Transit-riding Bay Area workers to reap financial benefits from new anti-pollution rule - San Jose Mercury News: "Bay Area commuters who eschew the automobile in favor of a bus, van pool, train or bike could save hundreds of dollars a year under a new regional strategy to fight pollution and traffic gridlock.
Beginning Sept. 30, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District will require companies with 50 or more full-time workers to offer a benefit rewarding employees who don't drive alone to work. Tens of thousands of workers could reap the benefits.
Although cities such as Berkeley and San Francisco require that employers offer some form of commuter benefit, the Bay Area program would be the first mandated regional effort, and the largest in the nation -- making it a tall order to get compliance from the 9,600 employers covered by the rule."
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014
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