Tysons Companies Named Best Workplaces For Commuters

MCLEAN, VA—It shouldn't come as a surprise that the McLean/Tysons area is well represented on the "Best Workplace for Commuters in 2018" list. Three sites and nine workplaces are among 225 nationwide that made the list.

The list recognizes companies that meet the program's National Standard of Excellence. To make the list, workplaces must have at least 14 percent of employees who do not drive alone to and from work within a one-year period. It is created annually by the Florida-based program Best Workplaces for Commuters, managed by the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida.

Workplaces from McLean and Tysons include:

• Booz Allen Hamilton
• Capital Automotive Real Estate Services, Inc.
• Creative Systems and Consulting
• Farm Credit Administration
• Gabriel Marketing Group
• H2 CFO
• Merritt Group
• The MITRE Corporation
• Upskill

Best sites offering valuable commuter information include:

• Access Tysons
• The Corporate Office Centre at Tysons II
• Towers Crescent

Employers must submit an online application annually to qualify and show how they "provide employees with access to commuter-friendly programs, such as discounted transit passes, telework, secure bicycle storage, and emergency ride home programs," Julie Bond, Program Manager for Best Workplaces for Commuters and Senior Researcher at the Center for Urban Transportation Research, said.

With four Metro stations in Tysons, the emphasis on commuter-friendly programs for employees makes sense. Best Workplaces highlights The MITRE Corporation as an example of this. When the new Silver Line stations opened in 2014, the company began offering employees a $30 per month transit subsidy on top of the $50 Metro SmarTrip fare card incentive offered through Fairfax County government.

"Not only are these employers changing how America commutes, they know that it makes good business sense to provide commuter programs to employees," Bond said.

By Patch editor Cameron Luttrell

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