Thursday, March 17, 2011

Vanpooling service coming to region - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The two-year pilot is expected to begib bythe fall. The progra m is a partnership of the Capital DistrictTransportation Authority, the Capital District Transportationb Committee, the Downtown Albany Business Improvement the state Department of Transportation and the . is currentl recruiting businesses that mighf have employees coming from the same region who would be interested in participating inthe “The main thing is you have to have at leasft a minimum number of people to use the Janack said.
The way the program would work is one of the participantsa would also act as the The van would be assigned to a stay atthat person’s place of employment during the day and remain at the driver’d home in the evening. The companh providing the wheelsis Inc. out of N.J. VPSI had $62 million in revenu e in 2008. VPSI was formed in 1977 and startedfor Today, the company has 5,000 vans in operatiobn in more than 45 states and 50,000 passengers. VPSI reported “At this as soon as possible we hope to begin rollingvans out,” said Jesse Kafka, VPSI’s business development executive. The company expects to have 20 vans in operation withintwo years.
“We expecrt to add one van or so each mont h through the life ofthe program,” he For more information, call Mila Vega a CDTA plannert at 437-6865.

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