Partenamut

Cédric Jennes
Benefits & Mobility Manager, Partenamut
At Partenamut we went from dedicated parking spots to a dynamic system based on objective priority rules. Our parking is now used to its full capacity, thanks to Commuty s easy tool! Since the system runs automatically, it does not generate extra workload. Of course, a new way of doing things calls for some change management, but it is only for the best. Also, I can remotely manage the parkings which makes me more efficient at the job.

Sector

Corporate

Start date

2017

# of parking spots

194

# of users

1146

Site organisation

MULTIsite

Location

Belgium

Status

Both car parks at Partenamut HQ have a small capacity compared to the number of employees. Since most of the parking spots were assigned by name to specific employees, a lot remained empty when the owner was away (mostly during school holidays and on Fridays).

At the same time, employees with no dedicated parking spots had to park on the street. Either they had to change their parking disk every two hours or pay for the hours of stay. In specific cases, Partenamut paid for parking cards, resulting in an extra budget spent on parking.

Challenges

Partenamut was using a nominative system, causing a lot of parking spots to remain empty.

  • Other people without access to the parking had to park on street and change their blue disk every two hours (huge loss of time)
  • Because of the Cobrace law and had to reduce the number of parking spots they could use in total.

Solution

Only a few full-time people working on-site and without alternative transportation are now granted nominative spots.

Thanks to an integration with the HR software, Commuty can trace when people with an assigned parking space are away. Unused spots can consequently easily be distributed to parking requesters on a daily-basis. This way, we make sure parking spots never remain empty.

How does it work?
Employees without a nominative spot can request a parking space in advance for the days they drive to work.

On D-1 available parking spots are given in priority to employees with a low parking score. This score is calculated based on the criteria shown right.

An employee combining these 4 criteria would score high on parking. Of course parking spots can also be booked last minute in case of availability

  1. Criterium 
    Medical reason
  2. Criterium 
    Residential site
  3. Criterium 3
    Home-work distance above 5 km

Criterium 4
Lack of alternatives (time-based)

Results

Optimal usage
Today, thanks to this system, 120 extra car drivers can make use of the parking spaces.

Cut expenses
Ethias can cut the expenses on external parking spot rentals.

Parking utilization rate
Below is a screen displaying the parking occupation. For 2023, on a daily basis, parking is almost totally utilized on busy days. The lowest usage days being Wednesday and Fridays.

Unsatisfied requests
It is interesting to put this data in parallel with unsatisfied requests, who are almost null.

Conclusion

  • 120 extra employees have access to a place to park on a daily basis
  • The neighborhood is less burdened
  • Partenamut can cut the expenses on external parking spot rentals.
  • Focus on objectives such as becoming carbon neutral or rethinking its employee mobility budget.
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