
Best Workplaces for Commuters 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. Please RSVP to this free event at http://www.bestworkplaces.org

Best Workplaces for Commuters
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 loc...al ozone awareness program, offers carpool matching, transit and vanpool benefits, employee commuting awards program and secure bicycle parking. An emergency ride home program is provided by Trans Action Associates Inc.
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Source: www.verizon.com

Best Workplaces for Commuters
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 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 various onsite amenities.
NYPA is one of the country’s largest state-owned, nonprofit power organizations, producing some of the cheapest electricity in North America. For more information, visit www.nypa.gov
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NYPA is one of the country’s largest state-owned, nonprofit power organizations, producing some of the cheapest electricity in North America. For more information, visit www.nypa.gov
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Best Workplaces for Commuters Visit the new BWC website at http://www.bestworkplaces.org
Source: bestworkplaces.org
Best Workplaces for Commuters members are nationally recognized leaders offering outstanding commuter benefits to their employees. As a member of BWC, employers receive high profile national recognition, program innovation, education and research. We invite you to join us.

Best Workplaces for Commuters
The Race to Excellence submission deadline has been extended through Monday, November 9. The online application is easy to submit and you will receive recognition at the virtual awards ceremony.
www.bestworkplaces.org
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Best Workplaces for Commuters
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/15/elect ric.bicycles/index.html
What do you think. Would you ride an electric bike to work?
Source: www.cnn.com
Keith Felch is admittedly a big guy, but more than a few super-fit cyclists in Southern California have been left wondering how that dude just went flying by.

Best Workplaces for Commuters
http://fastlane.dot.gov/2009/10/fhwa-gra nt-funds-nations-largest-bike-center-dc- transport-hub-may-crack-the-last-mile-pr oblem.html
FHWA grant funds East Coast's largest bike center; DC transport hub may crack the "last mile" proble
Source: fastlane.dot.gov
Today, the city of Washington, DC, opened the east coast's largest bike center. It's the East Coast's first such facility; it is the nation's most state-of-the-art; it features a public-private operating partnership; and it demonstrates that our nation's own capital...

Best Workplaces for Commuters Last day of the Race to Excellent. Begin preparing your applications and mark your calendar for the December 2 virtual awards ceremony.

Best Workplaces for Commuters
Join the Champions Listserv and receive "BWC and Climate Change: Making the Connection," on CD. This CD will help BWC community coordinators and other supporters take advantage of new opportunities to position BWC as a near-term,cost-effective climate solution. Quantities are limited. Join at this link: http://www.bestworkplaces.org/suppor/ind ex.htm http://www.bestworkplaces.org/suppor/ind ex.htm
Source: www.bestworkplaces.org
The Champion network is a forum for both individuals and organizations interested in collaborating with Best Workplaces for Commuters. A Champion works to support Best Workplaces for Commuters employers and participates in the Race to Excellence. ...

Best Workplaces for Commuters AstraZeneca has met the Standard of Excellence and is recognized as a Best Workplaces for Commuters. http://www.astrazeneca.com
Source: www.astrazeneca.com
One of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, our business is focused on turning good ideas into innovative, effective medicines that make a real difference in important areas of healthcare.

Best Workplaces for Commuters The American Society of Landscape Architects has met the Standard of Excellence and is recognized as a Best Workplaces for Commuters. http://www.asla.org
Source: www.asla.org

Best Workplaces for Commuters
This is an interesting story regarding new bike lanes in Portland that were paid for with a federal Job Access and Reverse Commute grant. http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/09/25/dou ble-wide-bike-lanes-running-on-empty/
Source: djcoregon.com
Putting Portland’s widest bike lanes in the part of town with the fewest cyclists might seem like something out of Field of Dreams. That’s the intent, anyway, the city’s bicycle coordinator said.

Best Workplaces for Commuters
welcomes Symetra Financial. They have met the Standard of Excellence and are recognized for providing high level commuter benefits.
http://www.symetra.com/careers/
Source: www.symetra.com
We're a company inspired by challenges, with the agility and creativity to rise up and meet them head on. By employing an entrepreneurial culture that rewards new ideas and independent thinking, we ...

Best Workplaces for Commuters
Join the growing list of BWC Champions. http://www.bestworkplaces.org/suppor/ind ex.htm
Source: www.bestworkplaces.org
The Champion network is a forum for both individuals and organizations interested in collaborating with Best Workplaces for Commuters. A Champion works to support Best Workplaces for Commuters employers and participates in the Race to Excellence. ...

Best Workplaces for Commuters
View the scrolling list of 2009 BWC employers. http://www.bestworkplaces.org
If you are not listed, complete and submit the application form.
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