Golden Pylon Awards 2010 - Part 4 Golden Pylon Awards event at the Grove in LA honors Southern California's best traffic reporters. Southland transit agencies handed out coveted Golden Pylon Awards Wednesday to the region's top traffic reporters. The awards honor the true-grit reporters whose on-air traffic talk keeps the region's traffic moving by promoting rideshare options such as carpool lanes, vanpools and public transportation. The Golden Pylon Awards is a traditional prelude to 2010 Rideshare Week, which begins Monday, Oct. 4. Rideshare Week is a statewide campaign to encourage thousands of commuters to 'share the ride' to help reduce traffic and smog. Currently 73 percent of commuters in the Los Angeles region drive alone to work. As if illuminating the region's huge traffic knot, gleaming Lucite trophies inscribed with a traffic cone pylon went to five reporters who report on the daily traffic grind for numerous broadcast outlets. And, the winners are: * Dona Dower, who began her broadcast career with Metro Traffic Control in 1982, reports traffic on KFRG, KNX 1070 and KBBY. * Jeff Baugh, a longtime traffic reporter appreciated by countless rush hour fans, helps Southern California motorists navigate their way through the clogged freeways of LA, Orange, and San Diego counties on KFWB * Nick Pagliochini, popular reporter broadcasts live traffic reports on KFI, KTMS, KDB, and KTIE * Dianna Olea, traffic reporter, currently monitors and reports on traffic conditions on KGGI, KTIE, KRLA and KJLL ...
LYNX Testimonials (Orlando, Florida) William talks about the benefits of being in a Vanpool program. The LYNX Vanpool Program is offered by LYNX-The Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority. WHAT IS THE LYNX VANPOOL PROGRAM? Make getting to work a group outing by using the LYNX Vanpool program. LYNX provides the van, the maintenance and the insurance. You provide the driver and passengers in a comfortable van equipped with many amenities. The Vanpool program offers tax benefits for employers and employees. Plus, individuals who participate in LYNX vanpools qualify for the "Emergency Ride Home" program offered by reThink and the Florida Department of Transportation.
Golden Pylon Awards - Part 5 Golden Pylon Awards event at the Grove in LA honors Southern California's best traffic reporters. Southland transit agencies handed out coveted Golden Pylon Awards Wednesday to the region's top traffic reporters. The awards honor the true-grit reporters whose on-air traffic talk keeps the region's traffic moving by promoting rideshare options such as carpool lanes, vanpools and public transportation. The Golden Pylon Awards is a traditional prelude to 2010 Rideshare Week, which begins Monday, Oct. 4. Rideshare Week is a statewide campaign to encourage thousands of commuters to 'share the ride' to help reduce traffic and smog. Currently 73 percent of commuters in the Los Angeles region drive alone to work. As if illuminating the region's huge traffic knot, gleaming Lucite trophies inscribed with a traffic cone pylon went to five reporters who report on the daily traffic grind for numerous broadcast outlets. And, the winners are: * Dona Dower, who began her broadcast career with Metro Traffic Control in 1982, reports traffic on KFRG, KNX 1070 and KBBY. * Jeff Baugh, a longtime traffic reporter appreciated by countless rush hour fans, helps Southern California motorists navigate their way through the clogged freeways of LA, Orange, and San Diego counties on KFWB * Nick Pagliochini, popular reporter broadcasts live traffic reports on KFI, KTMS, KDB, and KTIE * Dianna Olea, traffic reporter, currently monitors and reports on traffic conditions on KGGI, KTIE, KRLA and KJLL ...
Video Your Commute: Camille 1 SoCal Connectedsweb team gave video cameras to 5 commuters and had them document their journeys to and from work. Lorena is a nanny in Los Feliz and takes two trains and a bus, every evening, to get home to her own kids in Santa Ana. Larry drives for over an hour, every morning, from Silver Lake to Santa Monica in his SUV. Bjorn walks, Camille bikes, and Carlos van-pools to his job in the OC See how Southern California gridlock affects each of their lives.
Choices & Alternatives Commercial The Triad region is expected to grow by 15% over the next 10 years, which is like adding another Winston Salem to our current population. More people means more cars on the road, more traffic congestion, decreased parking availability and an impact on the air we breathe. Couple that with the fact that about 18% of a family's income goes to transportation costs; a number likely to increase as fuel prices continue to climb, toss in our continued dependence on foreign oil, energy security and the picture doesnt look good. You do have a choice! The Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation offers options for your commute. Visit for more information on buses, vanpools, carpools, telecommuting, biking and more. You do have a choice. So why not Save money, Relax and choose a brighter commuting future. Let PART be your transportation solution.
The Vanpool Solution As traffic congestion and the financial and environmental costs of commuting continue to rise, a once overlooked transit alternative has quietly become an effective option for many motorists: vanpooling. Sharing a commute through a vanpool reduces parking and fuel costs, allows access to HOV lanes, consumes fewer resources and is cheaper, more flexible and faster than other mass transit choices. Regional growth projections and travel patterns show there is a large undeveloped market in vanpool demand. Yet, expanding vanpools is typically not a priority as other, more inefficient transit modes are marketed and funded. Vanpools are not for everyone and they cannot effectively serve short, intra-city transit demand. Ridership figures, costs and market potential in the Puget Sound region however, show that vanpools are a successful and more efficient way to move long-distance, intercity commuters. Instead of spending more public money to connect cities with high speed rail, commuter rail, light rail and express bus services, policymakers should look to vanpools as the most efficient alternative.
Video Your Commute: Larry 6 SoCal Connected's web team gave video cameras to 5 commuters and had them document their journeys to and from work. Lorena is a nanny in Los Feliz and takes two trains and a bus, every evening, to get home to her own kids in Santa Ana. Larry drives for over an hour, every morning, from Silver Lake to Santa Monica in his SUV. Bjorn walks, Camille bikes, and Carlos van-pools to his job in the OC See how Southern California gridlock affects each of their lives.
Video Your Commute: Carlos 5 SoCal Connected's web team gave video cameras to 5 commuters and had them document their journeys to and from work. Lorena is a nanny in Los Feliz and takes two trains and a bus, every evening, to get home to her own kids in Santa Ana. Larry drives for over an hour, every morning, from Silver Lake to Santa Monica in his SUV. Bjorn walks, Camille bikes, and Carlos van-pools to his job in the OC See how Southern California gridlock affects each of their lives.
Let PART be your Transportation Solution The Triad region is expected to grow by 15% over the next few years, which is like adding another Winston Salem to our current population. More people means more cars on the road, more traffic congestion, decreased parking availability and an impact on the air we breathe. Couple that with the fact that about 18% of a family's income goes to transportation costs; a number likely to increase as fuel prices continue to climb, toss in our continued dependence on foreign oil, energy security and the picture doesnt look good. You do have a choice! The Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation offers options for your commute. Visit for more information on buses, vanpools, carpools, telecommuting, biking and more. You do have a choice. So why not Save money, Relax and choose a brighter commuting future. Let PART be your transportation solution.
Video Your Commute: Carlos 4 SoCal Connected's web team gave video cameras to 5 commuters and had them document their journeys to and from work. Lorena is a nanny in Los Feliz and takes two trains and a bus, every evening, to get home to her own kids in Santa Ana. Larry drives for over an hour, every morning, from Silver Lake to Santa Monica in his SUV. Bjorn walks, Camille bikes, and Carlos van-pools to his job in the OC See how Southern California gridlock affects each of their lives.
2010 SmartCommute Awards Car-ternatives Winners and attendees at the 2010 Annual Triangle Commuter and SmartCommute Awards discuss how they found alternative ways to get to work and reduce their carbon footprints. Popular methods include: biking, busing, carpools, and vanpools.
LMG Van Pools Lean Mean Green had a chance to catch up with Allen Feather from Van Pool company VPSI at the ACT International international conference and ask them about ride sharing with van pools
VTA Express Lanes The Santa Clara County, the heart of Silicon Valley, is recognized the world over for inventing and adopting revolutionary new ideas. With the introduction of the Express Lanes, we have the opportunity to apply our legendary technological know-how to address, and overcome, the challenge of traffic congestion in our community.
Why do you vanpool? Members of a MORPC vanpool share why they participate. Learn the benefits of vanpooling in Central Ohio! MORPC RideSolutions program promotes alternatives to driving alone - vanpools, carpools, transit, walking and cycling to work. RideSolutions goals are to reduce congestion in our region, save commuters on their fuel costs, and improve our environment.
Video Your Commute: Larry 1 SoCal Connected's web team gave video cameras to 5 commuters and had them document their journeys to and from work. Lorena is a nanny in Los Feliz and takes two trains and a bus, every evening, to get home to her own kids in Santa Ana. Larry drives for over an hour, every morning, from Silver Lake to Santa Monica in his SUV. Bjorn walks, Camille bikes, and Carlos van-pools to his job in the OC See how Southern California gridlock affects each of their lives.
Chevron Employees Save Energy With Vanpools In this audio slideshow, Angela Spinelli, a Chevron recruiter who volunteers to drive one of our vanpools, shares one of the additional benefits of the vanpool program. 'It becomes like a little family type thing,' she says of the co-workers who ride her vanpool.
Day 150 of 365 Things To Do In Edmonds, WA - Community Transit (Public Transportation) Since 1976, Community Transit has been committed to its mission of serving the public transportation needs of Snohomish County. With a long-term plan and a dedicated workforce, the agency has responded to the changing needs of our community to ensure that transportation options continue to be efficient and accessible. Efficiency Transit helps build the solution. We target our public funds to increase the functionality and efficiency of the roads on which we all travel. More than a million people along Highway 99 benefit from Community Transit's transportation options every year, whether they use our service or not. On I-5, each of Community Transit's 200 commuter buses eliminates about 40 cars from the interstate, helping to move commerce and reduce congestion. Community Transit provides bus service on 54 routes within Snohomish County and to downtown Seattle and the University of Washington. Every city in the county except Everett is part of Community Transit's Public Transportation Benefit Area (map). Community Transit History Community Transit began service Oct. 4, 1976, after voters in Lynnwood, Edmonds, Mountlake Terrace, Brier, Woodway, Marysville and Snohomish agreed to form their own local transit agency. With 18 leased GMC buses, Community Transit began serving seven routes in those communities. That first year, Community Transit buses provided 951200 rides. As one long-time driver recalled, the agency didn't have specific stops on routes back then. Drivers had ...
TransIT Services of Frederick County offers Financial Incentive for New Vanpools Vanpooling is an economical option for individuals commuting long and short distances. It is also good for the environment. TransIT Services of Frederick County provides a financial subsidy up to $500/month for new vanpools. A company can give vanpoolers up to $120 in tax-free transportation benefits each month.
Vanpools Provide Alternative for 'Solo' Commuters The 11Alive Commuter Dude rides with a group of people who vanpool from Gwinnett County to Buckhead every day.
Golden Pylon Awards 2010 - Part 3 Transportation officials at the Grove in LA honoring Southern California's best traffic reporters. Southland transit agencies handed out coveted Golden Pylon Awards Wednesday to the region's top traffic reporters. The awards honor the true-grit reporters whose on-air traffic talk keeps the region's traffic moving by promoting rideshare options such as carpool lanes, vanpools and public transportation. The Golden Pylon Awards is a traditional prelude to 2010 Rideshare Week, which begins Monday, Oct. 4. Rideshare Week is a statewide campaign to encourage thousands of commuters to 'share the ride' to help reduce traffic and smog. Currently 73 percent of commuters in the Los Angeles region drive alone to work. As if illuminating the region's huge traffic knot, gleaming Lucite trophies inscribed with a traffic cone pylon went to five reporters who report on the daily traffic grind for numerous broadcast outlets. And, the winners are: * Dona Dower, who began her broadcast career with Metro Traffic Control in 1982, reports traffic on KFRG, KNX 1070 and KBBY. * Jeff Baugh, a longtime traffic reporter appreciated by countless rush hour fans, helps Southern California motorists navigate their way through the clogged freeways of LA, Orange, and San Diego counties on KFWB * Nick Pagliochini, popular reporter broadcasts live traffic reports on KFI, KTMS, KDB, and KTIE * Dianna Olea, traffic reporter, currently monitors and reports on traffic conditions on KGGI, KTIE, KRLA and KJLL ...
Vanpools Are a Girl's Best Friend show a great video on how car or vanpooling can be fun.
Golden Pylon Awards 2010 - Part 2 Awards event at the Grove in LA honoring Southern California's best traffic reporters. Southland transit agencies handed out coveted Golden Pylon Awards Wednesday to the region's top traffic reporters. The awards honor the true-grit reporters whose on-air traffic talk keeps the region's traffic moving by promoting rideshare options such as carpool lanes, vanpools and public transportation. The Golden Pylon Awards is a traditional prelude to 2010 Rideshare Week, which begins Monday, Oct. 4. Rideshare Week is a statewide campaign to encourage thousands of commuters to 'share the ride' to help reduce traffic and smog. Currently 73 percent of commuters in the Los Angeles region drive alone to work. As if illuminating the region's huge traffic knot, gleaming Lucite trophies inscribed with a traffic cone pylon went to five reporters who report on the daily traffic grind for numerous broadcast outlets. And, the winners are: * Dona Dower, who began her broadcast career with Metro Traffic Control in 1982, reports traffic on KFRG, KNX 1070 and KBBY. * Jeff Baugh, a longtime traffic reporter appreciated by countless rush hour fans, helps Southern California motorists navigate their way through the clogged freeways of LA, Orange, and San Diego counties on KFWB * Nick Pagliochini, popular reporter broadcasts live traffic reports on KFI, KTMS, KDB, and KTIE * Dianna Olea, traffic reporter, currently monitors and reports on traffic conditions on KGGI, KTIE, KRLA and KJLL. * Denise Fondo ...
Jerry (Sheik) vs. Van (Fox) 3 pools
Jerry (Sheik) vs. Van (Fox) 2 pools
Metro Motion - Spring 2010 - Part 1 Cable television news program features public transportation in Los Angeles. In the Spring 2010 edition, Metro Motion reveals: How smart roads help us tame traffic; transit magicians who keep the trains and buses moving; bargain dining along the Metro Gold Line; beautiful old photos that are windows into LA history, plus lunching and talking with LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky at a famed (and delicious) deli near the Metro Red Line.
CATACOMMUTE Go green AND save money with CATACOMMUTE, a family of CATA services that includes Rideshare, Vanpools, Guaranteed Ride Home and Park & Ride. This short video will help you choose the right service for you.
Peninsula Traffic Congestion Relief Alliance 2009 Sustainable San Mateo County Award Winner. The mission of the Peninsula Traffic Congestion Relief Alliance is to reduce the number of single occupancy vehicles traveling in, to and through San Mateo County, reducing vehicle emissions resulting in improved air quality. Since 2000, the Alliance has reached more and more commuters through a diverse host of programs. More than 5000 individuals have participated in carpools or vanpools and 17000 have tried public transit through the Alliances Try Transit program. In 2008 alone, the Alliances shuttles carried roughly 430000 passengers on its 19 shuttle bus routes, connecting commuters to/from BART and Caltrain stations to their places of employment. Nearly 300 employers representing 103000 employees actively support Alliances programs. Video producer: Rick Bacigalupi,
State Street TTOP - Curbside Running Way with HOV This video represents a curbside running way for high occupancy vehicles (HOV), which includes carpools and vanpools (both shown as purple vehicles), bus rapid transit (BRT) vehicles, and right-turn vehicles on State Street between 23rd Street and Collister Drive. The State Street Primary bus rapid transit (BRT) vehicle traverses westbound from 23rd Street to Collister Drive with stops at 23rd Street, 30th Street, Veterans Memorial Parkway, and Collister Drive. On the return trip, the Eagle Foothills West Direct BRT vehicle is illustrated travelling eastbound to 23rd Street with one stop 30th Street. This video was developed using the traffic microsimulation software, VISSIM.
Madison Park Apartments-Vancouver Apartments View these Vancouver Apartments on : At Madison Park you're close to I-5 and I-205 and C-TRAN operates 135 buses and van pools. There are also a number of express routes into Portland's downtown. Enjoy it all from your casa verde at Madison Park. Stroll its private landscaped walkways or take a dip in the pool or work out in the new fitness center.
Overview of Vanpool Program
My Choice, People Mover TV Spot tv commercial i coordinated summer 2010
Video Your Commute: Camille 4 SoCal Connected's web team gave video cameras to 5 commuters and had them document their journeys to and from work. Lorena is a nanny in Los Feliz and takes two trains and a bus, every evening, to get home to her own kids in Santa Ana. Larry drives for over an hour, every morning, from Silver Lake to Santa Monica in his SUV. Bjorn walks, Camille bikes, and Carlos van-pools to his job in the OC See how Southern California gridlock affects each of their lives.
Triad Today - Mark Kirstner Mark Kirstner, PART Senior Transportation Planner discusses the benefits of vanpools.
Van-pools_Blog.wmv Van- gets mentioned on CBS's The Early Show on 2/26/11
Metro Matters: STAR vans Every wonder how to start a van pool? Metro talks about the new Star Van pool service.
Triad Today - Detra Strickland A discussion about the advantages of vanpools.
Triad Today - Chantale Wesley - Vanpools Chantale talks about vanpools.
Video Your Commute: Carlos 7 SoCal Connected's web team gave video cameras to 5 commuters and had them document their journeys to and from work. Lorena is a nanny in Los Feliz and takes two trains and a bus, every evening, to get home to her own kids in Santa Ana. Larry drives for over an hour, every morning, from Silver Lake to Santa Monica in his SUV. Bjorn walks, Camille bikes, and Carlos van-pools to his job in the OC See how Southern California gridlock affects each of their lives.
Video Your Commute: Larry 2 SoCal Connected's web team gave video cameras to 5 commuters and had them document their journeys to and from work. Lorena is a nanny in Los Feliz and takes two trains and a bus, every evening, to get home to her own kids in Santa Ana. Larry drives for over an hour, every morning, from Silver Lake to Santa Monica in his SUV. Bjorn walks, Camille bikes, and Carlos van-pools to his job in the OC See how Southern California gridlock affects each of their lives.
How Electronic Tolling Works on SR 167 SR 167 HOT lanes are HOV lanes that provide toll-free express trips for buses, vanpools, carpools of two or more and motorcycles, while giving solo drivers the option to pay for a faster, more reliable trip when they need it the most. To use the HOT lanes solo drivers must open a Good To Go! electronic toll account and attach a Pass to the inside of their windshield. Watch this video to learn how to use the HOT lanes. Find more information at www.wsdot.wa.gov/goodtogo/.
Los Angeles Metro ExpressLanes Metro ExpressLanes is a pilot, one-year demonstration program overseen by Metro, Caltrans and several other mobility partners that have joined forces to develop a package of solutions to improve traffic flow and provide enhanced travel options on the I-10 and I-110 Freeways in Los Angeles County. The solution package includes the introduction of congestion pricing by converting High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes to High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes; the improvement of transit service and other alternatives to driving; the updating of transit facilities; and the implementation of a more effective parking management system in downtown Los Angeles. Metro ExpressLanes features include: Conversion of the I-10 El Monte Busway HOV lanes (I-605 to Alameda St.) to HOT lanes Conversion of the I-110 Harbor Transitway HOV lanes (Artesia Transit Center to Adams Blvd.) to HOT lanes 59 new alternative fuel expansion buses and operating subsidy for the demo period El Monte Station Expansion New Transit Station at Patsaouras Plaza Harbor Transitway Park & Ride Upgrades Metrolink Pomona Station Expansion Transit Signal Priority Expanded in Downtown LA 100 New Metro Vanpools New expansion bicycle lockers at the Artesia Transit Center & bicycle station at El Monte Station Express Park New Bus Maintenance Facility in Downtown LA Budget - $290 million Construction begins: 2011 I do NOT own this video. Source:
ACUPCC Video Competition: Cal Poly Pomona Cal Poly Pomona, Going Green!
InstructorLed: Rideshare: a safe and convenient way to commute through the operation of carpools, vanpools and Park & Ride lots. http://ow.ly/4FXmR
portlandafoot: Just told a Clark Cty friend about C-Tran's ridiculously cheap vanpools - PDX's best-kept transportation secret, IMO. http://bit.ly/exuQjJ
march_arb: #Gasprices have caused a spike in the free vanpools on base. http://ow.ly/4Honp How has the increase affected your commute?