Best Workplaces for Commuters

Butzel Long has met the Standard of Excellence and is designated a Best Workplace for Commuters for worksites in Michigan and New York.  Butzel Long offers pretax benefits and transit subsidies along with a flexible work environment for their employees.

Founded in 1854, Butzel Long is one of America’s leading law firms. Their 240 lawyers work from offices in Michigan, New York, Washington, D.C., Florida, Mexico and China. From its inception, Butzel Long has played a prominent role in the development and growth of important industries.

Learn more about Butzel Long.

MetroPool has met the Standard of Excellence and joins the list of Best Workplaces for Commuters. Metropool not only provides high level commuter benefits to their employees, they also promote solutions to area employers. Their services are available to commuters traveling to destinations in Fairfield County, Connecticut; and Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, Dutchess, and Ulster Counties in New York.

MetroPool’s mission is to deliver transportation demand management solutions to improve mobility and ease the movement of people, improving workforce effectiveness, economic well being and quality of life.

Learn more about Metropool.

Bay Area Commuter Services (BACS) has met the Standard of Excellence and is designated a Best Workplaces for Commuters.  BACS offers commuter benefits to their employees and they “practice what they preach.”  They also serve as one of the Florida Department of Transportation’s nine commuter assistance programs.

BACS is a private, non-profit organization and promotes transportation options to the single-occupant vehicle in the Tampa Bay area and surrounding counties. The agency operates in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando and Citrus counties.

To learn more visit Bay Area Commuter Services.

Symetra Financial Insurance Co. located in Bellevue, Washington has met the Standard of Excellence and joins the growing list of employers designated as Best Workplaces for Commuters.

Symetra is a leader in offering high level public transportation subsidies along with providing many other benefits to their employees.

Visit Symetra’s website to learn more about programs and benefits at Symetra.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has met the Standard of Excellence and is named a Best Workplaces for Commuters.  The CDC offers public subsidy programs that reimburse employees for their use of public mass transit, qualified transportation fringe benefits to set aside pre-tax dollars to offset costs associated with using public mass transportation and parking at public mass transportation facilities.

They also offer flexible schedules and telecommute programs.  Health programs are also available and encourage physical activity through walking and biking.

Visit their website to learn more at Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) located in Washington DC has met the Standard of Excellence and is named a Best Workplaces for Commuters.  ASLA offers a commuter benefit program and flexible schedules to employees.

Founded in 1899, the American Society of Landscape Architects is the national professional association representing landscape architects. ASLA has over 17,000 members and 48 chapters, representing all 50 states, the U.S. territories, and 42 countries around the world. ASLA promotes the landscape architecture profession and advances the practice through advocacy, education, communication, and fellowship.

Visit their website at ASLA.

AstraZeneca in Waltham, MA has met the Standard of Excellence and is recognized as a Best Workplaces for Commuters. AstraZeneca offers flexible schedules and telework.  Over 20 percent of AstraZeneca’s employees at its major US facilities in Wilmington and Waltham, Massachusetts reduce their carbon footprint by commuting in high-occupancy vehicles. The company is also replacing its older sales fleet vehicles with new fuel efficient cars, which eliminated an estimated 355 tons of carbon monoxide emissions in 2008.

AstraZeneca is engaged in the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of meaningful prescription medicines and in the supply of healthcare services. AstraZeneca is one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies with global healthcare sales of $ 31.6 billion and is a leader in gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, neuroscience, respiratory, oncology and infectious disease medicines.

Learn more at AstraZeneca.