If you want to start your week off on a positive note, come to the VanPool
ribbon cutting. It'll be REAL SHORT.
9:00 AM
Monday, Oct. 30
U of I Information Center (the old Cavanaugh's)
The VanPools are a very small, but very tangible improvement to our communities:
1. The Vanpool will reduce the number of cars on the streets and parking
spaces of Moscow. (Nothing improves a community like fewer cars!)
2. The VanPools provide SAFE and affordable transportation to the riders.
3. The VanPools themselves become communities. Experience around the
country shows that VanPools become "villages on wheels", a social focus for
the riders where they share their lives. Community can come in many
shapes, and the VanPool is definetely one of them.
Fritz
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Press Release
For Immediate Release:
Date: 10/24/95
Contact: Fritz Knorr, PCEI
(208)882-1444
VanPool Ribbon Cutting
Welcome the newest transportation facility on the Palouse. The
Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute will present a dedication ribbon
cutting ceremony for the VanPool service at 9:00 AM, Monday, October 30, at
the University of Idaho Information Center (the old Cavanaugh's).
The VanPool project involves three vehicles, so there will be three
vehicles to christen at the ceremony. The three ribbon cutters have all
played key roles in getting the VanPool project functioning. The ribbon
cutters will be:
Mike Mitchell, North Central District Member, Idaho Transportation Board; and
former state senator from Nez Perce County.
Jeff Eisenbarth, Vice President, Auxiliary Services, the University of Idaho.
Pam Palmer, North Central District Member, Public Transportation Advisory
Council of the Idaho Transportation Department; and Moscow City Council
Member.
Three routes are planned: north from Potlatch and Harvard, east from Troy
and Deary, and south from Lewiston and Genessee.
Riders of the VanPool will commute to work and school in Moscow from their
homes in Potlatch, Troy, Lewiston and other towns in the area. Riders will
pay a monthly fare for their seats. The volunteer drivers get their fare
waived.
Riders and drivers are still needed. The route from Lewiston/Genessee
already has twelve riders registered and a driver assigned. That route is
scheduled to start Nov. 6. The is still room for three more riders.
The routes from Potlatch and Troy will need to have more riders registered
before they will be able to operate. Drivers are still needed for the
Potlatch and Troy routes.
For more information, or to sign up for the VanPool, call the
Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute at (208)882-1444, e-mail
pcei@moscow.com.
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