Award Winners
The Annual Commuter Awards and 2010 SmartCommute Challenge Winners
On June 23rd we announced this year’s top commuters and big winners of the SmartCommute Challenge at the Golden Modes Annual Commuter Awards.
And the winners are…
The Golden Modes
The Wired Award - Awarded to organizations that support employees, provide resources and truly see teleworking as a part of their sustainability and commuter benefit programs.
- The UNC Faculty - Staff Office, UNC- Chapel Hill
- Red Hat
- IBM
- Honorable Mention - Center for Self-Help
The Golden Sneaker - Awarded to those who walk the walk and talk the talk; offer commuter benefits for those that chose this mode to commute; have worked to raise awareness or policies that affect pedestrians or are heavily involved in the pedestrian community
- Fleet Feet, Town of Chapel Hill
- Reed Huegerich, Town of Apex
- Terry Rekeweg, Triangle Transit
- Honorable mention - Julia Borbely-Brown, Center for Self-Help
The Golden Spoke - Awarded to champions of commuting by bike, offer top-tier facilities for their employees that cycle, or are heavily involved in the cyclist community.
- Bell Leadership Institute
- Spencer Quick, Affiliated Computer Systems
- REI of North Hills
- Peter Schubert, US EPA and Margaret Schubert, CATO Research
- Lanier Blum, Center for Self-Help
- Honorable mentions - Ken Kaye, Glaxo & Durham Bike Ped Advisory Commission; Steve Saltzman, Center for Self-Help; Malcolm White, Center for Self-Help; Norman Keul, Duke University
The Pool Party Award - Awarded to champions of ridesharing and organizations that offer top-tier benefits for their employees that rideshare.
- UNC Center for School Leadership Development, UNC-Chapel Hill
- Pfizer in Sanford
- Diglio Simoni, RTI International
- Ian Wilson, Burt’s Bees
The Golden Bus - Spotlights the best of the best in transit operators in the region.
- Chapel Hill Transit Operators
- Bonnie Baurle, Captial Area Transit (CAT)
- Mansur Wilson, Wolfline, North Carolina State University
- Annette Whitley, Cary Transit (C-Tran)
- Durham City Transit Company, Durham Area Transit Authority (DATA)
- Robin Hockaday, Triangle Transit
The Golden Ticket - Awarded to those that go above and beyond just riding the bus – they are THE transit expert, offer more than the bare minimum for subsidies or are heavily involved in transit awareness and the community.
- Silverback Asset Management
- Dr. Richard Bernhardt, North Carolina State University
- Wake County Government
- Rebecca Switzer, RTI International
- Deshawnda Worsley, AICPA
- Honorable mention - Liz Seaborn, Center for Self-Help
2010 SmartCommute Challenge
During this year’s Challenge over 10,000 Triangle residents pledged to change their commute either by riding their bikes, taking the bus, walking, ridesharing or teleworking. The 2010 SmartCommute Challenge results sheet shows the dedication of these folks and how their decision to take a different mode of transportation during the Challenge really made a difference on the air quality and congestion in the Triangle. It only takes one day!
Employer
Contest Winners
This year we raised the stakes for employers who signed up to participate in the SmartCommute Challenge. With 80% throughout the ENTIRE Challenge, we congratulate ICF International of Durham for their dedication to motivating their staff to be smart commuters!
Based on the percentage of employee participation in the Challenge these are our winners:
- Tier 1 (1 - 24 employees): Downtown Raleigh Alliance, 70% participation
- Tier 2 (25 - 99 employees): ICF International, 80% participation
- Tier 3 (100 - 199 employees): Cato Research, 37% participation
- Tier 4 (200 - 499 employees): Eisai, Inc, 30% participation
- Tier 5 (500 - 999 employees): NC Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), 31% participation
- Tier 6 (1000 - 1999 employees): Quintiles, 9% participation
- Tier 7 (2000 - 4999 employees): RTI International, 9% participation
- Tier 8 (5000+ employees): IBM, 13% participation
