Best Workplaces for Commuters

We invite you to join other Best Workplaces for Commuters’ members and compete in the 2011 Race to Excellence! The 2011 Race officially begins on August 1 and ends October 15. During the Race period, we will send updates, tips, and deadline reminders to make participation fun and easy.

Please review the Race to Excellence instructions. You must be a member to participate.  This link also provides guidance and tools for competing in the Best Workplaces for Commuters’ Race to Excellence. At this link, you will find eligibility requirements, timelines and the 5 Race Achievements for both Employee Transportation Coordinators and Supporting Agencies.

We recommend you also review the Race to Excellence application. The application is provided in an easy to submit electronic format. The application is due by November 11.

A Virtual Awards Ceremony will be held January, 2012 (date to be announced). All winners will be announced during the Ceremony and receive national recognition along with an engraved medal. If you have any questions, please email info@bestworkplaces.org.

Important Dates to Remember:

Race Begins: August 1, 2011
Qualifying Race Period: January 1 – October 15, 2011
Application and Supporting Materials Due: November 11, 2011
Virtual Awards Ceremony: January, 2012

We look forward to your participation in this exciting Race!

Awards recognize companies and professionals who offer highest level of commuter benefits

TAMPA, Fla. (Dec. 2, 2009) – Best Workplaces for Commuters, a program designed to encourage sustainable transportation innovation and managed by the University of South Florida’s National Center for Transit Research, singled out 26 companies, institutions and individuals nationwide Wednesday in the 2009 “Race to Excellence”  Virtual Awards Ceremony.

The awards recognize organizations who have taken exemplary steps to for their efforts to offer alternatives for their employees driving alone and thereby reduce air pollution, traffic congestion, and fuel usage from Jan. 1, 2009 to Oct. 15, 2009.

Best Workplaces for Commuters provides qualified employers with programs and services along with national recognition and an elite designation for offering outstanding commuter benefits, such as free or low cost bus passes. Employers that meet the National Standard of Excellence in commuter benefits – a standard created by the National Center for Transit Research (NCTR) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – can become a member of Best Workplaces for Commuters.

And the winners are: 

Best of:

                    Champion:  MetroPool (CT and NY)

                    Employee Transportation Coordinator: Stanford University, Brodie Hamilton (CA)

Gold Winners

Cal Poly State University (CA)

CommuterLink (NY)

MetroPool (CT and NY)

Stanford University (CA)

State of Arizona (AZ)

Sunset Development Company- Bishop Ranch (CA)

Virginia Tech. (VA)

U.S. Department of State (Washington, DC)

Silver Winners

Cartus (CT)

California Bank and Trust (CA)

Commuter Club (GA)

Community Transit (WA)

Ecology & Environment, Inc. (NY)

Pfizer Inc. (GreenWheels)

University of California – Irvine (CA)

University of California – San Francisco (CA)

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Dept. of Public Safety (NC)

Verizon California, Inc. (CA)

 Bronze Winners

Aerospace Corporation (WA)

Chevy Chase Cars (MD)

Compuware (MI)

Mayo Clinic (MN)

Mercy General Hospital (CA)

Quarles & Brady (AZ)

U.S. Geological Survey (CO)

University of Nevada, Reno (NV)

University of Texas, Medical Branch (TX)

The University of South Florida is one of the nation’s top 63 public research universities and one of 39 community-engaged four-year public universities as designated by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. USF was awarded more than $360 million in research contracts and grants in FY 2007/2008. The University offers 232 degree programs at the undergraduate, graduate, specialist and doctoral levels, including the doctor of medicine. The University has a $1.8 billion annual budget, an annual economic impact of $3.2 billion, and serves more than 46,000 students on institutions/campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota-Manatee and Lakeland. USF is a member of the Big East Athletic Conference.