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Member Services
Employee Commute Options Survey - to save staff time
- Manage compliance reporting to satisfy DEQ's "Employee Commute Options Rule"
- Provide an online survey to report yearly employee travel behavior to DEQ
- Design your company transportation plan for DEQ
Oregon Tax Credits - to benefit financially by investing in transportation options
BETC program provides 35% tax credits for investment in programs that reduce auto trips to the workplace.
- Provide assistance in the application for Oregon Business Energy Tax Credits
- Membership dues in the WTA are eligible for BETC
Transit - to work seamlessly with TriMet
- Partner with TriMet to secure the most appropriate transit program for your company
- Partner with TriMet to improve transit service in Washington County
Vanpool management - to provide economical options for long-distance commuters
- Investigate subsidies for van expenses
- Organize riders and drivers at the workplace
Carpool - to offer employees a non-threatening way to share a ride and save money
- Promote CarpoolMatch NW among employees
- Advise onsite carpools
Advocacy
Employers' interests
- Represent the interests of members regarding DEQ compliance in auto trip reduction
- Represent the interests of members in securing Business Energy Tax Credits
Sustainable Transportation
- Advocate on the State and local level to promote transportation options that support economic development, conserve resources and provide equitable transportation for everyone
Community recognition
- Celebrate your company’s successes in Daily Journal of Commerce display ads in 2007 and on the WTA web site
Education
Carefree Commuter Challenge in July - to decrease drive-alone trips to work
- Manage a fun auto trip reduction event for all businesses in the Metro region
- Provide an effective program to help employer transportation coordinators be more effective
- Make employees eligible for prize drawings for reducing the drive-alone trips to work in July
Group presentations - to encourage employees to drive less
- Provide quarterly meetings and seminars for transportation coordinators to increase their knowledge and effectiveness
- Train transportation coordinators to carry out trip-reduction programs
- Provide on-site meetings with employees
- Promote the personal, economic and health benefits of reducing car trips
- Introduce company incentives
- Explain how to travel easily by transit, bike, foot, carpool and vanpool
- Present web and paper references to demystify transit, biking, carpooling
Please contact Executive Director Karen Frost to create a unique program for your company.
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Commute Strategies 
