! These employment commute routes are from Tallahassee to Chattahoochee and from Perry to Tallahassee. Additionally, these vanpoolers (as well as carpoolers, pedestrians, transit riders and bicyclists) are eligible for the Emergency Ride Home Program! Welcome aboard!

If you are interested in joining a vanpool or starting one of your own, please feel free to call 1-888-454-7433 or visit our vanpool information page.

Stress, stress, stress!!! There’s way too much of it, we all have it, and it can even be contagious. Why not eliminate as much of it as possible when we are able?

Did you know that telecommuting can improve your health by reducing stress related to compromises made between family and work? In the article Ten Advantages to Telecommuting Richard P. Johnson highlights these benefits:

The stress associated with commuting back and forth to work away from the home is real, and telecommuting offers a renewed opportunity for workers to rediscover the joys of working from their homes. This is a rediscovery, because centuries ago it was commonplace for ‘cottage industries’ to exist where work was produced in ones home, often times incorporating the talents of the entire family in producing a product. With advanced telecommunications technology a large segment of our workers can return to this mode of ‘work-at-home’ productivity not compromising either their family living or their job productivity.

Read the rest of the article for nine more advantages to telecommuting.