Working from home: What’s in it for me? Calculating the financial, time and climate benefits of not traveling to work on a daily basis
About the session
Daily traffic jams cost our country up to 2% of national GDP per year, have an impact on overall safety, well-being and climate. Cities and regions are deploying ambitious clean-air and car-free programs, not to mention the recent pandemic that has disruptively changed the way we consume our work(place). In 2024, telework has become the ‘new normal’ and is seen by many professionals as an efficient way to combine happiness at work with efficient, clean and stress-free mobility. Vias has been studying the evolution of what telework means for safe and sustainable mobility since 2018 and develops awareness programs for employers and employees to support the digital shift. With the benefits calculator of telework, Vias offers a transparent overview of all possible financial and climate benefits from not travelling to work.
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About the speaker
Annelies is knowledge group manager at Vias institute and leads the research line ‘Sustainable Mobility’. She coordinates multiple research projects on themes crash causation, behaviour and travel patterns, evidence-based mobility policy, vehicle technology, electro-mobility, smart mobility services and devices, macroscopic factors in road safety. Annelies is active since 15 years in the field of transport and mobility.