B&A Receives National Designation as one of the Best Workplaces for Commuters in 2018

McLean, VA – June 19, 2018 – Bart & Associates, Inc. (B&A) has been named one of the Best Workplaces for Commuters in 2018 for offering exceptional employee-provided commuter benefits that meet the National Standard of Excellence criteria.

“B&A is on the cutting edge of a national movement,” said Julie Bond, Program Manager, Best Workplaces for Commuters. “They have listened to their employees’ challenges with traffic congestion and their concerns over reducing emissions. By offering a range of commuter benefits such as subsiding bus fares, carpooling programs and access to Emergency Ride Home programs, B&A gives its employees the support they need to get to and from work so they can be at their best. These benefits are good for the company and its employees.”

B&A is among a select group of workplaces in the United States that have committed to employee-provided commuter benefits that result in at least 14 percent of their employee base not driving alone to work within a 12-month period. B&A offers employees several commuter benefit options, including:

“We take immense pride in receiving our 2018 Best Workplaces for Commuters national designation,” said Jonathan Evans, President and CEO of B&A. “Our employer-paid commuter benefit program reflects our commitment to our people and has helped us recruit quality talent, experience lower turnover, and foster a highly collaborative environment. I have found that the Best Workplaces for Commuters program is good for our company and good for our people.”

The Best Workplaces for Commuters program offers designated organizations access to a range of support services to assess and promote non-driving commuting of employees, including organizational assessment and implementation tool-kits, web-based tools and webinars, staff training, and information exchange.

The Best Workplaces for Commuters program offers designated organizations access to a range of support services to assess and promote non-driving commuting of employees, including organizational assessment and implementation tool-kits, web-based tools and webinars, staff training, and information exchange.

Founded in 1988, Bart & Associates, Inc. (B&A) is headquartered in McLean, VA and is a leading information technology systems integrator providing solutions through six primary service offerings: Agile Delivery, SAP, Legacy Systems Modernization, Oracle, PeopleSoft, and Certified Cloud Hosting.

Our services span strategic, enterprise, application, and technical infrastructure, including customized and Commercial-Off-The-Shelf applications. We are managed to Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI®) Level 3 for Services, IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL®), International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (9001, 20000, 27000), and Agile best practices.

Visit the company website at www.bna-inc.com for more information.

Best Workplaces for Commuters is the national authority on recognizing and assisting workplaces that provide exceptional commuter benefits to employees. More than a recognition program, Best Workplaces for Commuters program provides support needed to create, sustain an employee-provided commuter benefit program, including online assessment tools, advisory services, case studies, tool-kits, web-based tools, webinars and training. Best Workplaces for Commuters represents over 200 workplaces with Best Workplaces for Commuters designation representing over 734,000 employees.

The Best Workplaces for Commuters program is managed by the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at the University of South Florida with support from the National Center for Transit Research (NCTR) and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). For more information: http://www.bestworkplaces.org/

The Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) (https://www.cutr.usf.edu/) at the University of South Florida, established in 1988, is an internationally recognized resource for policymakers, transportation professionals and the public. CUTR provides high quality, objective expertise in the form of insightful research, in-depth policy analysis, comprehensive training and education and effective technical assistance that translates directly into benefits for CUTR’s project sponsors. CUTR’s faculty of 38 full-time researchers and 79 students, combines academic knowledge and extensive “real world” experience in developing innovative, implementable solutions for all modes of transportation. The multidisciplinary research faculty includes experts in economics, planning, engineering, public policy and geography. CUTR receives over $19 million per year in contracts and grants to support its research, education, training and technical assistance missions. CUTR also is the home for the National Center for Transit Research and the National Bus Rapid Transit Institute.