Florida Employers may apply for designation as a Best Workplace for Commuters anytime by completing the following application.  The membership fee for Florida employers is sponsored by the Florida Department of Transportation.  View PDF version of 2021 online application.

You will receive notification of your application status within two weeks.  If you need assistance, please call Julie Bond, program director at 813.974.9799 or send a message to jmbond@usf.edu.  We look forward to working with you!

Organization

2021 Best Workplaces For Commuters Application

(as you would like it to appear on the certificate, website, etc.)

Contact Information

Primary Contact

Select 'No' to provide contact information for the Program Manager. The Program Manager oversees administration of commuter benefits program. Also serves as a back-up contact if Primary Contact cannot reached.
Program Manager
Select 'No' to provide contact information for the Media Contact.
Media Contact

Worksites

Worksite Information

Please chose one of the following industries that best describes the workplaces on this application
Organization that talked to you about applying, if any.

This application should cover worksites that:
1. are located in the same metropolitan area AND
2. offer the same primary commuter benefits AND
3. have the same primary contact.

If you have additional worksites that do not  meet these conditions, please include them on a separate application.

Primary Benefits

Primary Benefits

Employers must offer at least one primary benefit to employees. (Please select all that apply)

1. We offer to pay on average at least $30 per month towards a transit pass (or the full cost of a pass if it is less than $30) for each employee who commutes using transit.
We pay $_____ per month on average for each transit user:
2. We offer to pay at least $30 per month for vanpool costs (or the full cost if it is less than $30) to each employee who commutes in a vanpool.
We pay $____ per month on average for each vanpool rider:
3. We provide a pre-tax option for employees for their purchase of transit and/or vanpool fares with at least 30% of our employees purchasing such fare media of at least $30 per month.
4. We offer a significant telework program that reduces by at least 6% the number of commuting trips our employees make per week.
We estimate ____% of our employees' vehicle trips are eliminated by telework:

Note: 6% reduction approximates a similar estimated impacts of other primary benefits.
Use Table 1 to estimate reduction based on the average telework days per week for the workplace\’s teleworkers, e.g. if 15% of your workforce teleworks an average of 2 days per week then you meet the 6% trip reduction threshold).

Workplace Average Telework Days/Week Minimum Share of Employees
1 30.0%
2 15.0%
3 10.0%
4 7.5%
5 6.0%

 

5. We offer a significant Compressed Workweek program with employees working longer hours on fewer days (e.g., workweek is 40 hours over 4 days) that reduces by at least 6% the number of vehicle trips our employees make per week.
We estimate ____% of our employees' vehicle trips are eliminated by our compressed workweek program:

Use Table 2 below to estimate the minimum share of employees under the compressed work week schedule to reach the 6% trip reduction per week target.

Compressed Workweek Schedule Minimum Share of Employees
80 hours over 9 workdays 12%
40 hours over 4 workdays 6%
36 hours over 3 workdays 2%

 

6. We offer a cash option to employees instead of an employer-paid parking space. We offer to pay employees at least $30 per month instead of providing a parking spot to each employee who leaves their car at home and commutes another way.
We pay $____ per month for each parking spot given up:
7. We fully or partially fund one or more employee shuttles from rail stations and/or park and ride lots. The shuttles can be either directly operated by the employer or purchased transportation through a local TMA or service provider.
8. We offer a significant bicycle commuting program with at least 6% reduction in the number of vehicle trips our employees make by bicycle.
We estimate ____% of our employees' vehicle trips are eliminated by bicycling and/or we offer to reimburse at least $20 per month for regularly commuting by bicycle:

Use Table 3 below to estimate the minimum share of employees who bicycle to work to reach the 6% trip reduction per week target.

Average Bicycle Commuting Days Minimum Share of Employees
1 30.0%
2 15.0%
3 10.0%
4 7.5%
5 6.0%

 

9. We offer to pay at least $30 per month to employees to carpool to work that reduces by at least 6% the number of vehicle trips our employees make per week.

Use Table 4 below to estimate the minimum share of employees who carpool at a given frequency per week to reach the 6% trip reduction per week target.

Average Carpool Days/Week Minimum Share of Employees
1 60.0%
2 30.0%
3 20.0%
4 15.0%
5 12.0%

 

10. We offer an equivalent benefit that provides similar value to our employees, reduces traffic and air pollution and is agreed to by Best Workplaces for Commuters. If yes, please describe below.

Supporting Benefits

Supporting Benefits

Minimum three required.  Please check all that apply.

Describe any other options offered:
Our employees have access to a Guaranteed or Emergency Ride Home (ERH) program (check all that apply):
Please provide the name of the outside organization:
If other, please describe:

Agreement

Agreement

By submitting this application, we agree to the following conditions:

  1. We have a central point of contact in charge of commuter benefits and will notify Best Workplaces for Commuters when this contact changes.
  2. We keep information on commuter benefits online and actively promote our commuter benefits to employees.
  3. We agree to look for opportunities to use the Best Workplaces for Commuters name and logo to promote our designation (e.g., websites, press releases, job ads, newsletters, annual reports, etc.).
  4. We commit to ensuring that within 12 months of acceptance into the program at least 14 percent of our employees will not be driving alone to work in the peak period.
  5. If our application is approved, we agree to pay the annual membership fee or the BWC partner listed below has agreed to pay for our membership fee this year.
BWC Partner (if any):

We help you publicize your designation as one of the Best Workplaces for Commuters by listing your organization by name, city/state and industry on the Best Workplaces for Commuters website, www.bestworkplaces.org and an annual, national media release.  We also promote members using various forms of social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter).  If BWC would like to promote your organization in additional ways, we will contact you directly.

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Any additional questions or comments.

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