Love Your Commute is a new City of Roanoke initiative that helps employees make their daily commute easier, healthier, and more sustainable.

The program encourages everyone to reduce drive-alone trips by choosing alternatives like bus transit, biking, walking, or carpooling.

By participating, you’ll:

• Save money on gas and parking
• Stay active and healthy
• Help reduce traffic and emissions in our community

This program is open to all City of Roanoke employees. More details on program benefits and how to participate will be shared soon!

Love Your Commute supports the City’s sustainability goals by:

• Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
• Improving employee health and well-being
• Lowering commuting costs for staff
• Promoting awareness of commuter tax benefits

Thank you to everyone who provided feedback about their commute at the City of Roanoke’s Health, Benefits and Wellness Fair!

Thank you to all employees that participated in the "Love your Commute Survey". We collected a total of 226 responses. Here are some highlights:

• Most engaged depatments Social Services and Public Works
• While most of you commute alone in your cars, there is a lot of interest in forming carpools with co-workers (37%), riding a bike (29%) and trying trasnit (23%) to work
• Time off, Gift Cards and Flexible Work Hours are the most deisre incetive to try a new mode of transporation to work
• Employees that live in Bedford and Roanoke County want to Vanpool!

Plug in the start and end of your commute, and find the transportation options for you. The ConnectingVA Trip Planner lets you compare travel options, find carpool, vanpools, transit and bike routes for your commute.

The City of Roanoke - Office of Sustainability is leadign this initiative, with the help of a working group represented by:

• Leigh Anne Weitzenfeld, Sustainability Coordinator - Project Lead
• Olivia Eaton, GIS Project Leader
• Adam Fajardo, Community Engagement Manager
• Helen Ferguson, Strategic Projects and Grants Manager
• Mason Handke, Traffic Engineer Tech II
• Rob Issem, Complete Streets & Vision Zero Coordinator
• Doug Jackson, Arts & Culture Coordinator
• Tim Pohlad-Thomas, Events Coordinator - Parks and Recreation
• Renee Powers, Trails and Greenway Coordinator
• Katie Slusher, Planning and Development Coordinator - Parks and Recreation
• Andrea Garland, Director of TDM - Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission - Project Support
• Laura Hartman, Bus Riders of Roanoke Advocacy Group (BRRAG)
• William Long, Director of Transit Planning at Valley Metro
• Ken McLeod, Pedal Safe Roanoke
• Jessica Mahuron, Public Engagement Manager - RVARC