From left to right: Grand Prize Winner Rhonda (Guenther) Nickle, VPSI’s Dawn Mayfield and SRP's Transportation Coordinator Juana Hernandez posing in front of SRP's Information Systems Building.
VPSI completed customer satisfaction surveys for 2009 in December. We surveyed three important customer groups; drivers, riders and influencers. As an incentive to complete the surveys we held a giveaway prize contest for all respondents.
From the group of drivers and riders, three prize winners were randomly drawn. The grand prize was a wide screen HDTV. From the group of influencers, eight winners were randomly chosen to receive prizes. Read More
Oh the woes of traffic, congestion and commuting! Forbes did a nice write-up on the best and worst cities for commuters. To help eliminate frustrations with cost, Forbes also listed out ways to save on traveling and featured vanpooling (and VPSI!) as an alternative.
Did your city make either list? Best cities for commuters include Tucson, Pittsburgh and Tulsa. Those unfortunately commuting in cities like Los Angeles, Houston and Dallas would probably agree with Forbes decision to put them on the worst list.
As a vanpooler, you’ve likely got more time to appreciate the scenery, rather than worry about merging and dodging potholes. And while trees, mountains and the late-afternoon sun are certainly worthy of contemplation, you might also consider the paved pathways that lead between work and home. Here are 5 things you might not have known about America’s network of roads, highways and freeways:
1. Although concrete and asphalt paving had been around for several decades, the first paved road intended for automobiles was constructed in Detroit in 1908.
2. The first coast-to-coast route was mapped in 1913 and dubbed the Lincoln Highway by a private entrepreneur who intended to promote travel along the road for commercial gain. It stretched between New York and San Francisco. Most of the route is still drivable today.
3. The Pennsylvania Turnpike is considered an early model of the freeway and its first section opened in 1940.
4. The Interstate system of freeways didn’t exist until President Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956. Kansas claims a stretch of I-70 is the first section of the system.
5. There are about 45,000 miles of Interstate highways in the 48 contiguous states. Alaska and Hawaii have Interstate routes, but of course, none connect with other U.S. Interstate routes, so rather than “I” names, the routes have “A” names: “A1,” “A2,” etc., in Alaska and “H” names in Hawaii.
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