Commuter Options
Commuter Options Celebrates Second
Anniversary with 28 van and car pools in service.
Read March Update
March 2008 |
The Commuter Options program continues to move ahead providing service to Philadelphians who would have a difficult or impossible commute to a suburban employment. Commuter Options celebrates two years of operations in March of 2008 and is currently operating 28 car and vanpools. We continue to offer our services to all industries in the workplace with quality transportation services.
During our second year Commuter Options saw an increase in the manufacturing employment sector. In areas such as Bucks County and Chester County, employers rely heavily on skilled and unskilled workers living in the city. Commuter Options has been working with various skills training programs such as ITTI and New Wave Resources and the National Comprehensive Center for Fathers (NCCF). Commuter Options has made it possible for graduates of these programs to access employment opportunities they would have otherwise had to decline because of transportation barriers.
We also have continued to work with EARN Centers that help transition welfare clients into work. Over 50 people from a combination of Philadelphia training facilities and EARN Centers has been placed at McGraw Hill in Delran, New Jersey. Several positions for supervisors, managers, data entry clerks, and positions in shipping and receiving are among the jobs filled from EARN Centers and training programs. Commuter Options is pleased to continue to partner with training programs such as ITTI New Wave Resources, as well as the Jewish Employment and Vocational Services (JEVS) EARN Center and People for People EARN Centers who continue to utilize the vanpool services for their clients.
