Van Pools Blog

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