January 26th, 2010 0 Comments
VPSI celebrated a Vanpool Driver Appreciation Day at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR). About 46 representatives from current vanpool groups and the transportation team attended to enjoy pizza and soda.
WSMR, located 45 miles north of El Paso, Texas, launched its program a year ago with three vanpool groups. Since then, it has grown to 30 vans, with three new starts planned in December.
The WSMR vanpool program contributes to a monthly fuel savings of $45,493, reducing 186 tons of CO2 emissions and eliminating 6,287 commute trips from the roads. Read More
Tags: Appreciation, day, driver, Jeff Henning, Josetta Leyva, saving, Transportation, Vanpool, WSMR
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July 9th, 2009 2 Comments
Jeff Henning, President of VPSI, offered the following statement regarding introduction of ‘Green Routes to Work’ legislation by Congressman Earl Blumenauer:
‘I want to thank Congressman Blumenauer and offer my full support for ‘Green Routes to Work’; this legislation will help get people out of their cars and into alternative forms of transportation. I am very pleased to see that this legislation includes a provision that would reinstate the vanpool investment tax.
Under the Federal Energy Tax Act of 1978, a 10 percent investment tax credit was approved for employers who established vanpools. From 1975 to 1985, over 24,000 commuter vanpools were placed into service. Large employers, e.g. 3M, Conoco, Texaco, Pennzoil, Arco, Hartford Insurance, Schering Plough, Boeing, Aramco, Arizona Public Service, TVA, Chrysler, Cargill, Northrop, Shell, Ford, and McDonnell Douglas, acquired fleets of vans to transport their employees to and from work.
The vanpool investment tax credit expired in 1986 and was not extended. Since its expiration, the number of vanpools nationwide has decreased to half the size of its peak, however, recent spikes in gas prices have caused a rapid growth in demand for vanpool services illustrating that American workers are willing to use alternative forms of transportation if the pricing threshold is right. Read More
Tags: CO2 emissions, Congressman, Earl Blumenauer, expired, Federal Energy Tax Act of 1978, Green Routes to Work, Jeff Henning, president, vanpool investment tax
Posted in Green Employee Benefits, Interviews and Experts, Sustainable Transportation | 2 Comments »
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