SAVE the DATE for THIS FRIDAY- SEPT 25: 7:45-9 AM
Think Global, it's Friday Event!
Million Mile Celebration! On Monday July 20th at approximately 6:42 AM our employees logged the millionth mile saved by not driving alone to the workplace since the start of the Work Trip Reduction Incentive Program on July 1st 2007.
That's to the moon and back, TWICE! Congratulations! To celebrate we will host morning coffee, juice & pastries on the Public Works patio. Mingle with your fellow commuters at this Think Global It's Friday event. Awards will be presented to some of our commuters for their dedication to sustainable transportation and consistently logging trips! Categories and winners to be announced at approximately 8:07 AM on Friday don't be late!
The effort you make to calendar your trips substantiates the benefits of our WorkTRIP program and is essential to its continued success. Please be sure to contact us if you have ideas to improve the program at 564-5385.
Introducing the new EMPLOYEE COMMUTE OPTIONS CHALLENGE!
We are pleased with the success of Work TRIP but we are ready to bring it to the next level and we need your help! The ECO Challenge is an opportunity for you to introduce your fellow coworkers to the program and their potential sustainable commute options.
To win the Employee Commute Options Challenge is easy! Just ask your fellow co-workers if they have heard about our commuter benefits. Direct them to the Work TRIP Portal site and help them register with Traffic Solutions. When they sign up and list you as a referral you win an ECO point! Top ECO point winners will be rewarded each quarter at the City's Think Globally, It's Friday event.
We encourage you and all employees to THINK GLOBALLY, IT'S FRIDAY every pay day Friday by not driving alone to the work place.
The Green Commute Challenge... All commutes entered by midnight Sunday are entered.
Every day you use and report an alternative commuting method you become eligible for a chance to win one of two taxable $50 cash cards for local merchants. This month's prizes arePaseo Nuevo gift certificates. Your chance of winning the weekly raffle (typically drawn on Monday for the previous work week) increases the more often you walk, bike, ride transit, vanpool, drive a Euro3 compliant scooter/motorcycle, or carpool.
Get ready to save some money, reduce your ecological impact and win some dough!
Go to MY TS-ONLINE to begin logging trips and immediately become eligible for the weekly contest.
City of Santa Barbara Work TRIP Benefits:
The compensations offered by Work TRIP to our employees are described below. In order to be eligible, employees must create an account here at TS Online and log trips monthly. Creation of a TS Online account, including full completion of survey,constitutes registration in the program.
- Enhanced carpool benefits including GreenRide Carpool Matching services and the use of a City vehicle for registered carpools;
- A generous vehicle use policy that allows Work TRIP participants who use alternative transportation for the journey to work to take a City fleet car for personal trips during the day.
- City owned bicycles for personal and work related trips throughout the day;
- Free MTD passes;
- 75% Transit subsidies for Coastal Express, Valley Express and Clean Air Express riders;
- 75% Vanpool subsidies;
- Preferential Carpool Parking;
- Flexible Work Schedules and a fixed 9/80 workweek;
- Guaranteed Ride Home;
- A weekly green commute contest offering a chance to win cash cards for commuters who leave their cars at home;
- Secure bicycle parking guarantees!
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