Abstract
Travel between home and work structures the daily life of many workers in Belgium. How is this mobility organised and what are the factors which influence the modal choice of workers? What are the levers which influence this choice and, in particular, what is the role of companies in this area? The objective of this synopsis is to review the current situation of these complex questions and it is organised in three parts: the context of these journeys, the evolution of mobility behaviour and its deciding factors, and the levers for action in order to evolve towards more sustainable mobility. This synopsis also shows that travel between home and work is not only a transport issue, but is also related to people’s residential situation and land use planning. The latter suffers because of the institutional division of Belgium and calls for more coherence and dialogue among stakeholders. Despite this context, companies have significant room for manoeuvre, which this synopsis illustrates through three areas for action: the organisation of work, the management of the mobility of workers and accessibility.
Highlights
Brussels Studies, Notes de synthèse workers? What are the levers which influence this choice and, in particular, what is the role of companies in this area?1
This synopsis is the result of a collaboration between Centre d’Etudes Sociologique (CES) at Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles and Laboratoire Urbanisme, Infrastructures et Ecologies (LoUIsE) at Université libre de Bruxelles in the framework of the Brussels Studies Institute “Companies and Sustainable Mobility” interuniversity research chair financed by Renta, Febiac, Traxio, Solvay School Alumni, VAB, Touring, Acerta, BLV-ABM, FEGARBEL, BFFMM and SPF Mobilité et Transports
This note benefited from the contribution of the authors' work carried out within the framework of the Observatoire de la mobilité de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale
Summary
10 While the economic environment – VOKA, UNIZO and BECI – was favourable to the implementation of a Brussels metropolitan community, and on several occasions had called for the creation of a community of interest which goes beyond the regional and linguistic boundaries, the political parties in the north of the country appeared to be quite divided [Van Wynsberghe et al, 2009; Nassaux, 2015] This community has still not been established, as, in the best case, the political stakeholders favour bilateral relations involving concrete projects without necessarily a global vision, especially when different authorities or operators exist in the same territory [Damay, 2014]. 12 Let us note that social partners play a role in the management of travel between home and work via social dialogue and the establishment of inter-professional and collective agreements They set the amount of the employer’s contribution towards the cost of public transport, which constitutes an important factor taken into account by workers in their choice of mode of transport between place of residence and place of work [CCE, 2016]
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