The Monash Commuter Club offers staff and students a 10 per cent discount on a yearly myki (public transport) pass.
We recognise that the world of work has changed and that flexibility in where people work from is important to our staff. Working from home is just one of the ways we offer our staff flexibility. Flex at Monash remains committed to being a fully inclusive campus-based institution, with education and research at the centre of what we do and professional staff services must complement this. Flexible work should complement our commitment to equity and diversity and be repositioned to include all modes of flexibility, not just locations.
Monash’s vision for a flexible work approach is to enable and empower its leaders and staff to embed hybrid working and flexibility into the design and structure of its workforce, space and technology.
Recognising the travel patterns of staff and students will most likely never return to pre-COVID patterns, Monash replaced its fixed annual carparking permit system with a dynamic ‘pay as you use’ (PAYU) virtual parking system. PAYU parking will support a more flexible work and study model into the future. This new technology will enable greater flexibility for staff and students to choose on a daily basis their travel mode and incentivise those that choose to take sustainable transport. The data insights from the virtual parking system will also be invaluable for improved transport planning into the future.
We have an active, supportive cycling community with bike facilities and parking available at all of our campuses, making cycling a great option for getting to campus. There are two bike arrival stations at the Clayton campus complete with showers, bathrooms and change rooms, lockers (BYO lock), and bike repair bays.
The University’s integrated campus access strategy aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with travelling to Monash campuses through a shift from single-occupancy vehicles towards sustainable alternatives, such as public transport, University shuttle buses, carpooling, walking and cycling. Our priority is to have more than 70 per cent of staff and students to travel to Monash campuses using sustainable transport options. A net zero transport strategy was developed in 2021 with the goal to eliminate emissions across the University's flights, fleets and commutes.