Van Pools Blog

VPSI’s Alice Lee-Cook will be hosting presentations on the benefits of vanpooling in January. If you commute to Overton Brooks VAMC, Fort Polk or Pueblo Chemical Depot, please stop in to see if vanpooling is a good fit for your commute.

Pueblo Chemical Depot
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 and Thursday, January 14, 2010
Time: 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Lunch break)
Location: Auditorium Bldg 6

The Pueblo Chemical Depot is located in southeastern Colorado, east of the City of Pueblo. The installation encompasses approximately 23,000 acres and includes a variety of buildings, structures and undeveloped areas. The depot’s mission is the safe, secure storage of the chemical weapons stockpile.

VPSI’s Vanpool program is now offered at Pueblo Chemical Depot. Federal employees are eligible to receive a monthly tax free allowance up to $230 month towards vanpool services. It is a month-to-month turnkey program which includes a commuter van, insurance, maintenance, road side assistance, loaner van, customer support service and a fuel card. Groups of 5-15 would share the ride from the same origin area and pick up others along the way. Contractors are welcome to join or start a new vanpool as well. Benefits will vary for contractors so check with your HR Dept.

Overton Brooks VAMC
Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Time: 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Location: Room 2W62

Overton Brooks VA Medical Center serves a population of over 131,000 veterans residing within its primary service area, which encompasses 15 northeast Texas counties, five southwestern Arkansas counties and 12 northwest Louisiana parishes.

OBVAMC launched their transit program (bus and vanpool) in mid-2009 and VPSI’s first vanpool group started a couple of months later. Parking is a challenge for both visitors and employees so a free parking spot is given to each vanpool vehicle. VA employees are eligible to receive a monthly tax free Transit allowance of up to $230 in a vanpool or bus service.

Fort Polk
Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010
Time: 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Location: CA conference Room

Thanks to the Mass Transportation Benefit Program, employees at Fort Polk are able to share a ride to reduce their impact on the environment. Two vanpools have been started at Fort Polk, one from Alexandria and another from DeRidder.

This U.S. Army Mass Transportation Benefit Program, signed into law April 2000 grants Department of Defense employees up to $230 a month to use qualified mode of transportation, which includes vanpooling.

Alice Lee-Cook
Business Development Executive, Western USA
281-463-9866
alice[dot]leecook[at]vpsiinc[dot]com

Tags: Alice Lee-Cook, Fort Polk, Overton Brooks VAMC, Pueblo Chemical Depot, vanpooling

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