Congratulations
to the 2004 Diamond Award winners, our region's transportation
leaders.
• 2004 "Stories of Success" video–new!
• Diamond Award profiles (52 KB pdf file)
• Press release (Word file)
Nine local organizations and four individuals demonstrated extraordinary commitment and leadership in making wise use of our existing transportation resources in King County last year.
The
2004 Diamond Award winners kept our traffic moving by motivating their employees to ride or drive with someone else, take the bus, ride a bike, walk, telework, or compress their workweeks (see ideas for your worksite) .
Click
on the 2004 Diamond Award and Diamond Ring winners at right
for a look at the smart, effective commuting programs of these King County
employers, and watch our short video. Thank you also to this year's Pacesetters—for their outstanding commute trip reduction efforts.
In his
February 17, 2005 keynote
address at the Diamond Awards breakfast, King County Executive Ron Sims congratulated
the winners for their vision. Regional mobility is critical for a strong economy and an exceptional quality of life. Businesses prosper when employees, customers, freight, and support services travel with ease on our streets and highways. And people in our communities going about their daily lives benefit in countless ways when traffic flows smoothly.
Programs that reduce employee commute trips not only make our region
a better place to live, but also make good business sense by providing:
- Better ability to retain good employees
- Reduced
need for employee parking
- Less
employee stress
- Faster
delivery of goods and services
- Savings
on taxes
- A mobile
or virtual workforce in emergencies
- Public
recognition as a "good neighbor"
 Through the efforts of the Diamond Award-winning organizations and individuals, we all benefit from fewer cars on our roads, a cleaner environment, and a compelling vision of what we can accomplish by working together.
Find out how to be a winner and get ideas for your worksite.
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