Integration of personnel services with public transportation :|a case study of Boğaziçi University

Abstract

To provide comfortable and reliable means of transportation, most of the employers offer personnel services to their employees. Although it is a commonly used concept, for both employers and employees, there are downsides. From employers’ point of view, financial load of the concept is high for both private sector and state institutions. Extra budget spent on such systems leads to missed opportunities for other investments or researches. On the other hand, some employees have complaints about conditions of the concept. Purpose of this study is to provide a systematic approach for the optimization of personnel services and furthermore, integrating the concept with means of public transportation. In accordance with this purpose, two methods are represented in this study. The first method mostly focuses on optimization of service routes, latter, by building top of it, aims to integrate personnel services with public transportation. The study is conducted with data of current personnel system of Bogazici University, which is one of the most prestigious universities in Turkey. A Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software was used to enable the purpose of the study. Study has shown that, compared to conventional approach to the concept, offered methods have better results. Besides providing improvements to a single case, in the long term, by spreading the methods of the study, it is believed that improved traffic conditions may be provided.