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Everybody into the Pool! (the Carpool, that is…)
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January 02, 2007 - Pittsburgh, PA; You live in a small town north of Pittsburgh and you work in the Airport Corridor. You’d like to carpool to work, but you don’t know anyone with the same commute. What do you do?
If you’re Rod Frisk, you register with the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission’s CommuteInfo program. CommuteInfo’s many services include matching people with others who want to be part of a vanpool or carpool.
Rod is an Administrative Law Judge for the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. At his Parkway Center office in Greentree, he adjudicates liquor code citations brought by the State Police.
“When I worked Downtown, there were a lot of people commuting from Ellwood City, Zelienople, and other places near where I live,” he says. “But when I started working here in Greentree, it was a different story. There aren’t so many people making that particular commute.”
For a while, Rod carpooled into the city and took a bus to Greentree—but that took a great deal of time. And, over the years, the vision impairment that keeps Rod from driving became worse, so taking the bus became difficult. He sometimes managed to find carpools by posting signs on office bulletin boards and networking with friends and colleagues, but transfers and retirements invariably sent him back to “square one.”Then Rod registered with CommuteInfo, and this spring a possible match was found, identifying a woman wanting to carpool to Greentree from Rod’s area. The woman found one rider on her own, and met Rod through CommuteInfo.
The three meet up each morning at the Park and Ride lot at the I-79 Evans City exit and together make the 35-minute trip to Greentree. “Most of the time we talk,” says Rod. “If everybody’s whipped at the end of the day, sometimes we’ll have the radio on—but mostly it’s conversation.”
That companionship, Rod believes, is an under-recognized benefit of ridesharing. He says, “A lot of people focus on the cost savings, and those are important—I hear that CommuteInfo sees a rise in registrations when gas prices go up. Ridesharing also saves wear and tear on cars, lets you use the HOV lane, and helps cut our dependency on fossil fuels.
“But I think it’s the give-and-take, the company, that matters most. You get to know people, and it makes the commute go quickly—a 35-minute ride can feel like 5 minutes. I hope CommuteInfo grows so more and more people can find matches. It’s a real win-win.”
CommuteInfo is a program of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission, operated in partnership with transportation management associations, transportation providers, businesses and non-profit service organizations throughout Southwestern PA. The CommuteInfo program is designed to serve commuters and employers as a clearinghouse for information about transit, carpooling, and vanpooling. The program serves employers and commuters in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, and Westmoreland counties.
For more information about CommuteInfo and commuter alternatives, please visit www.commuteinfo.org, or call toll free 1-888-819-6110. For more information, please call Lisa Kay Schweyer, SPC CommuteInfo Program Developer, at 412.391.5590 x375.
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Lisa Kay Schweyer
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Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
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02/09/07
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Work
This Couple Will Be Sharing Much More Than a Ride
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February 9, 2007 - Pittsburgh, PA; We’ve all heard of a match made in heaven, but a match made in a vanpool? That’s how it happened for one special couple. However, their story doesn’t start in a vanpool—it begins much earlier. As children, Heather and Mike attended the same church. They went to different schools, so they didn’t see each other very often over the next 20 years. Like most young people, they were busy with their own lives.
Jump ahead to 2003. Heather starts a new job in downtown Pittsburgh, and decides to make her life a little less hectic by riding in a vanpool to work. She doesn’t know it yet, but she’s about to become reacquainted with someone from her past, someone who would become a big part of her future.
Mike had already been riding the van for 3 years. He didn’t even recognize Heather her first day. Heather had remained active in the church and through that, got reacquainted with Mike’s family. Heather and Mike began sharing a seat on the van.
Over the years, as happens in many vanpools, the riders began sharing stories and got to know each other pretty well. Many became good friends, and in February of 2005, the group went out to celebrate Mike's birthday. Mike and Heather had such a great time together that they started dating. "We spend two hours a day commuting to and from downtown Pittsburgh. It's nice to be able to share that time together," Mike said.
Less than a year later, the couple became engaged and they were married on October 14, 2006. "I never expected to find my husband in the vanpool!" Heather said.
Believe it or not, this is not the first time this has happened. Over the 30 years the CommuteInfo vanpool program has been in existence there have been other marriages and many, many friendships formed.
CommuteInfo is a program of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission, operated in partnership with transportation management associations, transportation providers, businesses and non-profit service organizations throughout Southwestern PA. The CommuteInfo program is designed to serve commuters and employers as a clearinghouse for information about transit, carpooling, and vanpooling. The program serves employers and commuters in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, and Westmoreland counties.
For more information about CommuteInfo and commuter alternatives, please visit CommuteInfo, or call toll free 1-888-819-6110. For more information, please call Lisa Kay Schweyer, SPC CommuteInfo Program Developer, at 412.391.5590 x375.
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Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
(412) 391-5590 x375; lkschweyer@spcregion.org
For Immediate Release—
May 01, 2007
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PITTSBURGH— The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) wants all commuters to be aware of the commuting options available in Southwestern Pennsylvania by proclaiming May to be CommuteInfosm Commute Options Awareness Month.
“Ridesharing is an excellent alternative to driving alone,” said Jim Hassinger, SPC Executive Director. “CommuteInfosm Commute Options Awareness Month is a great time for commuters to learn more about not only ridesharing, but also transit, walking and biking—all the options available for today’s commuters.”
As gas prices steadily increase, many of us are looking for ways to save some money. Every day, approximately 78% of the region’s commuters drive alone to work. And, about 60% of the region’s workers travel outside of their resident municipality to their job. That can add up to lots of money spent on gas. Alternatives to driving alone, like carpooling, using public transit or biking to work, are just a few ways to lower your bill at the gas pump.
CommuteInfosm is a program of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission, operated in partnership with transportation management associations, transportation providers, businesses and non-profit service organizations throughout Southwestern PA. The CommuteInfosm program is designed to serve commuters and employers as a clearinghouse for information about transit, carpooling, and vanpooling. The program serves employers and commuters in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, and Westmoreland counties.
For more information about CommuteInfo and commuter alternatives, please visit www.commuteinfo.org, or call toll free 1-888-819-6110.
May also includes National Transportation Week, National Bike to Work Day, National Employee Health and Fitness Day, National Try Transit Week, and National Clean Air Week.
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The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) is the region's forum for collaboration, planning and public decision-making. As the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the ten-county region including the City of Pittsburgh and the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, and Westmoreland, SPC is responsible for planning and prioritizing the use of all state and federal transportation funds allocated to the region. As the Local Development District (LDD) and Economic Development District for Southwestern Pennsylvania (as designated by the U.S. Appalachian Regional Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce), SPC establishes regional economic development priorities and provides a wide range of public services to the region.
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The CommuteInfoSM Program:
A Program of the Southwestern Pennsylvania
Commission
Regional Enterprise Tower
425
Sixth Avenue, Suite 2500 * Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1852
1-888-819-6110
Send Comments To:
CommuteInfo@spcregion.org
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Lisa Kay Schweyer, CommuteInfo Program Developer
Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
(412) 391-5590 x375; lkschweyer@spcregion.org
For Immediate Release—
August 2, 2007
CommuteInfosm Announces On-Line Regional Park-n-Ride Inventory
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August 2, 2007 - Pittsburgh, PA; The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission’s CommuteInfosm website has now made detailed data sheets available in PDF format for park-n-ride facilities in Southwestern Pennsylvania. These data sheets allow visitors to get a sense of any given park-n-ride facility--its location, cost (if any), and amenities--all from the comfort of home.
“The on-line regional park-n-ride information is another way we can make it easier for commuters to find a better way to work,” said Jim Hassinger, SPC Executive Director. “Now commuters can log on to www.commuteinfo.org and find the most convenient park-n-ride anywhere in the region, whether they’re interested in taking transit or they want to find out which park-n-ride lots can be used for car- and vanpool parking.”
The park-n-ride data sheets include but are not limited to the following information:
Each data sheet also lists the following individual facility amenities where available:
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The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) is the region's forum for collaboration, planning and public decision-making. As the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the ten-county region including the City of Pittsburgh and the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, and Westmoreland, SPC is responsible for planning and prioritizing the use of all state and federal transportation funds allocated to the region. As the Local Development District (LDD) and Economic Development District for Southwestern Pennsylvania (as designated by the U.S. Appalachian Regional Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce), SPC establishes regional economic development priorities and provides a wide range of public services to the region.
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The CommuteInfoSM Program:
A Program of the Southwestern Pennsylvania
Commission
Regional Enterprise Tower
425
Sixth Avenue, Suite 2500 * Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1852
1-888-819-6110
Send Comments To:
CommuteInfo@spcregion.org
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Read Our Terms Of Use and Privacy Policy.
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