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2009 “Best in Motion” Awards

January 6th, 2010 0 Comments

2009 best in motion awardsCommute Solutions partnered with the US Department of Transportation and the Houston-Galveston Area Council to recognize employers who participate in programs, such as Clean Cities/Clean Vehicles, Clean School Bus or Commute Solutions. Over 150 Houston-Galveston area corporations, organizations and local governments have implemented clean fleet policies and encourage their employees to use commute alternatives such as car pooling, teleworking, vanpooling or riding the bus.

The event recognized 45 Clean Air Champions, and two new companies were added to the Best Workplaces for Commuters list. VPSI received the “Best Vanpool Driver Safety Education Program” award. VPSI has over 340 vanpools in service in the Houston-Galveston area.

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VPSI’s Environmental Impact Statistics

November 9th, 2009 1 Comment

October 2009

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A Safety Message to all Vanpool Groups from VPSI

November 3rd, 2009 0 Comments

Andy Bawden

By Andy Bawden
VPSI’s Loss Prevention and Vanpool Safety Manager

Enclosed is the policy year 2009 – 2010 Insurance Identification card that replaces the card in your vanpool vehicle. While you are replacing this card please be sure that you have in your blue zippered bag the Important Vanpool Items that are listed below. If you are missing any of these items please contact your local VPSI office by calling 1-800-VAN-RIDE (826-7433).

Schedule a Safety Meeting with your vanpool group to review safe vanpool practices. All drivers and riders must respect the driver’s right to operate the van safely and without distractions. Here are some areas to review.

Important Vanpool Items
• Insurance ID Card
• Vehicle Registration
• Tire Gauge
• Volunteer Driver Guide
• CD-Rom Safety Video, The Vanpool Difference
• Preventive Maintenance Coupon Book (may be cabled to van)
• Fleet Response Accident/Incident Instructions
• Pen or pencil
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What does ACT stand for?

August 27th, 2009 0 Comments

This year’s ACT International Conference starts Sunday. It runs August 30 to September 2 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington DC.

Featured presentations include an overview of the MichiVan vanpool program by VPSI’s Angie Payne and a public policy council topic session by VPSI’s Jon Martz.

Find out more at www.actweb.org.

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The 2009 Commuter Challenge

May 7th, 2009 0 Comments

Commuter Challenge 2009

Some people need to be challenged…that’s why we created the Commuter Challenge! SEMCOG (SE Mich. Council of Govt.) along with all the transportation providers in the SE Michigan area are challenging you to try a new mode of transportation during May 11-22. You are invited to the kick-off event on Friday, May 8th from 11am-2pm at Cadillac Square (adjacent to Campus Martius Park). Fox 2′s Jackie Paige will MC the event and Fox 2 will cover the event live at 11:00 am.

MichiVan will be there with a van full of balloons. You guess how many balloons are in the van and you win a $50 fuel card. MichiVan will also have an event on Monday, May 11 to highlight the Commuter Challenge Carpool/Vanpool Day. Stop by Compuware’s plaza from 11am -1pm to pick a car from our swimming pool to win some great prizes! (Yes, similar to pick a duck at the fair!) Hope you can come by!

Click this link to log your alternate commute mode days. Alternate modes include carpool, vanpool, bus, bike, walk, telecommute & flex-time. This will automatically register you to win great prizes.

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