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The Data are In…
Best Workplaces for Commuters gets Results!
April 13, 2006
April 26, 2006
Robin Snyder, U.S. EPA
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Background aka “Back Story”
• Number of miles traveled has tripled to
nearly 3 trillion miles/yr
• Cars burn about 8.5 million barrels of
oil/day, 42% of total consumption
• Passenger vehicles are a major source of
smog
• Cars are responsible for a billion metric
tons of CO2 annually
• Vast majority of commuters drive alone
• The future: drive-alone commuting will
add 43 MMT CO2 per year beginning in
2012
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BWC Program Indicators Overview
• 2001-2005 Progress (Sept ’05 cut-off)
• 1,443 employers have received the
BWC designation
• >300 BWC Network members
• 89 Fortune 500 companies
• 2.1% of US workforce receive BWC
benefits (working at ~.02% of the nation’s
employers)
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National Program Growth
• Employers:
– # of BWC employers grew by 25% in ’05
– # of employees covered grew by 40% in ’05 to
nearly 3 million
– 389 million gallons of fuel saved; 3.4 million metric
tons of CO2 reduced (cumulative)
• Districts:
– Grew from 12 districts to 20 in ‘05
– # of employees in districts grew by more than 100%
in ’05
– 31 million gallons of fuel saved per year
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Environmental Achievements
Date
Commuters
working for Best
Workplaces for
Commuters
Employers
Metric Tons
CO2
Reduced
Tons
NOx
Reduced
Tons VOCs
Reduced
Gallons of
Gasoline Reduced
Dollars Saved*
360,000
165,000
400
200
18,745,000
$18,745,000
2,800,000
1,459,000
4,000
2,000
165,801,000
$364,775,000
3,428,000
9,200
5,000
389,431,000
$733,930,000
September 2001
September 2005
Total/Cumulative
*Dollars saved based on the average of the monthly gas prices for each fiscal year.
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Snapshot: Houston-Galveston
• Houston-Galveston Area Council
• BWC implementation as part of the State
Implementation Plan Voluntary Measures
• August ’05 – 3rd annual list release included
nearly 80 employers covering 245,000
employees
• Houston-Galveston has:
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Reduced 112,000 metric tons of CO2
Reduced 300 tons of NOx
Saved >12 million gallons of fuel
Saved $28 million in fuel costs
Reduced drive-alone commuting by 266 million miles
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BWC Commuter Benefits Reduce SOV
Commuting
EPA 2004 survey conclusions:
• BWC is responsible for a 15% shift from drive-alone
commuting to transit, vanpools, and carpools among
employees working for BWC employers.
• Contractors and temporary employees working at BWC
worksites had a drive-alone rate 7% less than expected.
Note: Employee and contractor/temp commuting behavior at
BWC companies was compared to average commuting behavior for
all commuters working in the same zip codes.
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Snapshot: Hacienda Business Park
(CA)
• >450 employers, 17,500 employees, and 3,500
residents
• Free transit, rideshare resources & amenities, cycling
and pedestrian accommodations, ERH, etc.
• Residents & commuters receive commuter benefits
• Hacienda has:
– Reduced 8,000 metric tons of CO2
– Reduced 22 tons of NOx
– Saved 900,000 gallons of gasoline
– Saved $2 million in fuel costs
– Reduced SOV-commuting by 19 million miles
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Commuter Benefits & the Bottom Line
Depending on location & type of parking space, a single
parking space can cost as much as $30,000 to build – and
thousands more to maintain annually.
• Emory University:
– estimates construction costs for parking at $12,100 to
$18,900 per space
– provides annual transit passes @ $297/employee/year
• Walt Disney Co.
– saved more than $2 million in construction costs through
ridesharing to reduce the size of employee garage
• IBM:
– 25,000 employees work from home
– Company saves $95 million - $190 million/year on 9.5
million square feet in office space not needed
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Business Case: Tax and Cost Savings
Salary Increase vs. Transit Subsidy Monthly Comparison
Employer Cost Comparison
Salary Increase Transit Subsidy
Initial Cost
FICA Cost (7.65%)
Parking Space Operational Costs
Corporate Inc. Tax Savings (40%)
Net Employer Cost/ Month
$50.00
$4.00
$50.00
-$41.60
$62.40
$50.00
$0.00
$0.00
-$20.00
$30.00
Employee Benefit Comparison
Salary Increase Transit Subsidy
Initial Benefit
FICA Cost (7.65%)
Federal Income Tax (28 %)
State Income Tax (6 %)
Net Employee Benefit/ Month
$50.00
-$4.00
-$14.00
-$3.00
$29.00
* Parking Cost data from International Parking Institute 2004
$50.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$50.00
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Snapshot: Tucson, Arizona
• In 2003, Tucson launched its first BWC list
release
• Currently, over 45,000 employees covered by
BWC benefits (= 10% of the Greater Tucson
area’s workforce)
• Tucson has:
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Reduced 20,000 metric tons of CO2
Reduced 55 tons of NOx
Saved 2.3 million gallons of gasoline
Saved $5 million in fuel costs
Reduced drive-alone commuting by 49 million miles
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Program Trends
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BWCs from the Fortune 500 Companies
• F500 companies employ ~24 million
employees in the US -- 20% of the US
workforce
• Represent some of the most successful and
well-known companies in the nation……viewed
as market leaders
• National List Releases in 2004 and 2005
recognized 89 companies with almost 600,000
employees covered by BWC benefits
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Best Workplaces for Commuters
from the FORTUNE 500 Companies
2004
2005
183,000
275,000
NOx Reduced (tons
per year)
500
738
Fuel Savings
(gallons per year)
21 million
31 million
Dollar Savings
$38 million
$69 million
Vehicle Miles
Traveled (VMT)
Reduced per year
435 million
650 million
Environmental
Results
CO2 Reduced
(metric tons per
year)
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2005 F500 – BWC Top 20
Rank
Company
%
US
W/F
Rank
Company
%
US
W/F
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Intel
92%
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EMC
51%
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QualCOMM
87%
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Boeing
50%
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Oracle
87%
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Devon Energy
49%
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Sun Microsystems
84%
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El Paso
49%
5
Microsoft
83%
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Nike
49%
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Cisco Systems
65%
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Hewlett-Packard
46%
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Texas Instruments
65%
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IBM
45%
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Advanced Micro Devices
64%
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Reliant Energy
45%
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Anadarko Petroleum
61%
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Wyeth
44%
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Safeco Insurance
53%
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Apple Computer
42%
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Snapshot: Intel
• Ranked #1 on the list of Best Workplaces for
Commuters from the Fortune 500 Companies
in 2004 and 2005
• Provides BWC-level benefits to 90% of its
48,000 US employees
• Intel has:
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Reduced 20,000 metric tons of CO2
Reduced 53 tons of NOx
Saved 2.2 million gallons of gasoline
Saved $5 million in fuel costs
Reduced 47 million drive-alone commuting miles
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BWC Targets Sectors
• Colleges & Universities: a focus for 2005 (and beyond)
– By 2016, campus employment is expected to grow by
almost 30%
– EPA messaging and outreach emphasizes parking
challenges, congestion issues & promotes BWC designation
– In the first 9 months of 2005, outreach resulted in 14 new
BWCs employing 150,000 employees
• Other Sectors are Demonstrating Strong Participation in BWC.
– Information Technology
– Federal, State, Local and Regional Governments
– Healthcare
– Financial Services
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Snapshot: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Commuter benefits offered to 28,000 employees.
• Includes free bus passes, subsidized vanpools, park and ride
lots, preferred vanpool parking, and electric bicycle recharging
stations.
• Commuter benefits have helped avoid construction of more
than 1,300 parking spaces, saving nearly $17 million.
• U of M has:
– Reduced 12,800 metric tons of CO2
– Reduced 34 tons of NOx
– Saved 1.5 million gallons of gasoline
– Saved $3 million in fuel costs
– Reduced 30.5 million drive-alone commuting miles
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BWC Commuter Districts
• Corporate and industrial business parks, shopping malls,
business improvement districts, downtown commercial areas,
etc.
• 3rd party provides benefits to all commuters
• Helps property managers attract and retain tenants, charge
competitive rents, maintain better tenant relationships
• 20 BWC districts currently represent 600,000 commuters, an
increase of 65% since January ’05
• Partnership with International Downtown Association – world
leader and champion of vital and livable urban centers
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Snapshot: Downtown Minneapolis BWC District
• 83,000 commuters
• Carpools and vanpools receive significantly reduced
parking rates
• One of the most comprehensive bicycle lane systems of
any city, incorporates strategic use of bike racks and
enclosed lockers
• Downtown Minneapolis has:
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Reduced 38,000 metric tons of CO2
Reduced 102 tons of NOx
Saved 4.3 million gallons of gasoline
Saved $9.5 million in fuel costs
Reduced 90 million drive-alone commuting miles
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The BWC Network –
Committed to the Value of Commuter Benefits
• >300 individuals and organizations in 78 major metropolitan
areas with a combined total population of 150 million
• 39 states and 124 counties
• National, state, regional, local organizations such as:
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Federal, State & Local governments
TMAs/TMOs/Metropolitan planning organizations
Rideshare organizations
Transit agencies
Environmental organizations
Private/public sector employers
On-line toolkits, calendar of events, technical resources, etc.
Teleconferences featuring TDM and community experts
Peer-to-peer matching and networking opportunities
Running the 2006 RACE TO EXCELLENCE!
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Snapshot: Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston, TX)
• Commuter benefits package includes bus passes, vanpool
vouchers, carpool allowance, shuttles, bike racks, and two
different ERH programs
• Program helps retain and recruit employees
• Over 20% employee participation
• Texas Children’s Hospital has:
– Reduced 2,800 metric tons of CO2
– Reduced 8 tons of NOx
– Saved 318,000 gallons of gasoline
– Saved $700,000 in fuel costs
– Reduced 6.6 million drive-alone commuting miles
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BWC Approach Validated by TRB Study*
• A recent Transportation Research Board study found
that when employers provide commuter benefits, transit
agencies see a 10-60 percent increase in ridership
• In most cases, over 80 percent of new riders previously drove
alone to work.
• Increased transit use also comes from existing transit riders.
Up to 35 percent reported increasing their use of transit for
commuting.
• In areas with high transit ridership, commuters report
increasing use of transit for non-commute trips as well.
*Analyzing the Effectiveness of Commuter Benefits Programs, Final Report, Transit
Cooperative Research Program, Transportation Research Board, National
Research Council, April 2005
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MORE: BWC Approach Validated by TRB Study
• Employer-Paid Transit Benefits Increase Transit Ridership More
Than Employee-Paid Pre-Tax Benefits
– Employer-paid programs are easier for employees to understand
and may be easier to access
– Employee-paid requires more of a commitment from the
commuter (part of paycheck is set aside for transit), so it might
support increased use of transit by existing transit riders, while
employer-paid programs may encourage new riders.
– Efficacy of employer-paid benefits was confirmed thru research in
Philadelphia and Portland; increase in transit ridership produced
by employer-paid benefits significantly greater (than that
produced by employee-paid benefits).
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BWC is Making A Significant
Difference
• Best Workplaces for Commuters has reduced more than
3 million metric tons of CO2 and saved over 370 million
gallons of fuel – the most significant fuel conservation of
any voluntary program in EPA’s transportation portfolio.
• Over the next decade, BWC will achieve annual
reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that exceed 30
million tons while reducing annual fuel consumption by
U.S. commuters by more than 3.4 billion gallons
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To Receive a Copy of the BWC Progress Report:
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