BRONZE CRITERIA
Complete at least one strategy for staff or students.
Staff-focused strategies:
- Conduct baseline commuter survey of school and administrative staff
- Express interest in offering transit benefits or alternative commuter benefits program
- Include transportation information (bike, walk, transit, rideshare) on intranet, bulletin boards, school website, etc.
- Distribute information about available transit benefits to all new hires and employees (e.g. flyer, email, etc.)
Student-focused strategy:
- Provide information about Kids Ride Free to all students and families
BRONZE PERKS
- goDCgo designation acknowledgment in newsletter
- Recognition at our Annual School Ambassador Awards
- Digital badge for online marketing use
- Continued support from goDCgo through our complimentary services: commute surveys, brochure ordering, and commuter benefits implementation support
SILVER CRITERIA
Complete required strategy plus one additional strategy for staff or students.
Required strategy:
- Designate a school transportation coordinator and share their contact information with goDCgo
Staff-focused strategies:
- Provide pre-tax transportation benefits for transit or vanpool use
- Meet with goDCgo School Services and develop a Sustainable Transportation Plan
- Set-up a permanent transportation information display and/or transit screens
- Host a transportation or benefits fair to promote commuter benefits
- Participate in the Capital Bikeshare Corporate Membership Program
- Install electric car charging station onsite
- Facilitate internal carpool or vanpool formation meetings
- Provide preferential parking for carpools or vanpools
- Provide bike racks or lockers
- Promote commuter transportation events like Bike to Work Day, Bus to Work Day, etc.
- Promote the Guaranteed Ride Home program
Student-focused strategies:
- Host student and family-focused transportation events like Bike to School Day and Walk to School Day
- Promote student and family-focused transportation events like Bike to School Day and Walk to School Day
SILVER PERKS
- goDCgo designation acknowledgment in newsletter
- Recognition at our Annual School Ambassador Awards
- Featured on goDCgo.com
- Digital badge for online marketing use
- Continued support from goDCgo through our complimentary services: commute surveys, brochure ordering, and commuter benefits implementation support
- Additional support with implementing Capital Bikeshare Membership Program, facilitating internal carpool/vanpool formation meetings, and hosting a transportation benefits fair
GOLD CRITERIA
Complete required Gold Level strategy and one additional Gold Level strategy (for staff or students) PLUS complete two additional Silver Level strategies.
Required strategy:
- Conduct an annual staff commute survey to track progress of sustainable transportation goals and plan
Staff-focused strategies:
- Have 20% or more staff participating in pre-tax transportation benefits
- Implement a parking fee but provide free or significantly discounted parking for carpools/ vanpools OR provide a parking ‘cashout’ option
- Supplement the Guaranteed Ride Home program with payment for additional trips
- Provide shuttle service to and from transit stations that staff can use
- Provide school staff free or discounted courses on how to learn to ride a bike
- Provide financial incentives for walking, biking, taking transit, or carpooling
- Provide a comprehensive walk or bike program (includes installing showers, bike racks/lockers, or providing financial incentives for bicycling/walking)
Student-focused strategies:
- Provide students free or discounted courses on how to learn to ride a bike
- Facilitate external carpool or ‘walkpool’ formation meetings for students and families
- Conduct travel surveys of students and families every two years
- Provide shuttle service to and from transit stations for students
GOLD PERKS
- goDCgo designation acknowledgment in newsletter
- Recognition at our Annual School Ambassador Awards
- Featured on goDCgo.com
- Digital badge for online marketing use
- Opportunity to be featured in a success story
- Social media support – including mentions, re-tweets and follows on all platforms
- Continued support from goDCgo through our complimentary services: commute surveys, brochure ordering, and commuter benefits implementation support
- Additional support with implementing a parking fee, doing annual commute survey, and conducting commuter travel surveys of students and families.
PLATINUM CRITERIA
Complete at least one required strategy.
- Implement three or more of the Gold Level sustainable transportation strategies AND complete three or more Silver Level strategies
- Achieve staff commuter benefit enrollment goal AND SOV reduction goal in your Sustainable Transportation Plan
PLATINUM PERKS
- goDCgo designation acknowledgment in newsletter
- Recognition at our Annual School Ambassador Awards
- Glass Ambassador Certificate
- Featured on goDCgo.com
- Digital badge for online marketing use
- Opportunity to be featured in a success story
- Opportunity to be featured in regionwide newsletter publication
- Social media support – including mentions, re-tweets and follows on all platforms
- Continued support from goDCgo through our complimentary services: commute surveys, brochure ordering, and commuter benefits implementation support
- Additional support to implement gold level strategies to maintain SOV reduction goals and commuter benefits enrollment rates
