WASHINGTON -- Employee commuter benefits are winning companies praise from the Environmental Protection Agency.

The EPA has released a "Best Workplaces for Commuters" list, compiled from Fortune 500 companies.

Intel, Fannie Mae and Cisco Systems top the list.

The agency's honor roll is top-heavy with computer and energy businesses that emphasize telecommuting.

It rated companies on the benefits they offer commuting employees, such as $30 or more a month for commuting costs, emergency rides home for parents with children and shower or locker rooms for bike riders.

The EPA plans to compile the list each year.

It hopes to fight air pollution and save fuel by encouraging more companies to compete for top spots on its "Best Workplaces for Commuters" ranking of 20 Fortune 500 companies.

Companies that make the EPA list offer at least three different types of commuter benefits to 15 percent or more of their employees.

Companies can deduct up to $100 a month in commuting expenses they provide to each employee.

Workers do not have to treat the benefit as income.

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Top 20 Best Workplaces for Commuters
Rank	Company	Percentage of Eligible Employees
1	Intel	92%
2	Fannie Mae	78%
3	Cisco Systems	77%
4	USAA	65%
5	Sun Microsystems (tie)	60%
5	Oracle (tie)	60%
7	Advanced Micro Devices	59%
8	Texas Instruments	58%
9	Safeco	55%
10	EMC	54%
11	Hewlitt-Packard	53%
12	Apple Computer	51%
13	Devon Energy	49%
14	Nike	48%
15	Reliant Energy	45%
16	International Business Machines	44%
17	Wyeth	38%
18	Wellpoint Health Networks	37%
19	Dynegy	32%
20	El Paso	31%
Source: Environmental Protection Agency