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VPSI Heads to Phoenix for the 2011 IFMA Conference
November 3rd, 2011 0 CommentsBy Don Jenkins
VPSI Business Development Executive
Don Jenkins at the VPSI table.
VPSI sent Business Development Representatives Don Jenkins and Ryan Howard to this year’s International Facility Management Association’s (IFMA) World Workplace Conference and Expo, held in Phoenix, Arizona, October 26-28. Although it involved some early morning flights, the trip was well worth the effort.
The event was truly international. We had around 200 people visit our booth and got to meet people from the UK, Malaysia, Canada, Mexico and Nigeria as well as from most of the US states.
Ryan Howard representing VPSI.
While we were too busy working our booth to attend the educational sessions, we did hear many positive comments regarding the speakers and the topics covered. There were many tours that the attendees could attend, including a tour of Chase Field, the baseball stadium for the Arizona Diamondbacks! The people were all very nice and the weather couldn’t have been better.
At the end of the 2 day expo, we conducted our drawing to give away a gift card for an Apple iPad2 and the winner was Charlie Redmond with URS from Colorado. Congratulations Charlie!
Charlie Redmond receives his gift card for an Apple iPad2.
Environmental Impact at a Glance: October 2011
November 1st, 2011 0 CommentsDuring October 2011, 5,770 VPSI vanpools logged more than $10 million in fuel savings and freed up 38,910 parking spaces. Here are the month’s environmental-impact statistics:
Happy Halloween to You (and Your Car)
October 28th, 2011 1 CommentHappy Halloween Friday, everyone! Here are some of the most creative dress-ups we could find for all of your vehicular costume party needs. We hope these ideas will spark your creativity and make your Monday commute a little more fun.
Have a great Halloween everybody!
The limb disappearing into the mouth is a nice touch.
Doesn’t this turtle look like it could float? ...Wait…it’s a Bug, not a turtle.
It could be Beetlejuice’s car…but why is there a karate master in the back seat?
If Dracula lived in a car, this would be it.
Anchor’s away?
Is this a skeleton or James Carville? Get it? “Car”ville. Hahahahahahaha…
The all new Nissan Dragon. Available now for only $199 a month for 27 months…
Last…and least. For all of you lazy, and shameless ones out there…
Report: Highway and Bridge Tolls Rising Across the Nation
October 13th, 2011 0 CommentsAs if today’s gas prices aren’t high enough.
USA Today ran a story this week detailing the rising cost of tolls across the nation. According to the story, tolls are rising – even doubling in some cases – because of dwindling federal funds for highway and bridge maintenance.
As a result of the shrinking appropriations, states are being forced to raise their own money to keep up their highways and byways.
Would a rise in tolls cause you to change your commute? If so, how?
Click here to see how your state compares to others around the country.
Possible Changes to Your Commute-to-Work Benefits
October 13th, 2011 0 CommentsBy Jon Martz
VPSI’s Vice President, Government Relations
Jon Martz
You and many of your fellow vanpoolers have been fortunate to take advantage of the $230/month transit-vanpool benefit provided by Congress in the “Bush-Middle Class Tax Cuts.” In December of 2010, Congress extended this commute-to-work benefit for one additional year (continuing to match the monthly amount allowed for parking expenses).
Unless Congress acts within the next two months, the transit-vanpool portion of the commuter benefit will be reduced nearly in half to $120/month, effective January 1 2012.
The VPSI, Inc. staff is working closely with a coalition of public agencies, transit operators, private businesses, benefit providers and concerned citizens to support maintaining these commuter benefits. We encourage you to visit www.CommuterBenefitsWorkforUs.com to learn more about the efforts being made to maintain your commuter benefits at their present levels.
Please feel free to pass this message along to your fellow vanpoolers. I am sure they will be interested in the status of the legislation and other issues affecting their commute-to-work benefits.
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