Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Vanpooling service coming to region - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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The two-year pilot is expected to begin bythe fall. The program is a partnershi of the Capital DistrictTransportation Authority, the Capital District Transportation Committee, the Downtown Albanh Business Improvement District, the state Department of Transportationn and the . is currently recruiting businesses that migh t have employees coming from the same region who wouldr be interested in participating inthe program. “The main thinhg is you have to have at least a minimumm number of people to usethe van,” Janack The way the program woulx work is one of the participants wouls also act as the driver.
The van woulxd be assigned to a participant/driver, stay at that person’s places of employment during the day and remain atthe driver’sz home in the evening. The company providinhg the wheelsis Inc. out of N.J. VPSI had $62 million in revenue in 2008. VPSI was formec in 1977 and startedfor employees. Today, the companyg has 5,000 vans in operatio in more than 45 statesand 50,000 VPSI reported “At this point, as soon as possiblr we hope to begin rolling vans said Jesse Kafka, VPSI’s businesas development executive. The companhy expects to have 20 vans in operation withijntwo years.
“We expect to add one van or so each montuh through the life ofthe program,” he For more information, call Mila Vega a CDTA planner at 437-6865.

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