Employer Program

PATH makes commuting to work more cost effective and healthier for employees.  PATH connects employees living or working in Concord to travel options like carpooling, bicycling, walking and transit (including vanpools) on their commute to/from work.  It is also working to improve access and routes for CAT buses and trolleys.

PATH provides services to employers who want to offer alternative commute benefits, incentives and information to employees.  Our outreach staff is dedicated to helping you create a successful worksite commuter benefits program that addresses your company’s unique needs. Visit our list of Employers in the Concord area who participate in the PATH program.

Employees who walk or bicycle to work earn personal health benefits; those who carpool/vanpool, walk or bicycle save money, which can boost employee retention rates.  Reducing the number of single occupancy vehicles being driven to your worksite can improve air quality and can decrease the need for building costly new parking facilities. For more information on tax benefits, go to the Transit / Vanpooling, Ridesharing, Bicycling and Walking sections of the website. 

By promoting alternative transportation options in your workplace,

Your business will:

Your employees will:

How It Works:

PATH is managed by the Central New Hampshire Regional Planning Commission, a non-profit organization that works with public, private and governmental programs to mitigate traffic related programs in specific areas. 

To get started, fill out this brief Employer Questionnaire. PATH staff will work with your business to identify and analyze major transportation issues around your office and will lead in developing and implementing innovative, effective and reliable solutions.  Solutions can include identifying commuting alternatives, developing transit specific to your company and identifying incentives to help your business encourage commuting alternatives. 

PATH staff will also with your human resource managers to offer the program as an employee benefit to help promote workplace wellness and money savings.  The program’s free membership can be offered to new hires and during benefits open season.  PATH staff will help your HR managers to keep employees informed and enthusiastic about using transportation alternatives.  Our staff will effectively and efficiently present information on transportation alternatives to employees.  Attention catching posters are available, presentations can be made at staff meetings, PATH staffed tables or booths can be provided at benefit fairs or other such events.  Pre-scripted emails and brochures can be also sent to you for easy electronic distribution to your employees.
An effective approach is:

• Introductory phone call and meeting with company management
• HR memo/email blast about PATH sent to all employees
• Event at busy location of business or benefits event 
• Recap meeting
• Action items for PATH and company management to continue building user support

Below is a menu of services that PATH offers to employers.  Please contact us for additional information about PATH’s services.

- Site visits to:

• Collect and analyze data
• Conduct Cost Benefit Analyses
• Set-up safe and secure carpooling databases
• Mapping of carpooling  clusters
• Create access management plans for all transportation modes
• Analyze shifts and devise alternative work plans and schedules
• Develop personal commute plans

- Develop incentive packages for employees including:

• Preferred parking
• Tax benefits
• Health & fitness bonuses
• Adding on-site bicycle racks
• Discounts and prizes from local businesses
• Emergency Ride Home benefit

- Marketing material development including:

• Newsletters
• Website content
• Flyers
• Traffic/construction alerts

- Bicycle sharing program development

- Safe bicycling and repair seminars and safe walking seminars

- Vanpool development

- Grant research and grant writing

- Assisting with getting recognition from national commuter friendly workplace programs

- Working with municipal officials to:

• Develop safe walking and bicycle routes
• Create maps of safe routes
• Improve and add transit options
• Hold public outreach and listening sessions
• Advocate for smart transportation/land use practices