Written by Amélie Chanda, Program Manager, pointA
As an employer, you play a crucial role in shaping how your workforce commutes. The SmartCommute.ca app is a powerful tool designed to help your employees save on transportation costs, adopt healthier commuting habits, and reduce traffic congestion and emissions.
The app is a central feature of the Smart Commute program and available to all Smart Commute organizations. The app also provides employers with critical data for employee engagement such as for commuting subsidies and emissions reporting.
How Can SmartCommute.ca Support Your Workforce?
The app provides multiple commuting options that help employees save time, money and stress. With the SmartCommute.ca app, employers can:
- Help Employees Plan Their Trips: Provide access to a variety of commuting options, including carpooling, transit, walking, and cycling.
- Make Carpooling Easy and Accessible: The carpool feature is one of the most popular features of the tool, allowing employees to match with colleagues as drivers or passengers, making sharing rides more convenient and cost-effective.
- Encourage Smart Commutes: Employees can log their daily trips, track savings, and see their environmental impact, reinforcing sustainable behaviours.
- Offer Incentives and Rewards: Boost participation by giving employees the opportunity to earn rewards for logging sustainable trips and making smart commuting choices.
- Support Corporate Sustainability Goals: Reduce Scope 3 emissions by promoting greener commuting habits that contribute to a healthier planet.
- Submit an Emergency Ride Home (ERH) reimbursement claim: For those organizations that have ERH as their part of their program, employees submit
How to Use the SmartCommute.ca App
The Smartcommute.ca app is designed to make sustainable commuting easier. Here’s how employees can get started and maximize its benefits:
- Sign Up, Register and Create Your Profile: Create an account by visiting smartcommute.ca. Once the account is registered, you can set up your user profile as well as a trip profile.
- Find Carpool Matches: The app makes it easier to connect with coworkers traveling to the same destination, whether they want to drive or be a passenger.
- Plan and Track Commutes: Employees can explore different commuting options such as carpooling, transit, biking, or walking, and log their trips to track savings and environmental impact.
- Sync with Fitness Apps: Automatic trip logging is available through integrations with Strava, Fitbit, Garmin, Under Armour, and Polar, making it easier to track active commutes.
Watch this video to learn more about how to register and use the app:
Why SmartCommute.ca is Most Helpful for Carpooling
Carpooling is one of the most utilized and valuable features of the Smartcommute.ca app. Employees can find carpool partners within their organization, making it easier to coordinate shared rides. Whether users need a daily carpool partner or a one-time ride for a special event, the app provides tailored matches.
Providing employees with sustainable, cost-effective commuting solutions is a win-win for both your workforce and your business. Whether you’re looking to improve employee satisfaction, cut commuting costs, or meet your sustainability goals, the SmartCommute.ca app is your organization’s key to a smarter, healthier, and more sustainable workplace.
Download the Smart Commute.ca app today:
