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Archive for November 2009

Ultra Electronics Measurement Systems, Inc. (Wallingford, CT)

Ultra Electronics Measurement Systems, Inc. located in Wallingford, CT has met the Standard of Excellence and is named a Best Workplace for Commuters.  Ultra Electronics Measurement Systems Inc. offers a vanpool pass benefit and a significant telework and compressed work week program for employees.  Carpool matching is also offered and an emergency ride home is provided through VPSI, Inc. Ultra

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Stanford University (Stanford, California)

Stanford University has met the Standard of Excellence and is named a Best Workplace for Commuters.  Stanford University provides train or bus passes for eligible employees.  They also offer vanpool benefits, bicycle parking, showers, and lockers, an employee commuting awards program, discounts for bicyclists and walkers, lunchtime shuttle, bikesharing, Clean Air Cash incentives and an incentive for employees who leave their cars home. 

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Race to Excellence Virtual Awards Ceremony

Best Workplaces for Commuters (BWC) announces the first Race to Excellence Virtual Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, December 2 at 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. Eastern Time.  Please join us in recognizing the achievements of Best Workplaces for Commuters Champions and Employee Transportation Coordinators.   The ceremony will highlight the work of individuals across the country who have taken the lead to

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Georgia Bureau of Investigation (Decatur, GA)

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has met the Standard of Excellence and is designated one of the Best Workplaces for Commuters.  The Georgia Bureau of Investigation offers a significant telework program for employees along with an employee commuting awards program, compressed work week, membership in an ozone awareness program and an emergency ride home.  The Mission of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation

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Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Minneapolis, MN)

Abbott Northwestern Hospital has met the Standard of Excellence and is designated a Best Workplace for Commuters.  Abbott Northwestern Hospital offers a transit pass benefit and offers carpool matching, pretax transit subsidy, shuttles, secure bicycle parking, incentives, and actively promotes healthy initiatives.  An emergency ride home is provided through Metro Transit.  As the largest hospital in the Twin Cities, Abbott

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CommuterLink (New York, NY)

CommuterLink has met the Standard of Excellence and is named a Best Workplace for Commuters.  CommuterLink offers a transit pass benefit and a significant telework program for employees.  They also provide carpool matching, secure bicycle parking, and relocated their office near transit service.  CommuterLink is the only “alternative transportation management” organization in New York City providing a broad range of

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New York Power Authority (White Plains, NY)

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has met the Standard of Excellence and is designated one of the Best Workplaces for Commuters.  The New York Power Authority offers a transit pass and vanpool pass benefit to employees.  They recently implemented a compressed work schedule.  They are also active in a local ozone awareness program, offer carpool matching, pretax subsidys, carsharing, and

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Verizon New England Inc. (Boston, MA)

Verizon New England Inc. has met the Standard of Excellence and is designated a Best Workplace for Commuters.  Verizon New England, Inc. offers a vanpool pass subsidy to employees and a significant telework program reducing the number of commuting trips by an estimated 7 percent.  Verizon New England is active in a local ozone awareness program, offers carpool matching, transit and vanpool benefits, employee commuting awards

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Verizon Northwest Inc. (Kirkland and Lynnwood, WA)

Verizon Northwest Inc. has met the Standard of Excellence and is designated a Best Workplace for Commuters for worksites  in Kirkland and Lynnwood, WA.  Verizon Northwest, Inc. offers a vanpool pass subsidy to employees.  Verizon Northwest is also an active member in a TMA, local ozone awareness program, offers carpool matching, transit benefits, employee commuting awards program and compressed workweek.  An emergency ride

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Cal Poly State University (San Luis Obispo, CA)

Cal Poly State University has met the Standard of Excellence and is named a Best Workplace for Commuters. Cal Poly offers a transit pass benefit along with an active membership in a TMA, rideshare matching, vanpool benefits, cash in lieu of an employer provided parking spot, preferred parking for carpools and vanpoools, secure bicycle parking, showers, lockers, employee commuting awards

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