How to make your mobility plan a success?

It’s easy to implement a mobility plan

Mobility in your business is an important issue which must not be overlooked. You can improve the travel you and your employees undertake for work now – there’s nothing complicated, you just have to be committed to the cause!

The process

Often, simple measures and a little common sense are all it takes to start creating awareness among employees and bring about a change in their travel behaviour. This seems like a very daunting task to you and you don’t know how to make your mobility plan a success? Don’t worry, we’re here to help you, every step of the way.

1. We make contact

To get started, we’ll organise an initial meeting when we can have a face-to-face discussion and learn from you everything we need to know and also go through the terms of conditions and Letter of Appointment with you.

2. We start the analysis

Analysis is carried out using several surveys directed at business leaders and employees. We examine in detail your employees’ usual travel patterns, your business’s mobility policy as well as any measures already in place and we identify potential areas for improvement. The results of this in-depth analysis will then be presented to you.

3. We draw up a customised action plan

Together we identify which measures you are able to implement. Usually this action plan is based on seven action areas: communication and information, promoting public transport, improving active mobility, making best use of your vehicle fleet, setting up carpooling, personal services and organisation within the business and finally, facilities and infrastructures. The Ministry of Mobility and Public Works can help you implement the first two points. The rest is in your hands!

4. We implement the action plan

Now it’s time to act and put in place concrete measures which will help your employees optimise their mobility. However, it doesn’t stop here: a successful mobility plan also includes in-depth monitoring and ongoing re-appraisal.

Our seven action areas

1. Communication and information

The aim is to make your employees more aware about travel issues and give them all the information needed to convince them to use sustainable methods of transport. Workshops, mobility guides, mobility days, information campaigns and many other measures will help you achieve this.

2. Public transport

Very often, existing public transport infrastructures such as park and ride facilities (P+R) are not properly used because employees know very little or even nothing at all about what is available close to where they live and work.

3. Active mobility

Did you know that for distances under 5 km, the quickest method of transport is cycling? Therefore, some of the essential measures to develop good mobility habits among your workforce include making your employees more aware of the advantages and benefits of cycling and walking, in particular with regard to health, saving money and ease of parking.

4. Making best use of your fleet of vehicles

Reformulating your business’ parking policy, replacing old vehicles in your fleet with new more economic and even electric models, organising eco-driving training sessions, raising awareness of the repercussions of using a car with regard to cost, accidents, sustainability and so on. These are just a few examples of measures you can adopt to move towards optimal fleet use.

5. Carpooling

In addition to reducing the number of parking places taken up by business parking, carpooling may also provide an extra solution for workers with poor access to public transport. It also helps create connections between carpoolers.

6. Personalised services and organisation within your business

Whether you decide to develop video and teleconference services, make teleworking an option to reduce travel, organise mobility days, campaigns, competitions and events or even create accessibility guides, there’s a whole range of measures you can adopt in your business to positively influence your employees’ mobility.

7. Facilities and infrastructures

The facilities that are available, whether they covers roads (transport and public spaces) or buildings, is another factor which has to be taken into consideration. How can safety and comfort for cyclists and pedestrians be optimised on your site? To guarantee everyone accessibility, will it be necessary to install infrastructures for persons of reduced mobility?

Tools and services

The business mobility plan

For mobility management, the business mobility plan is a key service. Drawing it up involves analysing in a comprehensive and integrated manner the issue of mobility in your business by defining a set of concrete measures that aim to rationalise the daily journeys made by those using your site and develop use of more sustainable methods of transport.

Real time departures

Installing a screen on your premises allows your employees to check real time public transport departures from nearby stops and stations. It is also possible to integrate departure screens digitally on your intranet.

Itinerary searches

By using the search tool – mobiliteit.lu – which is available as a mobile app and can also be integrated into your website or intranet, you can find the best way to get from point A to point B. You can predefine a departure point or destination (e.g. your premises) and enter a specific date. Once this information has been entered, the tool plans a route and displays the best mobility chain for your employees’ daily journeys.

Information stands

The Mobilitéitszentral can organise visits with an information stand to your premises to raise awareness among your employees and clients and provide them with information about their day-to-day mobility and answer all their questions about public transport directly.

Accessibility map

The Ministry of Mobility and Public Works can produce an accessibility map which summarises the best ways of getting to your premises and shows the mobility offer around your site. Ask the Ministry of Mobility and Public Works for a map, so you can hand it out to your employees and clients!

Custom platform

All information about mobility in your business available at a glance and in real time? With the Ministry of Mobility and Public Works custom platform this is indeed possible! Connect online using the access codes provided and find all the mobility tools dynamically on your customised dashboard. Of course, access is shared with your employees so that they can better plan and improve their day-to-day mobility.