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Owner/Operator – vans owned by individuals who want to have riders share the cost of operating the van

Employer Sponsored – vans that are owned by an employer, and offered to employees for commuting purposes, as a benefit

Third Party – vans are contracted by individuals or employers from a vanpool management company

Save $$$$ - Vanpoolers save an average of $800.00 a year or more compared with the cost of driving alone Plus they spend less for gas, parking and vehicle repair/

maintenance Commuter Tax Benefit in many cases covers the entire cost of

commuting Save Time – Vanpools can use the HOV lanes, which can

significantly reduce the amount of time it takes to get to work Flexible and Convenient – Vanpools can operate where and

when they are needed regardless of the availability of transit service

Reduces Commute Stress – By not driving every day, you arrive at work and back home in a much more relaxed frame of mind

Improved Quality of Life – Vanpooling shortens your commute, giving you more family or leisure time

Save the Environment – One vanpool takes as many as 14 vehicles and their emissions off the road every day. That’s good for all of us.

Transport 9,408 persons daily/2,352,000 annually

Reduce 15,538 work trips daily/3,884,500 annually

Reduce 932,248 vehicle miles traveled daily

Reduce 233,062,000 vehicle miles traveled annually

Saves 46,612 gallons of gasoline daily Saves 11,652,000 gallons of gasoline

annually

7 passenger vanpool Miles eliminated – 143,780 Fuel Savings (gallons) – 5,700 Fuel Savings (dollars) - $20.650 CO@ Reductions (tons) – 58.20 15 passenger vanpool▪ Miles eliminated – 335,500▪ Fuel Savings (gallons) – 13,310▪ Fuel Savings (dollars) $48,180▪ CO2 Reductions (tons) – 136.00*▪ Equal to the amount of emissions from 1.6 tanker trucks worth

of gasoline

Annual data

Significant number of HOV LanesLarge number of independent

vanpool owner/operatorsLarge number of commuters

receiving the transit benefitRobust slugging activity

Virginia – largest number of vans originate here Spotslylvania Stafford Prince William Counties Close to 500 vans

Maryland▪ Frederick▪ Anne Arundel▪ Howard Counties

DC – largest destination location for VA and MD vans VA destinations – Arlington, Fairfax and Alexandria MD destinations – Montgomery, Prince Georges and

St. Mary’s Counties

Finding and maintaining ridersSluggingReduction/Elimination of the Federal

Transit Benefit

Growth in the population in the residential areas from which vanpools originate* Spotsylvania – 43.6% Stafford – 37.3% PWC – 19.3%

Change in employment in the destination areas, especially any shifts in employment sites not readily served by transit (BRAC)

Rise in gas prices Transit Benefits (employer or government sponsored) HOT lanes

*Population growth projections from 2010 to 2020 compiled from Virginia Employment Commission forecasts, the Caroline County Comprehensive Plan and the MWCOG Round 8 Cooperative Forecasts