[Durham INC] Durham Receives Alternative Transportation Options for Employees Honor

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy Blalock

Sr. Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 11253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at DurhamNC.gov

 

 

 

 

For Immediate Release: July 25, 2011

 

 

 

Durham Receives Honor for Alternative Transportation Options for
Employees 

 

DURHAM, N.C. - The City of Durham was recently recognized for
outstanding alternative transportation efforts at the Annual Triangle
Commuter Awards event held by the area GoTriangle Transportation Demand
Management Coordination Program. 

 

The City of Durham received commuting honors for its efforts to promote
alternative transportation among its employees, which includes free
transit service on the Durham Area Transit Authority (DATA) and the Bull
City Connector as well as bike racks, compressed work weeks, and
teleworking. Durham was also recognized for having the highest
percentage of employees participating in the SmartCommute Challenge for
an entity with 2,000 to 4,999 employees.

 

Two Durham residents also received the Golden Spokes Award as champions
of bicycle commuting and leaders in the cycling community. Scott Carter,
chair of the Durham Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (BPAC),
averages more than 4,000 bike miles per year riding from his home in
southern Durham to IBM. Jack Warman, a former member of BPAC, commutes
daily from Durham to Morrisville and is involved in several efforts to
strengthen the bicycle community in Durham, such as writing for the 
www.BikeWalkDurham.org website.

 

The Golden Mode Awards recognize transportation initiatives that
contribute to local efforts to reduce emissions, traffic congestion, and
single occupancy. For more information on GoTriangle, visit 
www.GoTriangle.org. 

 

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