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EOP Subsidizing Commute Trip Reduction Program

SEATTLE-With hope not only of reducing commutes but also of attracting and retaining tenants, Equity Office Properties is subsidizing the new program for employers in its Bank of America Tower. Employees in the building will be offered free bus passes, priority carpools, and other perks.

By Gina Binole | Updated on March 05, 2002

SEATTLE-Equity Office Properties is helping launch a new public-private commute trip reduction program by subsidizing the cost of free bus passes, priority carpools and other perks for the 3,500 employees working in its Bank of America Tower, Seattle’s tallest office building.

Details of the trip reduction program were unveiled today at the Bank of America Tower to the CEOs of companies located in the high-rise. The “Bank of America Tower Commute Option Program” is a partnership between King County Metro Transit, the City of Seattle, Downtown Seattle Association and Equity Office.

Metro has been working with large employers to reduce the number of employees driving alone to work. This new program gives the county a comprehensive program to meet the needs of worksites with multiple employers, such as Downtown high-rise office buildings, where an estimated 40,000 people are employed by firms not regulated by the state commute trip reduction laws.

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