3 - 57% of workers say that flexibility in where they work is “extremely important.”
More than half of workers surveyed in the index state that it’s extremely important to be able to have the option to work from or outside of the office. This information solidifies the trajectory of travel patterns that we see for the future—that flex work is here, and operators need to flex with it. Another 31% of workers say flexible work is of medium importance, which essentially means that office work is no longer a given.
Operators and parking managers have embraced technology and new revenue models to compensate for the lack of predictability regarding office commutes. Some, like Adam Jones of the Downtown Tempe Authority, have gotten creative—rearranging services to be customized to a specific traveler’s needs. In Tempe, parking operators can connect with the relatively new IKE kiosks to allow people to find and purchase parking before getting to the asset.