Implement workplace multi-modal transportation best management practices - including telework/flexwork - in city government, businesses or at a local health care provider.
Best Practice of this action
Rating Guideline
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Complete these workplace practices: multi-modal directions; accessible off-site locations; educate management & staff; buddy system; new hire orientation; travel logs. |
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Complete 4 of these practices -- alternative compensation for travel options; join a transportation network; shower/changing room; bike parking/storage; employee learning activity; transportation committee; flexible workplace policies/practices. Support an eWorkPlace Minnesota campaign or similar efforts, working with businesses (and transportation management organizations as appropriate); report level of fiber-optic infrastructure in city government buildings/citywide |
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Complete 6 of the practices in the 2-star list; help bring telemedicine technology to town via a local health care provider or other organization; be certified as a Telecommuter Forward! Community. |
Resources
- Multi-modal Transportation:
- See this list of workplace multi-modal transportation best management practices developed by GreenStep and a Transportation Leadership Certification Program for Nonprofits (of St. Paul Smart Trips).
- Telecommuting:
- The MN Dept. of Employment & Economic Development (DEED) Office of Broadband Development certifies Telecommuter Forward! Communities that adopt a resolution of support and commitment to promote telecommuting. This certification helps communities promote themselves as destinations for Minnesotans interested in telecommuting.
- Cities will have to change in response to the COVID-19 pandemic - teleworking may alter where people want to live, opening up rural opportunities.
- The small city of Eastport, Maine, created a website totally focused on attracting telecommuters to relocate to their town.
- See the USDA Rural Development Distance Learning & Telemedicine Grant program
- Broadband Access:
- See the USDA Rural Development Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program. Note that Rural Development is a traditional funder of cooperatives, and that RS Fiber is the latest co-op (though without RD dollars) to bring high-speed Internet service to people over 700 square miles centered on Winthrop and Gaylord. RS Fiber relied on county and city bonding authority and community banks.
- Check/report internet speeds in your city and compare to other Minnesota cities.
- When city government and local businesses adopt technology, community economies benefit: the goal of the Minnesota Rural Broadband Coalition.
- Funding and assistance is available from the MN Office of Broadband Development.
- Learn more about broadband access and tips for transformation with Blandin Foundation resources.
- See the Indicators of Broadband Need Map from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The map uses several different data sources to show information on broadband availability (darker red indicates more of a need).
Order Number
5
Action Type
Finite