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Special Edition Focus: CommuteInfo Vanpooling 101 Find a Better Way to Work or School & A Chance to Win a Gift Card The winners for July include a commuter who travels from Butler County to Monroeville, a newly registered carpooler, and a commuter who travels from Washington County into downtown Pittsburgh for work. Learn how you could be our next winner on our website! Detailed park-n-ride information added to CommuteInfo website Click here to check out the listing of park-n-ride facilities.
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Special Edition Focus: CommuteInfo Vanpooling 101 Did you know the first vanpools in Southwestern PA were actually started in the early 1970s? Vanpooling has a long history in our region. During times of major oil shortages there have even been times when over 200 vanpools were in operation. Currently 33 vanpools are in operation in the region, taking groups of commuters to and from work everyday. The CommuteInfo vanpools travel an average of 42 miles one way and almost all cross at least one county border on their travels.
Read the answers to some of the most common questions we are asked about vanpooling by clicking here. [ top ]
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We are always looking for community events or speaking opportunities where CommuteInfo can be represented – 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, commuting options are clearly an integral part of life for the region’s employers and workers. CommuteInfo is a program of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC), operated in partnership with transportation management associations, transportation providers, businesses and non-profit service organizations throughout Southwestern PA. Through the strong network of partnerships, the CommuteInfo program offers a wide range of ride-sharing services to employers and commuters within the region, including a toll free phone number for information requests and referrals, vanpool/carpool rider matching, transit/biking/walking resources as well as park and ride lot information. CommuteInfo serves commuters and employers in 10 counties, including Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington and Westmoreland. You have received this message because you have signed up for the e-newsletter on the CommuteInfo website. If you have received this in error or no longer wish to receive messages from CommuteInfo, please reply to this message with your unsubscribe request. Thanks again for your interest in commuting alternatives and CommuteInfo . . . a better way to work. |
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A commuter recently asked how the CommuteInfo program made a profit on the vanpools. The answer is that the program does not make a profit. The CommuteInfo program contracts with a third party provider, VPSI, who is responsible for the acquisition/maintenance of the vehicles, driver screening and selection and invoicing the groups. Because of federal program funding, CommuteInfo is able to help offset the fixed costs to the groups, in most cases by 50%. In addition, VPSI offers the groups the option of utilizing a gas card which can also be subsidized by the CommuteInfo program. 
