More than 80 percent of employees work from home, which means they get a lot of people off the road.
The Municipality of Rotterdam has become Spitbreaker of the year. The municipality's mobility policy was judged to be the best of the three remaining contenders. The Maaststad received the prize during BNR Mobility. The Municipality of Rotterdam wins the Spitsbreaker of the Year award, succeeding the ANWB. In Spitsbrekers, BNR looks for smart, inspiring initiatives from companies that avoid traffic jams.
"Many people work there and Rotterdam has an exemplary function in the region, which they actively fulfill. They have a good bicycle policy. Employees can purchase a bicycle for 2250 euros. They have no parking policy, so parking is not possible at the expense of the employer.' Netelenbos continues: '80 percent of the employees work from home, which means they get a lot of people off the road.
Arie de Boed, HR strategic advisor at the Municipality of Rotterdam, is completely surprisedwith the profit. 'It is not only because of corona that we have introduced that employees are allowed to decide for themselves where they work. The location doesn't matter, but the result does. '
During the broadcast of BNR Mobility, from Grand Café Restaurant 1st class, at Amsterdam Central, the Spitsbreaker of the year award was presented for the fourth time. In addition to the Municipality of Rotterdam, BPD area development and IT company Mendix were in the top 3. The jury consisted of Jos Hollestelle, director of Syndesmo and affiliated with the Breikers employer network, Gerard Tertoolen, traffic psychologist at XTNT and jury chairman and former transport minister Tineke Netelenbos.
Tineke Netelenbos has had a long career in politics. From 1998 to 2002 she was Minister of Transport and from 1994-1998 Secretary of State for Education, Culture and Science. She then held and still holds various managerial positions in both business and civil society.
