CUTA Presents 2012 Corporate Leadership Awards

VICTORIA, May 29, 2012 /CNW/ - The winners of the 2012 Canadian Urban Transit Association Corporate Leadership Awards, one of Canada's most recognized awards competitions honoring excellence in public transit, were announced today at the CUTA Annual Conference in Victoria.

The awards honour the best and most innovative transit achievements in each of the following categories:

Environmental to celebrate businesses and transit systems whose activities enhance or protect the environment while meeting transit demands. The outcomes can include increased operational efficiency, cost savings and measurable environmental benefits.

Innovation to recognize transit innovations that break with conventional processes and extend beyond marginal improvements in products and services.

Marketing and Communications to recognize an exceptional development and implementation of marketing and communications initiatives pertaining to advertising, internal and external corporate communications and public relations.

Safety and Security to honour transit organizations for their commitment to enhancing the safety and security of transit employees and/or customers through the development and implementation of effective safety and/or security programs.

The 2012 Award Recipients are:

Environmental Category:
Coast Mountain Bus Company (Vancouver) - Waste Management program
Société de transport de Montréal - Renewal of the Bus Operations Supervisors' Fleet of Vehicles

Innovation Category:
The City of Selkirk (Manitoba) - Selkirk Transit
Société de transport de Laval - Clic : Car Pooling with Electric Vehicles
TransLink (Vancouver) - First North American Carbon Offset Initiative

Marketing and Communications Category:
BC Transit (Victoria) -Transit Hero Customer Engagement program
Brampton Transit - Newcomer Tours
Edmonton Transit System - ETS Concert in Motion campaign
GO Transit (Toronto) - Let GO Know campaign
OC Transpo (Ottawa) - Moving People and Count on Me campaign
Société de transport de Montréal - Every Employee Counts for STM - The CEO's Communications
York Region Transit - We Get Where You're Going campaign

Safety and Security Category:
Edmonton Transit System - Youth Violence Prevention Initiative
Toronto Transit Commission - Suicide Prevention campaign
A full list of recipients is available at: http://cutaactu.ca/en/eventsandawards/CorporateLeadership.asp

About CUTA

CUTA is the collective and influential voice of public transportation in Canada, dedicated to being at the centre of urban mobility issues with all orders of government, and delivering the highest value to its members and the communities they serve. CUTA is the national association representing public transit systems, suppliers to the industry, government agencies, individuals and related organizations in Canada.

Media Contact:
Grace Elasmar, Manager, Marketing and Communications, CUTA
Office: [phone] ext. 118; Cell: [phone]; email [email protected]