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How to use the Glossary
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Buspools
Small buses or large passenger vans that offer express commute trips
to customers that subscribe to the service.
(p. 2.10.1)
Carpools
Two or more people that commute to work or other destinations together
in their private vehicle.
(p. 2.3.1)
Carsharing
Cars available to users on a check-out basis. Private carsharing
companies offer a fleet of cars located in specific spots throughout
an urban area with online reservation and payment systems. Employers
can utilize private companies or develop their own on-site carsharing
system.
(p. 2.10.3)
Clean
Air Partners Program
A CLEAN AIR Force of Central Texas initiative that encourages organizations
to reduce their commute-related ozone emissions. Partners make a
commitment to a 10 percent reduction over the course of three years
and are recognized for their efforts.
(p. 1.3.12)
Commute
Solutions
Any of a variety of strategies aimed at reducing the number of people
driving alone, particularly commuters on their way to and from work.
These alternative transportation modes and commuter practices include
transit, vanpooling, carpooling, bicycling, walking, teleworking,
alternative work schedules (flextime, compressed work weeks and
staggered shifts) and parking management.
(p. 1.1.1)
Commute
Solutions Coalition
A group of government and nonprofit agencies that strives to educate
the public and employers on the benefits of alternative transportation
modes and commuter practices.
(p. 1.1.3)
Commuter
Allowance
Employers give their employees a set amount each month to spend
however they like on transportation, whether it be for Commute Solutions
programs, driving or parking.
(p. 2.6.3)
Compressed
Work Weeks
Employees work more hours than typical but work fewer days per week
or pay period. For example, an employee may work four 10-hour days
and take the fifth off.
(p. 2.8.1)
Core Hours
Most employers require a core period, a time in which all employees
must be present. (for teleworkers and alternative work schedules)
(p. 2.8.3)
Coverage
The time that certain employees need to be present and working.
For example, certain positions may require that the phones or reception
areas be covered during specific hours. Or additional customer service
personnel might be needed during peak hours.
(p. 2.8.3)
Credit Hours
For systems that allow banking of hours, or if overtime is reached,
credit hours can be given that allow for reduced work time in the
future (for teleworkers and alternative work schedules).
(p. 2.8.3)
Employee
Transportation Coordinator
The person responsible for coordinating transportation-related duties
at a work site, primarily Commute Solutions programs for employees.
(p. 1.2.1)
Flexitour
Employees can pick their starting time each day, but that time
is chosen for a set period of time, such as a six month schedule,
before a change can be made again (for alternative work schedules).
(p. 2.8.3)
Flextime
Employees work specified hours each week, but are given flexibility
on when they arrive to work, take lunch and leave work.
(p. 2.8.1)
Gliding
Schedule
For flextime, employees are allowed to pick their starting time
each day, and the departure time is simply based on when they have
fulfilled the required amount of work hours. A typical gliding schedule
would allow employees to arrive anywhere from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. each
day, then leave from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
(p. 2.8.3)
Guaranteed Ride Home
(GRH)
Transportation (usually reimbursement or payment of taxi fare) in
the event of an emergency situation for Commute Solutions participants
who don't have a car.
(ps. 2.9.1, 2.1.3, 1.3.15)
Maxiflex
The ultimate in flexibility, employees can essentially work any
hours they want within a 24-hour period. Additional hours in that
period over their required work time often can be banked to shorten
future workdays or weeks.
(p. 2.8.4)
Ozone
An air pollutant formed when oxides of nitrogen "cook"
in the sun with volatile organic compounds. Ozone irritates and
damages the lungs and eyes, particularly children, the elderly and
those with respiratory ailments. Whereas ground-level ozone is the
pollutant of concern, upper atmosphere ozone shields the earth's
surface from harmful sun rays.
(p. 1.1.2)
Ozone Action
Days
Days when ozone pollution levels are expected to be above acceptable
limits outlined in the Clean Air Act.
(p. 2.1.4)
Parking
Cash Out
A program that allows employees to opt out of having a parking space
and for compensation instead.
(p. 2.6.1)
Preferential
Parking
Offering Commute Solutions participants convenient parking spaces,
usually near the entrance to buildings. A preferential parking space
can be designated as open to any participant or reserved for specific
Glossary participants (such as a specific carpool or vanpool).
(Ps 1.3.3, 1.3.5)
Pool Vehicles
Company cars and other on-site vehicles owned by the employer and
available to employees for work and/or personal trips. Pool vehicles
can sometimes serve the same purpose as "fleet" vehicles,
although that term often implies larger vehicles for specific work
tasks (e.g., delivery vans, trucks).
(p. 2.10.3)
Ride
Matching
The process of finding compatible rideshares, people who have similar
origins, destinations and schedules, usually for vanpooling and
carpooling.
(p. 1.3.19)
Rideshare
Sharing a ride on a commute or vehicle trip. Usually the term means
a vanpool or carpool arrangement.
(p. 1.3.10)
Shuttles
Public or private vehicles that move passengers from one location
to another, usually providing connections between different transportation
systems and/or employment centers. For example, a small bus that
carries employees from a transit stop to the work site would be
a shuttle. Circulating shuttles operate on a fairly continual basis
along a route, while demand response shuttles respond to specific
trip requests.
(p. 2.10.2)
Staggered
Shifts
Employees arrive and depart work at different times in shifts. Shifts
may be staggered anywhere from 15 minutes to two hours.
(p. 2.8.1)
Subscription
Bus
A commuter bus express service operated for a guaranteed number
of customers on a prepaid, reserved seat basis.
(p. 2.10.1)
Telemanager
The person at an employer who is responsible for managing teleworkers,
either for the entire organization or a specific set of teleworkers.
(p. 2.7.5)
Telework
Telework (also called telecommuting and remote work) describes
a situation where an employee is working anywhere but in their traditional
office. A typical scenario involves employees working at home either
full or part time, but they could also be working on travel assignments
or at remote work centers or on the road day by day. (p. 2.7.1)
Transit
Publicly shared vehicles that provide transportation on fixed or
flexible routes. For the Central Texas region, transit primarily
means buses.
(p. 2.1.1)
Transportation Demand
Management (TDM)
Strategies and programs that result in the more efficient use of
transportation. In general terms, TDM means reducing the number
of single-occupancy-vehicles on the roads, thereby reducing the
demand placed on the transportation system.
(p. 1.1.1)
Trip Reduction
Reducing the number of single-occupancy-vehicle (SOV) trips. A trip
is simply going from an origin to a destination, whether it be a
commute to work or a drive to the grocery store.
(p. 1.2.2)
Transportation Management
Organizations (TMOs) and Transportation Management Associations
(TMAs)
Nonprofit organizations that provide Commute Solutions support
and education services for employers/employees, usually within a
specific area and/or for member organizations. Often, an employer
will pay an annual fee for TMO/TMA membership.
(Ps 1.2.5, 2.10.1)
Vanpools
A group that commutes together in a van, usually provided by a local
transit authority, nonprofit or employer. (p. 2.2.1)
Vehicle Miles Traveled
(VMT or VMTs)
A common measurement used in evaluating transportation programs
that represents the number of miles traveled by a vehicle. Typically,
Commute Solutions program evaluations look at the number of VMTs
not driven, or "VMTs" saved.
(Ps 1.3.16, 1.3.18-19)
Virtual Private Networks
(VPN)
A system of using a secure network within a public network (most
of the Internet). The most typical application would be employees
accessing their work's network from home over the Internet.
(p. 2.7.6)
Work
Requirement
The number of hours or amount of work that must be accomplished
each day or week (for teleworkers and alternative work schedules)
(p. 2.8.3)
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