FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Commuter Club Celebrates
100th Vanpool!
ATLANTA, June 2008 – In June 2008, the Cumberland CID’s Commuter Club celebrated a historic milestone, with 100 vanpools on the road. To honor the occasion, Commuter Club hosted a lunch at the Cobb Performing Arts Center to thank its vanpool drivers, the Community Improvement District Board Members and other regional VIPs.
The most recognized of those VIPs was Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, who presided over the event with a keynote address that praised Commuter Club’s services and extended a challenge to other state agencies and businesses: offer commute alternatives for your employees … or expand the range of options already available to them.
“The 100th vanpool for Cumberland CID’s Commuter Club shows that attitudes about commuting are changing,” Governor Perdue said. “In this era of record high gas prices and seemingly endless commutes, residents and business owners are taking action to reduce congestion, save money and lessen emissions into our air.”
Jennifer Hammond, Commuter Club Director since May 2008, affirmed the governor’s message, saying, “These issues are increasingly relevant for our community, given that the average commute for Atlantans is 30 percent longer than that of workers in other major U.S. cities. Commuter Club is dedicated to providing affordable and innovative transportation solutions like the vanpool program. We are proud of this landmark achievement.”
The Commuter Club vanpool program is the largest TMA-sponsored program in the country. Since the June festivities, the Commuter Club’s vanpool fleet has continued to grow. As of the publication of this article, the number had increased to 120. Maybe the 1-5-0 vanpool celebration is right around the corner!