Chapter 2.70
COMMUTE TRIP REDUCTION INCENTIVE PROGRAM
Sections:
2.70.020 Program participation.
2.70.010 Incentives.
The city will provide the following monetary incentives to encourage commute trip reduction:
A. $40.00 monthly to all full-time city employees who rideshare through utilization of one of the alternatives to the use of a single occupancy vehicle as described in BIMC 2.70.020 for 60 percent or more of their shifts worked per month. For the purpose of this program, full-time employees are those employees who work more than 20 hours per week.
B. $20.00 monthly to part-time workers who rideshare through utilization of one of the alternatives to the use of a single occupancy vehicle as described in BIMC 2.70.020 for 60 percent or more of their shifts worked per month. Part-time employees are those who work 20 or fewer hours per week.
C. Rideshare incentives will be paid on a quarterly basis by the city following the end of the quarter. (Ord. 2000-08 § 1, 2000)
2.70.020 Program participation.
All city employees, except temporary and seasonal, are eligible to participate in this program. The program options are as follows:
A. Car Pool.
1. Two or more city employees who commute together 60 percent or more of their shifts worked per month.
2. A city employee who commutes with a noncity employee 60 percent or more of their shifts worked per month.
B. Transit. Any city employee who rides the bus 60 percent or more of their shifts worked per month.
C. Van Pool. Any city employee who participates in a Kitsap Transit van pool for 60 percent or more of their shifts worked per month.
D. Other. Walking, running, motorcycle commute, drop-offs, and bicycles qualify under 60 percent or more participation options.
E. Program Restrictions.
1. Unless you presently (or will in the future) walk from your home to your worksite, or unless you are part of a car pool, van pool, or other city-approved commuter method which requires that you drive to work, program participants may park no closer than one mile (except in a parking area approved for this purpose) to their worksites. In other words, program participants will not be allowed to drive alone in their cars part way to work, park within a few blocks of their worksite, and then walk the short distance to work in order to qualify for the incentive payment. This would not be consistent with the purposes of the program.
2. Program participants will not be allowed to rideshare exclusively with city employees who normally walk from their home to their worksite. In other words, a participant cannot make arrangements to pick up or drop off a city employee who normally walks to work in order to qualify for the incentives payment. (Ord. 2000-08 § 1, 2000)