August 20th, 2010 0 Comments
Sunrise over Texas
The above photo was submitted to our Photos Taken From the Road contest. Unfortunately, we couldn’t award everyone an iPad for their photos, but we can feature honorable mentions like the one above, submitted by Marsha in Clear Lake, Texas. Her vanpool meets at 6:40 a.m. and occasionally get what she calls a “breathtaking true Texas Sunrise.”
For the next couple of weeks, we’ll be featuring some of the top photos submitted to the contest, so be on the lookout for more of our favorite photos from commuters around the country.
Tags: Clear Lake, sunrise, Texas
Posted in Commuting, Riders and Drivers, Vanpool | No Comments »
August 17th, 2010 0 Comments
Rensselaer Technology Park
On Tuesday, August 10, VPSI’s Jesse Kafka gave a presentation on vanpooling to interested commuters working at the Rensselaer Technology Park (RTP) in North Greenbush, NY. Home to more than 2,400 employees working at the site’s tenant employers, RTP is a project of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is located just across the Hudson River from New York’s capital, Albany.
As a site focused on developing new technologies, RTP was chosen to host the event, including the promotion of a free trial week of vanpooling to any interested group willing to try the program. Please see the following links for media coverage of the event:
Times Union, “Cooperative Commuting”
News 10, “Vanpooling offers capital region commuters another option”
YNN: Your News Now, “Vanpool available for working commuters”
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Tags: Capital District Vanpool Pilot Program, New York State Department of Transportation, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Renssalaer Technology Park
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August 9th, 2010 3 Comments
Our VA vanpool started six years ago. Five brave souls willing to try giving up the independence of our personal vehicles and share a ride with strangers, in an effort to save money. Word spread through the VA hospital where we worked and our eight passenger van was soon full.
We started an alternate rider list, calling the alternates when one of the regular riders was on vacation or sick leave. The waiting list grew and our vanpool separated into two vanpools. Over the next six years our vanpool was responsible for helping to start six other vanpools through word of mouth. The original three vanpools at our VA has expanded to 22 and is growing. Read More
Tags: benefits of vanpooling, Cheryl Tyler, Information Security Officer, James A. Haley, Medical Center, VA, Vanpool, Veterans Affairs
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