How Triangle BWC can Help You

• EPA Interface and assistance:
  • application process
  • annual reporting requirements
  • follow up for designation status or necessary documentation
  • identify and inform or help create a BWC educational forum for your participation
• Assist with internal BWC program promotion:
  • internal marketing ideas
  • logo use
  • kick-off campaigns
  • raising awareness, presentations
• Help to create local media awareness of your designation and benefits offered:
  • hold media events and help you attract media coverage
  • press releases
• Sponsor BWC recognition events:
  • annual breakfast for new and existing designees
  • fall recognition event
• Publish local Triangle BWC quarterly newsletter

Best Workplace for Commuters Testimonials from those Already on the List!

• "The thing that we are most proud of is that because of Best Workplaces for Commuters, we have national recognition as a city that cares about the environment." --Jim Glock, Director, City of Tucson Department of Transportation.
• "We're grateful for the recognition that demonstrates Verizon is committed to helping protect the environment. We've committed to reducing fuel consumption, giving our employees…options to help them save gasoline and reduce emissions." --Dennis M. Boone, New Jersey President, Verizon.
• "Being active in Best Workplaces for Commuters is really great business. It gives us a competitive edge." --John Klein, Chairman, People's Bank.
• "GM is proud to join the ranks of companies known for innovative and thoughtful programs, which ease employees' commuting stress and encourage positive environmental efforts. Inventive solutions often have more than one benefit. In this case, both our employees and the environment are better off-and we recognize that business success is directly tied to our employees' well-being." --Elizabeth A. Lowery, vice President, Environment and Energy, General Motors.

Local Media Attention for Best Workplace for Commuters Program

Best Workplace for Commuters has received statewide attention as a valued program to improve our air quality and commute in the Triangle:

• "Triangle Region's Best Workplaces for Commuters," News14-TV, April 20, 2004.
• "N.C. State Named One of Best Workplaces for Commuters," The Technician, March 3, 2004.
• "Congestion, pollution force travel alternatives," High Point Enterprise, April 23, 2004.
• "Easing commutes earns honors," News & Observer, November 16, 2004.
• "Driven to reduce driving," News & Observer, April 22, 2004.
• "Dirty air label to help region fight pollution," Herald-Sun, April 12, 2004.

National Media Attention for Best Workplace for Commuters Program

Companies around the nation are also getting recognized for their participation in Best Workplace for Commuters:

• "IndyGo Honored Nationally for Commuter Service," Inside Indiana Business (Indianapolis, IN), January 30, 2006.
• "Wayne County College Offers Bus Passes," Detroit Free press (Detroit, MI), January 27, 2006.
• "Wiley Named As One of Fortune Magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For 2006,'' Business Wire (San Francisco, CA), January 10, 2006.
• "Let's Follow Intel's Lead to Cleaner Air," The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), January 7, 2006.
• "Yale Recognized for Promoting Commuting Alternatives," Working at Yale, Winter, 2005-2006.

Triangle Transit Authority is Available to Help You Get Started!

Triangle Transit Authority (TTA) offers the support you may need to help you qualify for Best Workplaces for Commuters. TTA can help you design, implement or increase your Transportation Demand Management program benefits offered. Please contact Amy Armbuster, TDM Coordinator at 919-485-7478 for assistance, or logon to www.ridetta.org to learn more about how TTA can help you.

Benefits	TTA Assistance Available
Central point of contact	Provide your central point of contact information about alternative commute options and how to promote the program throughout your organization.
Monthly transit or vanpool subsidy	Help you set up your car and van pooling arrangements and subsidies.
Telework programs	Provide a resource guide for starting to telework.
Parking cash-out	Provide information on how to structure a parking cash-out.
Employee commuter rewards program	Create a guide for rewarding employees who take advantage of alternative commuter options.
Signs for preferred parking	Create designs, prices, and provide vendor options.
Pre-tax benefits	EPA Commuter Brief.
Ozone awareness information	Air awareness.
Commute alternatives	Help you promote commute alternatives to your employees through a variety of resources: paper or electronic solutions (email, newsletters, etc.), face to face meetings or programs, participation in the Smart Commute Challenge, and carpool matching (pool party).
Transportation Cooperation Associations	Establish relationships with additional resources like TCA's in Downtown Durham and Raleigh.
Emergency Ride Home (ERH)	Help you with registration process for both employers and employees. See Emergency Ride Home Program.
Rideshare or carpool matching	Provides online ride-matching system at www.GoTriangle.org to help employees find a carpool or vanpool match, as well as "bike buddies." You simply register and the database will search for you..
Progress Reports to EPA	Analyze your survey results, producing an understandable report that you can use for submitting your progress to EPA.
Free Support and Marketing Materials	Provide a variety of printed materials for use in helping to promote commuter benefits to your employees. (posters, brochures, bus schedules, etc.)
New Hire Packet	A packet tailored to your worksite providing new employees assistance in finding alternatives to driving to work alone.
Education and Outreach	TTA provides on-site transportation fairs during lunch hour or company event. Information is provided to your employees on TTA bus routes, setting up a carpool or vanpool and using the online ride matching.
Transit Information	Logon to our commuter page www.GoTriangle.org.
Internal Newsletters	Share sample newsletters for assistance in developing your own for communication throughout your organization. (planning transit trips, locating car/van pool information, commute cost information, ERH)
Commuter Benefit Communication	Assist with explaining the benefits and subsidies associated with each commuter option in efforts to increase employee use of alternative transportation.