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CommuteInfo Commute Options Awareness Month
Throughout May there will be special events and activities planned to help promote alternative transportation options. The CommuteInfo program has also partnered with the Pittsburgh Pirates to Offer a “Triple Play”. In addition, a $25 credit toward a bus pass, vanpool fare or gas card (for carpoolers and/or bikepoolers) will be given to the 25th, 50th, 75th and 100th person to register with the program in May (which means completing a commuter profile). The already registered commuter who referred them will also get the same credit. The name of the person who made the referral must be included in the “other comments” section (in order to be eligible for the referral credit). Also, if you know someone or one of your employees who might be looking for an alternative to driving alone, then tell them about CommuteInfo and this great promotion! [ top ]
Commuting Options: Information & Resources Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority Introduces Get IT FREE Transit Offer Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority (MMVTA) is now offering a new program designed to help individuals who are currently unemployed or underemployed to better their position in today’s economy and workforce. The “Get an INTERVIEW. Get a RIDE. Get the JOB. Get 10 trips on US” program allows qualified Valley residents to ride the bus anywhere in the MMVTA service area, including downtown Pittsburgh when traveling to a job interview. “We have all been feeling the pain of today’s economic climate, and the MMVTA is committed to helping the communities and residents that it serves,” said MMVTA Executive Director Valerie Kissell. “The people of the Valley are the true reason we are here, and the MMVTA feels that this undertaking will make it a bit easier to travel to possible places of employment.”
“If the job interview that our services got you to leads to employment, the MMVTA will sweeten the deal by providing you with a free book of 10 trip tickets for travel on any of our routes,” said Chairman of the MMVTA Board of Directors Dr. Harry Miale. For more information on the “Get an INTERVIEW. Get a RIDE. Get the JOB. Get 10 trips on US.” campaign or to enroll for your free bus fare visit www.mmvta.com or call 724-489-0880. Several vanpool groups have seats available. You can view the entire list of vanpool groups by clicking here. The groups with the highest number of seats available are: Origin: Weirton, WV (Group V104) Origin: Canonsburg (Group V115) Origin: White Oak (Group V206) If your employees are interested in obtaining a complete list of vanpool groups that match their particular commute, encourage them to fill out a commuter profile today by visiting the CommuteInfo website at www.commuteinfo.org or by calling 1-888-819-6110. Your employees can join a vanpool group on either a full-time or part-time basis. Learn more about the vanpool program on the CommuteInfo website. Carpool Groups Looking for Riders Several registered carpool groups have seats available…this is just a sample, for a complete listing of carpools looking for riders, please click here: Origin: Tarentum (C1017) Origin: West Mifflin (C649) Origin: Weirton, WV (CD045) If your employees are interested in obtaining a complete list of carpool groups that match their particular commute, encourage them to fill out a commuter profile today by visiting the CommuteInfo website at www.commuteinfo.org or by calling 1-888-819-6110. Your employees can join a carpool group on either a full-time or part-time basis. Learn more about the carpool program on the CommuteInfo website. Bikepool Groups Looking for Riders Are your employees considering riding their bike to work? CommuteInfo can help them find a bikepool buddy. The process works the same way as finding someone to carpool with --- they just complete the commuter profile by visiting the CommuteInfo website at www.commuteinfo.org or by calling 1-888-819-6110 and we will send them a matchlist with other people interested in biking to work. Several registered bikepool groups are looking for participants…for the most up to date listing of bikepools looking for participants, please click here: Origin: Highland Park/East Liberty (Group A) Origin: Squirrel Hill (Group B) Origin: Squirrel Hill (Group C) To learn more about walking, teleworking, flextime or compressed work weeks, visit the “Other Options” page on the CommuteInfo website: http://www.commuteinfo.org/comm_options_other.shtml [ top ]
We are always looking for community events or speaking opportunities where the CommuteInfo staff and partners can present information about commuting options and learn about local commuting challenges of residents and businesses in your area. We are also interested in looking for article ideas for this e-newsletter – please email us with your ideas!
With approximately 60% of the Southwestern Pennsylvania region's 1.5 million workers traveling outside of their resident municipality to work each day, finding a better way to work is clearly an integral part of life for the region’s employers and workers. CommuteInfo is a program of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC), coordinated in partnership with transportation management associations, transportation providers, businesses and non-profit service organizations throughout Southwestern PA. The CommuteInfo program is designed to increase the number of people who use transit, vanpooling, carpooling or bikepooling to travel to work or school. The goal is for commuters living, working or attending school within the 10-county Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission region (including Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington and Westmoreland counties) to choose ridesharing at least twice a week by providing them with viable options, incentives and encouragement. CommuteInfo is also an information clearinghouse and resource center for commuters and employers.Check out previous e-newsletter editions by clicking here. Thanks again for your interest in commuting alternatives and CommuteInfo . . . a better way to work. |
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MMVTA will give those registering up to three complementary round trips for interview travel, and an extra bonus if an interview leads to a new job.
