Meet your new carpooling buddy at one of our Carpool Meet & Greets throughout February
What if your car was in the shop? Or if your partner left early Tuesday mornings, and you’re not keen on a 45 minutes coffee break before work?
Knowing a few neighbours who commute to your same workplace might help. But knowing a few coworkers who repeat a similar to/from pattern of commuting definitely WOULD help.
They are your prospective carpooling buddies and connecting with them could make your life easier, more convenient and cheaper – once, twice or ten times a week. Even if just on the occasional Tuesday morning drive.
After a month of CARPOOL to VGH promotions, the most revealing discovery has been that carpooling can be flexible – as flexible as you need it. (But only if you know a few neighbours who work close by!)
So to close out February, we will be hosting a last series of Meet & Greet events to help staff across the VGH campus connect with other drivers (or transit users) who wouldn’t otherwise know that they’re taking the same route to work, and sitting alongside one another in traffic. Over 80 HA staff have signed up to CARPOOL to VGH so far. The potential for you to connect with a few ride share allies is higher than it’s ever been.
Carpool meet & greet
Come to your area’s CARPOOL to VGH Meet & Greet from 12:15 – 12:45 PM in front of the VGH Commuter Centre (JPP-North 1821);
- Richmond/Delta, Surrey/Langley & Fraser Valley – Tues, Feb 23rd
- Burnaby/New Westminster, Tri-Cities & Ridge-Meadows – Wed, Feb 24th
- North Shore & Vancouver – Thur, Feb 25th
Some carpooling connections will be flexible while others will run a regular schedule. For example,
- “Surrey Carpool of three have space for a fourth: leaving Panorama Ridge/Sunshine Hills for an 8:30 AM start at the VGH Campus and departing at 4:45 PM. $50/bi-monthly covers all costs. (This is a real carpooling offer – contact us if interested.)
- Others may be once a week, or on an as-needed basis.
If you cannot attend your area’s Meet & Greet, or if you work at another site, you can sign-up online at www.carpool.ca. Any other questions or comments, please contact Arthur Orsini, Active Transportation Facilitator at Arthur.Orsini@vch.ca. Cell 778‐869‐6461.
Carpool strategies managed by Eiselle Omampo, Coordinator, Transportation Demand Management & Commuter Choices.