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Learn about van pooling

June 5, 2008 by Frank Girard · Leave a Comment 

Car pooling….van pooling…what’s the difference? Frankly, I don’t know. When I think of van pooling, I first just think of a big van with everyone sharing in the cost. I also think of a group of people jointly paying a commercial limousine service to haul them to work. Car pooling, van pooling, any kind of vehicle pooling is just a downright good idea with the high price for gas!

Here’s some related articles about van pooling:

Pumping Up Your Employees: No Rah-Rah, Just Help With Gas

There has been an increase in the use of van pools, car pooling, and even riding bikes and walking to work has increased. (I saw a guy the other day riding a bike who was so large you know he would not normally ride. But there he was, …

The difficulty of getting riders into the pool

telecommuting, ride sharing and van pooling. He made a similar pitch to business, starting with board members at the Maine State Chamber of Commerce. But it’s going to take more than some prodding from the …

Your Driving Costs- More reasons to Vanpool!

… get from point A to point B and places in between, the brochure offers tips for saving money and even budgeting for vacation. Click here for a link to the brochure, more of a reason to van pool. http://www.aaapublicaffairs.com.main.

Car Van Pooling

Car van pooling is the practice of sharing a vehicle either a car or a van among many people, usually while going to work. It is also known as car sharing, ride sharing or lift sharing. Car van pooling is popular among the office goers …

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Car pooling- why not now?

June 5, 2008 by Frank Girard · Leave a Comment 

I don’t know about you but as I keep seeing the price of gas rise, I keeping thinking about finally getting serious about car pooling. Some ideas I had for car pooling include:

  • Ask my company for help in finding me someone who commutes to the office and lives in my area;
  • Approaching the owner of the office building where I work to launch a car pooling program for everyone who works there;
  • Searching for web sites that help you find someone to car pool with. I know some government agencies have sites like this.
  • Reasons to Carpool

    I understand the annoyances of carpooling. Right now I work from home, but for a couple of years I carpooled to work with my husband. While it was fun to have someone share the driving with and to talk with on the ride in, …

    Interest in mass transit, carpools, scooters jumps

    Paul Dorn says traffic almost tripled on his two websites that offer commuter tips for bicyclists — from 7893 in April 2007 to 21580 last month. Many visitors cite gas prices, he says. • Interest in vanpools is growing. …

Look, if you and two other people shared a ride to work, you’d cut your gas costs to 1/3 of what you were paying. I’m thinking to myself about now “Car pool now stupid!”

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