Mobility | Action sheet M10 - Parking spaces carpoolers
Reserve parking spaces for carpoolers
Objective and interest:
The aim is to highlight people who make the effort to carpool and educate those who do not.
The interests are multiple:
- Carpoolers are preferred because of the spaces reserved for them, especially if these places are close to the entrance;
- The company is part of a reduction in CO2 emissions;
- The company optimizes its parking spaces;
- The consortium (cluster) allows you to produce a larger number of panels, thus obtaining a lower price.
Steps
1. Obtain the preliminary information
The project promoter starts by informing about the price of panels mentioning « carpoolers » or with a drawing (see tools «example of design»). Secondly, it encourages business managers or people bridging group together to buy signs.
2. Collate information from each company
The responsible persons for the project within every company must estimate the opportunity of such a purchase, sound the interest of the workers and determine the number of panels they wish to acquire. If a mobility survey has been realized, it gives information onto the number of persons who already practise the car sharing.
The promoter collects the orders and wishes of companies in design.
3. Write the specifications
He can then write a specification, submit a tender and allow business managers or relay persons to choose a supplier. This specification must contain the dimensions of a panel, drawing or words to register, the number of panels to provide the mode of fixation, whether or not to place signage, etc.
4. Incite every company to make its staff sensitive
Within each company, the relay person or the business manager must, for example, reveal the new measure to his staff through posters, and invite everyone to meet (see example of display in tools). In particular, he can make stickers with the same design as the signage to identify vehicles authorized to use the reserved spaces.
The keys to success
- Convince the business manager about the usefulness of the action. There is then more chance than the company organizes a true awareness campaign. If the installation of panels is not accompanied with information, the action risks not to bear its fruits.
Obstacles
- Few companies are aware of the interest of such panels.
Solution: Once the panels are installed in an enterprise, an article in the newspaper business can inspire others to take action.
