EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES
- Ask riders, as they board or leave transit, to say, “Thank you!” or “I appreciate you!” or “You’re the best!”
- Design a thank you card that can be downloaded by the public, signed and presented to transit employees
- Design a large thank you poster board and carry it around for riders to sign. Afterwards, leave it in break rooms
- Ask the public to post photos of themselves riding public transit and thanking transit employees
- Create a “thank you employees” banner and place it at a transit center or another busy area and ask riders to sign it
- Create a “thank you” social graphic and ask riders to share on their social networks
- Create a place on your website where the public can leave compliments for your employees, and then develop a way to share the compliments with employees
- Host an information fair promoting the opportunities and benefits of a public transportation career
- Ask a local celebrity to be part of an event/ceremony to talk about the great work done by your employees
- Have a local celebrity or your general manager make onboard announcements honoring National Transit Employee Appreciation Day
- Have special National Transit Employee Appreciation Day messages for voicmail, email, and electronic message boards
- Produce special buttons/stickers/t-shirts for all employees to wear
- Use destination headers to promote National Transit Employee Appreciation Day
- Produce a video in advance featuring riders thanking transit employees. (Example for MARTA on YouTube)
- Select employees from each division and get a photo and pull quote from them on why they like working in transit and post the collection on your website and social
INTERNAL ACTIVITIES
- Have your Board pass a National Transit Employee Appreciation Day proclamation
- Provide free meals in division offices for operators and staff
- Host roving town halls for GMs/CEOs to thank operators face-to-face in different division offices
