Best Buy Receives Commuter Choice Award.Business Editors MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2001 In just one year, Best Buy Co., Inc. has begun a Travel Demand Management plan whose coordinator was named "Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year may refer to:
Sally Carlson-Bancroft, Best Buy Campus Transportation Coordinator, was named "Rookie of the Year" for actively developing and implementing ways to reduce traffic congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. and extend the company's commitment to Travel Demand Management (TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. ). Metro Commuter Services, a division of the Metropolitan Council, annually recognizes leadership in developing, implementing and supporting commuter transportation programs. Awards are based upon demonstrated innovation, variety of programs, number of participants involved in the program and commitment to commuter transportation options that decrease traffic congestion and improve the environment. Since hiring a full-time transportation coordinator May 1, 2001, the company has implemented transportation efforts including: issuing commuter checks, providing commuter information and in-house vanpool van·pool n. An arrangement by which commuters travel together in a van. tr. & intr.v. van·pooled, van·pool·ing, van·pools To transport or be transported in a vanpool. and carpool car·pool n. also car pool 1. An arrangement whereby several participants or their children travel together in one vehicle, the participants sharing the costs and often taking turns as the driver. 2. programs, preferential parking for carpools and vanpools, guaranteed ride home and flexible work hours. Nominated by the Golden Triangle Golden Triangle can refer to:
Best Buy is credited with: launching an internal transit benefits program where employees who ride a vanpool or bus at least three days a week receive $150 in commuter checks each quarter as a free benefit; actively participating in the Metro Commuter Services' RidePro program which allows on-site ride-matching services, registration of carpools and vanpools and printing of permits; holding commuter fairs at Best Buy; and researching and implementing additional ways to educate and incent in·cent tr.v. in·cent·ed, in·cent·ing, in·cents To incentivize: "would use tax breaks to incent corporations to invest in their future" Scott Canon. employees to share rides or look for alternative means of transportation. In the past year, there has been a three percent increase in the number of workers using an alternative commute TO COMMUTE. To substitute one punishment in the place of another. For example, if a man be sentenced to be hung, the executive may, in some states, commute his punishment to that of imprisonment. mode on a regular basis. Best Buy registers 147 car pools, four vanpools, with more forming over the next few months, and between 5-10 bikers a day during the biking season. "The achievements of Best Buy in just six months are a credit to our employees embracing alternative forms of transportation and working individually to achieve a better commute to work," said Sally Carlson-Bancroft, Best Buy Campus Transportation Coordinator. Best Buy will expand its TDM program when it moves to its new corporate campus at the end of 2002. The goal of the TDM plan is to reduce the number of single occupancy vehicles at peak travel periods by 6 to 10 percent. The design of the campus will make it easy and convenient for employees to take the bus or bike to work. Best Buy will create an incentive for its employees to use transit by offering its employees discount bus passes and flexible schedules. The company will offer preferential parking for car or vanpool users. About Best Buy Co., Inc. Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BBY BBY Best Buy (stock symbol) BBY Before Battle of Yavin (Star Wars) BBY BeBeyond (Chinese online community) ) is the nation's number one specialty retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers, entertainment software and appliances. The Company reaches consumers nationwide through its more than 400 retail stores located in 41 states and online at www.BestBuy.com. |
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