{"id":1460,"date":"2011-11-15T21:14:50","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T04:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/sustainability\/blog\/?p=1460"},"modified":"2011-11-15T21:14:50","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T04:14:50","slug":"vanpool-formation-meeting-at-osu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/2011\/11\/15\/vanpool-formation-meeting-at-osu\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanpool Formation Meeting at OSU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a commuter interested in saving some gas money? Do you regularly travel between Corvallis and Springfield\/Eugene?<br \/>\nPlease join us this Friday, <strong>November 18th at 12:00 p.m. at the Student Sustainability Center<\/strong> for a vanpool formation meeting to discuss the details for putting one or two new vanpools together. This meeting will focus on arranging convenient pick-up and drop-off points. Van sizes range anywhere from 7-passenger minivans all the way up to 15-passenger vans.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Users\/bodarc\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/moz-screenshot-1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1461\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/files\/2011\/11\/commuter_vanpool-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"commuter_vanpool\" width=\"171\" height=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Users\/bodarc\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/moz-screenshot.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Commuters driving alone from Eugene\/Springfield to Corvallis in a car averaging 21 mpg are spending about $454.40\/month for gas, tires, and maintenance. If fixed costs like insurance, financing, and depreciation are included, it adds up to about $827.00\/month. Not to mention any parking fees!<\/p>\n<p>So for your commute, consider vanpooling-it saves money, helps the environment, and reduces stress. This opportunity is supported by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drivelessconnect.com\/\">Drive Less Connect<\/a>, OSU&#8217;s new online rideshare system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a commuter interested in saving some gas money? Do you regularly travel between Corvallis and Springfield\/Eugene? Please join us this Friday, November 18th at 12:00 p.m. at the Student Sustainability Center for a vanpool formation meeting to discuss the details for putting one or two new vanpools together. This meeting will focus on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6567,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1292111],"tags":[608856],"class_list":["post-1460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transportation","tag-alternative-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6567"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}