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Massachusetts Excellence in Commuter Options (ECO) Awards
MassCommute, the Massachusetts Council of Transportation Management Associations (TMAs), and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, through MassRIDES, the statewide travel options program, support Massachusetts employers in their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through decreased drive-alone trips while encouraging employees to travel to work by transit, carpools, vanpools, by bicycling or walking, or through support of telework programs.
Annually, MassCommute and MassDOT recognizes employer's efforts toward making a more sustainable Massachusetts at the Massachusetts Excellence in Commuter Options (ECO) Awards.
What are the ECO Awards?
The annual Massachusetts ECO Awards are a celebration of the exemplary contributions in the field of Commuter Options that Massachusetts employers have made toward creating a more sustainable and healthier Commonwealth.
I'd like my company to participate. How do I get started?
Click here to take the survey.
What awards are presented?
All businesses are recognized in one of three categories:
Pacesetter: Pacesetter employers are TMA members or MassRIDES partners and offer four of the following transportation benefits programs to employees:
- Offer & promote the Statewide Ridematching system
- Designated Employee Transportation Coordinator
- On-site bicycle parking
- Flexible work schedules
- Hold one commuter transportation event per year
- Commuter information and transit schedules in a centralized location
- Commuter information in new hire packets
Leader: Leaders have achieved Pacesetter status, are TMA members (if located in a TMA service area), and offer three of the following additional transportation benefits programs:
- Guaranteed/Emergency Ride Home Program
- Commuter tax benefits (pre-tax)
- Transit or vanpool subsidy of up to 30%/month
- On-site amenities(food service, dry cleaning, ATM/bank, child care,news stand, or other relevant service)
- Showers and lockers for employees
- Bicycling/walking rewards programs
- Preferential vanpool or carpool parking spaces
- Discounted parking costs for carpools and vanpools
- Incentives to encourage employees to carpool or vanpool
- Actively promote the formation of vanpools at the worksite
- Offers discounted and preferential parking for electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles
- Subsidize eligible bicycle monthly expenses
- Provide a team for the Bay State Bike Week/MassCommuter Bike Challenge
- Provide bicycle or pedestrian safety workshops
- Provide on-site bicycle repair and/or maintenance (fix a flat) supplies
Pinnacle: Pinnacle employers have achieved Leader status and offer three of the additional transportation benefits:
- Transit or vanpool subsidy of over 30%/month
- Shuttles from transit stations, either employer-provided or through a local TMA or similar service provider
- Incentives to encourage employees to live closer to work
- Parking Cash-out (cash in lieu of an employer-provided parking spot of at least $20/ month
- Formalized telework program
- Subsidized membership in a carsharing program
- Secure bicycle parking (cage or lockers)
- EV charging on-site
- Subsidized bicycle sharing membership
Additionally, four Spotlight Awards are presented to employers whose efforts have resulted in outstanding accomplishments in each of the following categories:
Marketing Excellence – Recognizing an employer or institution for a creative approach and demonstrable results in a marketing campaign, including electronic, print, or special events, conducted during the last year, encouraging reduced single-occupant vehicle travel by employees.
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Leadership Excellence - Employer and Municipality – Recognizing an employer, institution, or individual and a municipality for outstanding contributions to the field of Transportation Demand Management in Massachusetts over time.
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Innovation Excellence – Recognizing an employer or institution for the design and implementation of transportation-related programs, during the last two years, that demonstrates innovative concepts or effective problem-solving techniques to reduced drive-alone travel to a worksite. This program should include demonstrable results and be adaptable for use by others.
I have questions, who can I contact?
MassCommute
David Kucharsky
917.921.5470
executivedirector@masscommute.com
MassRIDES
Becca Cyr
617.892.6084
rebecca.cyr@state.ma.us
Congrats to the 2011 ECO Awards Winners!
Pacesetter Award |
Leadership Award |
Pinnacle Award |
Booz Allen Hamilton
Boston University
Bristol Community College Attleboro
Cape Cod Commission/Barnstable County
Eastern Research Group
Fitchburg State University
Interprint, Inc.
Judge Baker Children’s Center
Marine Biological Laboratory
Mount Wachussett Community College
Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Smith College
Town of Brewster |
A Better City
Acushnet Company
Advanced Micro Devices
Allegro Microsystems, Inc.
Au Bon Pain
Axcelis Technologies, Inc.
Biogen Idec
BioMed Tenants
Bose
Boston Children’s Museum
Boston College
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
Bristol-Myers Squibb
CA Technologies
Cabot Corporation
CDM
Citizens Bank Dedham
City of Salem
City of Somerville
Computer Associates
Computershare
DRC
Eisai Inc.
Faulkner Hospital
Federal Aviation Administration
Fish & Richardson, P.C.
FLEXcon Company, Inc.
Foley Hoag LLP
Framingham State University
Hanover Insurance Group
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Hewlett Packard
HNTB Corporation
John Hancock
LTXC
Marshalls
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Massasoit Community College
MiddleOak
Middlesex Community College
MMPI/Boston Design Center
MWRA
National Development
NewBridge on the Charles
Nexamp, Inc.
NSTAR
Nutter, McClennan & Fish
OneBeacon Insurance Group
OSRAM SYLVANIA
Pembroke Real Estate
Pfizer - Andover
Phillips
Polycom Inc. Putnam Investments - Andover
Putnam Investments - Boston
Raytheon
Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel
Simmons College
State Street - Boston
State Street - Westwood
Sun Life Financial
The Westin Boston Waterfront
Thomson Reuters
TJX Companies
Tufts University
UMass Boston
UMass Memorial
Universal Technical Institute (UTI)
Verizon
Vicor
Waters Corporation |
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Amgen
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts - Boston
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts - Hingham
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts - Quincy
Boston Medical Center
Boston University Medical Campus
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
City of Cambridge
Commuter Choice Program, Harvard University
Cummings Properties
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Draper Laboratory
EMC
Emmanuel College
Genzyme Corporation
Hanscom Air Force Base
Jones Lang LaSalle
MASCO
Massachusetts General Hospital
Microsoft
Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company
MIT Parking and Transportation Office
Pfizer Research - Cambridge
Reebok
Staples
The Broad Institute
Tufts Health Plan
UMass Medical School
Volpe Center, US DOT |
