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Transportation Department Services
Cobb County has a superior road network connecting people and
places. Its access and proximity fuel the county’s continued growth,
attracting more people and jobs every day.
 Although welcome, Cobb’s growth presents challenges that
must be addressed. Challenges that affect businesses and the community.
Congestion not only slows down traffic but productivity too. It frustrates
employees, hinders recruitment and retention, pollutes the air and threatens
government intervention.
Companies benefit when proactive steps are taken to deal with
transportation challenges. The Cobb Chamber’s Transportation Department
offers members a range of valuable services to tackle transportation issues
concerning businesses and the community. These services free up limited
parking spaces, improve employee morale, expand recruitment opportunities, clean
up the air, reduce traffic congestion and more. Services include:
Customized Assistance
Develop a simple carpool program, improve bus service or design a
"smart growth" facility. A Chamber representative will work with your
company to identify and implement the optimal assistance to best meet your
company’s specific accessibility needs.
Carpool and Vanpool Ride Matching
Help employees find rideshare partners to share the commute.
Carpools and vanpools free up valuable parking, reduce traffic congestion and
relieve stress. A win-win solution for everyone!
Click
here to see a list of vanpool routes.
Click
here to personalize your commute.
Guaranteed Ride Home
Smart employees who carpool, ride transit or use another
transportation alternative to driving alone can take the worry out of
ridesharing. The Cobb Chamber arranges free taxi rides home for pre-registered
commuters in case of emergency situations or unscheduled overtime. Now there’s
no worry about being ‘stuck’ at work!
Promotional Assistance
Promote the use of carpools, vanpools, transit and other
transportation alternatives to employees. Cobb Chamber representatives are
available for staff meetings, orientations and other speaking engagements. Or,
host a fun, creative event like a Transportation Fair and invite CCT and other
transportation resources on-site to answer staff questions.
Seminars
Learn how to develop a telework program or how to make better use
of your parking facility. Informative seminars include Parking Management,
Facility Design, Flex-Time Arrangements, Teleworking and more.
Information and Resources
Learn about other useful resources available to your company,
including IRS codes which provide tax breaks to companies, local ‘Smog Alerts’
which warn of hazardous conditions, road projects which affect your site and
more.
For more information about services, please contact
Ginny Rainey at 770-859-2331 or
grainey@cobbchamber.org
Key Community Transportation Partnerships
The Transportation Department is actively involved in the
success of key community initiatives:
Community Improvement Districts (CIDs)
Cobb’s two Community Improvement Districts are at the
forefront of transportation planning in the county’s largest office markets:
Cumberland and Town Center. The CIDs levy an additional tax on commercial
properties which accelerates necessary road and public transportation projects.
These successful public-private partnerships add value to the office markets and
benefit the communities. The Transportation Department
administers the operations of the Cumberland CID including Commuter Club and Blueprint Cumberland.
Transportation Management Associations (TMAs)
Funded by their local CIDs, Commuter Club (Cumberland/Galleria)
and CobbRides (Town Center) educate businesses and
employees on various transportation alternatives to
reduce traffic congestion in their office markets. These two
award-winning TMAs
create carpools,
improve bus service, develop telework
programs and other effective strategies that improve
transportation conditions for businesses. The Transportation Department staffs
Commuter Club and provides advisory assistance to CobbRides.
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