{"256251":{"#nid":"256251","#data":{"type":"news","title":"PACE Awards Name Tech State Employer of the Year","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Parking and Transportation Services was honored this week with a PACE Award, winning the Government Champions\/State Employer category for its efforts toward creating sustainable and alternative transportation options for campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs many on campus know, Georgia Tech offers a variety of commute options and incentives, including a bus and trolley system around campus, connectivity to the Midtown MARTA station, discounted or free Zipcar and carpool matching systems, and a pre-tax payroll deduction option for monthly MARTA passes. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are extremely honored with the PACE award, but our department can\u0027t take all the credit,\u201d said Lance Lunsway, senior director for Parking and Transportation Services. \u201cIt really is a collaborative community achievement award for Georgia Tech and Midtown Alliance. Without those campus individuals using alternative transportation and without our partner, Midtown Transportation, we wouldn\u0027t be successful.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAside from its motor vehicle options, Tech\u2019s biking infrastructure may have been what put the department over the top as an award candidate. New bike racks and lanes and the Cycle Atlanta app developed by researchers in Civil and Environmental Engineering helped the campus earn recognition as a Silver-level Bicycle Friendly University by the League of American Cyclists, a distinction that was cited in the award nomination.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo explore Tech\u2019s various transportation options, visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/pts.gatech.edu\/ride\/alternative\/Pages\/alternative.aspx\u0022\u003EParking and Transportation Services website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInstitute honored for services and infrastructure that supports alternative transportation.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Institute honored for services and infrastructure that supports alternative transportation."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-11-20 15:14:41","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:25","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-11-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-11-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"213431":{"id":"213431","type":"image","title":"Buzz Rides a Bicycle","body":null,"created":"1449180076","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 22:01:16","changed":"1475894876","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:56","alt":"Buzz Rides a Bicycle","file":{"fid":"196990","name":"0624103-p45-14.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0624103-p45-14_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0624103-p45-14_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1470996,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/0624103-p45-14_0.jpg?itok=pDoMTyS6"}},"46054":{"id":"46054","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Trolley","body":null,"created":"1449174347","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:25:47","changed":"1475894409","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:09","alt":"Georgia Tech Trolley","file":{"fid":"190097","name":"tvo19917.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tvo19917_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tvo19917_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":16199,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tvo19917_0.jpg?itok=dKQohpgI"}}},"media_ids":["213431","46054"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/pts.gatech.edu\/","title":"Parking and Transportation Services"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"181","name":"alternative transportation"},{"id":"47071","name":"bikes"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"15611","name":"parking and transportation services"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:torise.young@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ETorise Young\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EParking and Transportation Services\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}