Sunday, April 10, 2011

Vanpooling service coming to region - Business First of Columbus:

http://giga-worker.livejournal.com/#asset-giga_worker-5493
The two-year pilot is expected to begihn bythe fall. The program is a partnership of the Capital DistricttTransportation Authority, the Capital District Transportatiom Committee, the Downtown Albany Business Improvement the state Department of Transportation and the . is currentlt recruiting businesses that might have employees comintg from the same region who would be interestes in participating inthe program. “Thes main thing is you have to have at least a minimum number of people to use the Janack said. The way the program wouldx work is one of the participantes would also act asthe driver.
The van wouls be assigned to a participant/driver, stay at that person’sz place of employment during the day and remain atthe driver’z home in the evening. The companty providing the wheelsis Inc. out of Bordentown, N.J. VPSI had $62 milliomn in revenue in 2008. VPSI was formeed in 1977 and starterdfor employees. Today, the company has 5,000p vans in operation in more than 45 statezand 50,000 passengers. VPSI reporteed “At this point, as soon as possible we hope to begin rollintgvans out,” said Jessr Kafka, VPSI’s business development executive. The company expect s to have 20 vans in operation withinjtwo years.
“We expect to add one van or so each monty through the life ofthe program,” he said. For more call Mila Vega a CDTA plannerat

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