In October, VPSI’s Orange, California team and Chris Turley, Employee Transportation Coordinator (ETC) at Los Angeles Air Force Base (LAAFB), partnered to provide an update on the changes to the Commute to Work (CTW) benefit. In anticipation of a benefit reduction from $230.00 to $125.00 per month, many vanpool participants were concerned about the CTW benefit going away all together.
Chris Turley, Employee Transportation Coordinator at LAAFB
Chris and the VPSI team took a pro-active approach by presenting facts about the CTW benefit, to clarify and avoid negative reactions. VPSI reminded the group that public vanpool subsidies would continue, and also discussed vanpool costs and van sizes to accurately break down passenger costs. They also demonstrated VPSI’s vRide ride matching website, which helps vanpool groups recruit new passengers and fill empty seats.
Nearly 50 vanpool participants attended the event, representing the 80 VPSI vanpools that commute daily to LAAFB and The Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, California. We certainly wouldn’t want 800 cars back on the California freeways and Chris Turley and Jean Ghianuly, ETC at The Aerospace Corporation, don’t want extra cars crowding their parking lots either.
Vanpool participants asked questions about the reduction in the CTW benefit and received additional support to prepare for the changes. Even with these changes, vanpooling is still a cost effective, time saving way to commute to work.
VPSI's Jim Appleby explains changes to the Commute to Work Benefit
Many thanks to Chris Turley, Jean Ghianuly, Jim Appleby, Mary Brackett, Lori Frausto, Michelle Isaac, Tracy McConnell and Debra Asbacher for a successful event.
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