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
From left to right: Julie, Michelle, Mike, Sonya, Mary Ellen, Nelson
By Michelle, Pasadena, California
I would like to tell you about the best VPSI vanpool.
Our group has been together for about a year and a half. We commute 20 miles one way in the Southern California traffic. That means we can be in the van together between 30 and 70 minutes each way (depending on the day of the week and the weather). Our group has grown to be an extended family as we talk, nap or laugh all the way to and from work. We have even celebrated our vanpool anniversary, retirements, birthdays and holidays together as a family.
In May 2009 I had a seizure at home that prevented me from driving for six months. If not for vanpooling, I don’t know how I would have gotten to work everyday. When I was cleared by the DMV to drive again, my vanpoolers would casually make sure I drove out of the parking lot first, then follow me, just to make sure I was doing okay behind the wheel (no one told me this was happening for several months). Read More
The following post was written by Wendy Jonaitis from Queen Creek, Arizona. It was originally submitted to our iPhone contest, but it was so enjoyable that we had to share it with our readers.
I used to be a primary driver for our vanpool and every time that I would look in the the rear view mirror, I would see all of the riders’ eyes closed, each in a deep sleep. I would also think, “Man they really really trust me and my driving.” This would make me feel so good inside that I could have ten sleeping passengers and arrive to and from work safely.
Now that I am a passenger again it is my turn to do the sleeping.
By Alice Lee-Cook
Business Development Executive, Western USA
The Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (OBVAMC) is located in the northwestern corner of the state of Louisiana in Shreveport. It is a rural area with light traffic where commuting to work takes no more than 15-20 minutes. When OBVAMC launched the vanpool program in late 2009, one group readily joined the program to enjoy their free ride to work. As Chris Moore, the Driver/Coordinator of VPSI’s first vanpool at OBVAMC observed, “It is the best kept secret here and employees are slowly learning about it. We simply love it!” Currently, a couple new groups are in the works.
OBVAMC recently won three Green Globe Awards from the Green Building Initiative. To find out more visit here.
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