Best Workplaces for Commuters^SM is supported through a partnership between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Both agencies are working closely together to promote the program throughout the country.

EPA is taking a leadership role in the following areas:

• Providing public recognition to employers who meet the program's National Standard of Excellence.



• Working with supporters to develop successful regional/metro area campaigns.



• Developing a Web-based tool that will enable employers to assess the overall financial, environmental, and traffic impacts of their organization's commuter benefits.



• Developing promotional and informational materials for participating organizations.

DOT is taking a leadership role in the following areas:

• Offering expertise on transportation choices, services, and advanced transportation information systems and services.



• Contributing a network of established relationships with state transportation offices and transit companies.

EPA and DOT are working together in the following areas:

• Recruiting participants to join and support the program.



• Developing an American Management Association training course to help employee benefit managers implement commuter benefits.



• Providing technical assistance and resources to program participants.



• Creating opportunities for participants to network and exchange ideas about commuter benefit programs.

EPA and DOT jointly own the servicemark "Best Workplaces for Commuters^SM" and "Commuter Choice^®." For more information about the use of this servicemark, go to our servicemark page.

To contact the federal team of Best Workplaces for Commuters:

Call:
1-888-856-3131

E-mail: bwc@epa.gov

Write:
Best Workplaces for Commuters
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. (6406J)
Washington, DC 20460

Fax:
202 343-2803, Attention: Best Workplaces for Commuters