Best Workplaces for Commuters^SM Servicemark

EPA owns the term Best Workplaces for Commuters^SM and is in the process of registering the trademark. The small "SM" after "Commuters" stands for "Service Mark", which means that the mark applies to a service rather than a product which would use the more common "TM" instead.

Use of the term by an employer is restricted to those employers that meet the requirements for being a Best Workplaces for Commuters^SM. Other entities may use the term Best Workplaces for Commuters^SM for referring to the program and to the qualifying employers.

Commuter Choice® is being retired and may not be used without permission of the owner of the trademark (U.S. EPA and U.S. DOT). The term Commuter Choice® continues to be owned by the U.S. government with the intent to allow its use widely as long as it describes activities that educate about and/or promote a wide range of ways to get to work other than driving alone. If you are unsure whether your proposed use of the term fits within this context, or if you wish to use the term in another context, then you should contact us.

One of the benefits of joining the Best Workplaces for Commuters^SM program is that partners are entitled to call themselves Best Workplaces for Commuters^SM. The term Best Workplaces for Commuters^SM is reserved specifically for those employers that meet the National Standard of Excellence for the provision of commuter benefits to their employees. This term distinguishes an employer that has been accepted as a Best Workplaces for Commuters^SM partner and ranks among the top one percent of all employers in the provision of commuter benefits. Employers who meet this standard are encouraged to use the term Best Workplaces for Commuters^SM in want ads, recruitment efforts, articles, press releases, and other communications.

Please note the proper use of the term Best Workplaces for Commuters^SM: each word is capitalized, except the "for"; "Workplaces" is plural and one word; and the servicemark should occur in superscript after the word "Commuters".