for Commuters from the Fortune 500 companies. This year, 133 companies employing more than 700,000 workers qualify for this list. The top 20 employers are ranked by the percentage of domestic employees who are eligible for commuter benefits, such as subsidized transit passes, telework, carpool programs, and emergency rides home.
EPA’s Top 20 workplaces are: 1. Intel; 2. Microsoft; 3. (tie) Google Inc.; 3. (tie) Oracle; 5. QUALCOMM; 6. Yahoo! Inc.; 7. Cisco Systems; 8. Sun Microsystems; 9. Texas Instruments; 10. Applied Materials, Inc.; 11. Safeco Insurance; 12. Reliant Energy; 13. Wyeth; 14. Apple; 15. IBM; 16. Advanced Micro Devices; 17. (tie) EMC Corporation; 17. (tie) El Paso Corporation; 17. (tie) NIKE, Inc.; and 20. Schering-Plough.
According to EPA, the congestion created from commuting to and from work causes 3.7 billion hours of lost productivity annually, costing employees 92 million work weeks, and the nation $63.1 billion in wasted time and fuel. For more information on Best Workplaces for Commuters visit online.
