CUTA presents 2010 National Corporate Recognition Awards

TORONTO, May 21 /CNW/ - The Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) presented its Corporate Recognition Awards in Ottawa on Tuesday 18 May, 2010. The National Transit Corporate Recognition Awards are presented upon the recommendation of individual employees to recognize a major contribution or an outstanding achievement in the areas of Safety, Innovation and Outstanding Achievement/Exceptional Performance on behalf of the local transit organization.

This year's recipients are:

    
    Corporate Safety Award Winners:

    Calgary HandiBus Association - A Certificate of Recognition from Alberta
    Employment and Immigration
    Toronto Transit Commission - Work Safe - Home Safe Program

    Corporate Innovation Award Winners:

    Edmonton Transit System - E-Commerce Transit Loyalty Program
    OC Transpo - Driver's Seat Web Site
    Burlington Transit - Environmental Marketing
    Société de transport de Montréal - A collective Movement for Better Air
    GIRO -BidWeb Gives Operators more Control in the Bid Process

    Corporate Exceptional Performance / Outstanding Achievement Award
    Winners:

    WinnipegTransit System - Revolutionizing Transit Service in Winnipeg: The
    "Physical" and the "Virtual"
    MetroTransit - Halifax Regional Municipality - MetroX
    Bombardier Transportation - The Olympic Line: Vancouver's 2010 Streetcar
    Société de transport de Montréal - A High Performance Metro
    Edmonton Transit System - Seniors on the Go
    TransLink - Olympic Performance
    INIT, Innovations inTransportation Inc. - Exceptional System Performance
    during 2010 Winter Olympics
    TransLink and BC Transit - Successful Olympic Transportation Plan
    BC Transit - Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games Whistler
    

The recipients were selected by a national committee of transit professionals. CUTA congratulates all its winners for their outstanding contribution to public transit in Canada.

A full list of recipients is available at: http://www.cutaactu.ca/en/corporate_recognition_awards

CUTA is the national association representing public transit systems, suppliers to the industry, government agencies, individuals and related organizations in Canada.

For further information: Media Contact: Grace Elasmar, CUTA Communications Specialist, Tel.: [phone] ext. 118