• Reduced traffic congestion
• Vibrant economy
• Cleaner air, impacting region’s federal dollars
• Attract and retain best employees
• Higher productivity and morale
• Recognition as a good corporate citizen

Smart Moves

Smart Moves Program

Smart Moves is a free Montgomery County program for business and community leaders that yields economic and other commuting benefits for thousands of employees, while aiming to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution. Smart Moves employers are honored at awards ceremonies, presented with personalized certificates for office display, and featured in the CSS newsletter, website, business publications and radio advertising, brochures, and exhibits.

Smart Moves Employer

You can be designated a Smart Moves employer by agreeing to work with CSS to provide commute options information and programs to your employees , winning community appreciation, public recognition, and eligibility for incentives. To become a Smart Moves employer go to Employer Action Plan.

Employer Recognition

Transportation Awards Ceremony

The Montgomery County Executive hosts an annual Transportation Awards Ceremony breakfast each spring in conjunction with National Transportation Week. The event honors businesses and individuals whose outstanding promotions and use of commuting options – other than driving to work alone – contribute to this region’s economic and environmental well being. The County Executive presents each recipient with an engraved award. A major employer or top official, such as the Governor of Maryland or one of our U.S. senators, have been keynote speakers in the past. The media is invited, and this event has generated television and front-page news coverage for its honorees.

Commuter Connections Employer Recognition Awards

The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments sponsors its annual Commuter Connections Employer Recognition Awards program, for which Montgomery County employers are eligible to apply. CSS will help with the application. The ceremony is held in June. Award categories are:

• Marketing – Promoting alternative commute options, so that fewer employees drive to work alone
• Incentives – Encouraging your employees to bicycle, walk, carpool, vanpool, or take public transportation
• Telework opportunities for your employees

For more information, See Employer Recognition Awards

EPA-DOT Best Workplaces for Commuters Program

Montgomery County employers are encouraged to participate in the EPA-DOT Best Workplaces for Commuters Program. Employers can receive national recognition for efforts to improve commuting. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Best Workplaces for Commuters Program is open to Montgomery County employers who meet the National Standard of Excellence through offering at least one of the following benefits at each worksite:

• Tax-free transit passes
• Tax-free vanpool benefits
• Telecommuting, or
• Parking cash out, which allows employees to trade free parking for the cash equivalent
  

In addition, participating employers provide at least three other commuter benefits. Examples are:

• Shuttles to and from transit stations
• Ridesharing or carpool matching
• Preferred or reduced –cost parking for carpools and vanpools
• Compressed work schedules
• Facilities or financial assistance for biking or walking to work
• On-site amenities, such as a convenience store
• Employee commuting awards program

EPA and DOT provide public recognition and technical assistance. With the American Management Association and the Association for Commuter Transportation, they sponsor a training course to help Benefits Administrators and Human Resources professionals implement a Best Workplaces for Commuters Program.

For information on how to participate in the Best Workplaces for Commuters Program, contact Commuter Services at 301-770-POOL (7665).

2004 Best Workplaces for Commuters Metro Washington Campaign

Be recognized as one of the region’s Best Workplaces for Commuters.  Sign-Up Now!  Application deadline is August 16, 2004.

This fall, the Greater Washington Region’s Best Workplaces for Commuter Coalition will announce to local media organizations the region’s Best Workplaces for Commuters^SM.We want to add your company to this list, which will receive media attention throughout the region!

You may already qualify for this special recognition by offering your employees oustanding commuter benefits.Commuter Services staff can help you sign-up today.If you don’t yet qualify, Montgomery County offers a great way to get started with the Fare Share and Super Fare Share transit subsidy programs.

You can also visit www.bwc.gov and click on “Do I Qualify” to apply for the Best Workplaces for Commuters designation.

Take advantage of our special assistance.  Contact us today to sign-up for Best Workplaces for Commuters^SM and the Fare Share or Super Fare Share transit subsidy programs at 301-770-POOL (7665).  See our invitation letter and Get on the List flyer for details.

Employer Of The Month

Social & Scientific Systems (SSS) is an outstanding example of high-level commitment to nearly 300 employees in downtown Silver Spring. SSS provides Metrocheks, participates in the Super Fare Share transit subsidy program, offers telecommuting and flexible work schedules, sponsors annual transportation fairs, and continually educates staff about the benefits of commuting by transit. SSS also participates in the regional Guaranteed Ride Home program and Montgomery County's Bike to Work Day.

Silver Spring's robust growth and redevelopment -and its transit accessibility - drew Social & Scientific Systems to the business district, where this employee-owned corporation specializes in statistical research, clinical trials support, program monitoring and evaluation, meeting planning, graphic design, and network support.

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