Vanpool Clause Samples

Vanpool. A vanpool is a group of people who are coming to the same workplace or post-secondary education facility (college, trade school, etc.) from the same community, riding together in a van. Vanpools typically carry from six to fifteen passengers, and operate weekdays, traveling between pick-up locations and a place of work. Vanpools provide small-scale commuter ridership in scenarios where operator costs would otherwise be prohibitively high. Operating costs are very low, because the passengers drive themselves. Ridership per platform hour is healthy; the vanpool doesn’t run at all without a minimum of five regular riders. Vanpools are very demand-responsive; once ridership falls below a threshold, the service goes away and new routes can be added with a minimum of overhead. They can access office parking areas and other locations where scheduled SunLine service cannot reach, making for more convenient passenger drop-offs. Vanpool programs can be administered in a variety of ways, allowing the employer to be fully involved or simply promote it from the sidelines. Employers can help employees form vanpools through rideshare matching. Rideshare matching helps potential vanpoolers locate others nearby with similar schedules. With technology advancements, on-demand vanpooling may help reduce coordination costs and increase ridership. Traditional vanpool programs often have average ridership per trip at just above the minimum membership required for the vanpool. As the region develops unevenly, vanpools will be an increasingly effective means to serve trips from low-density places to employment and education centers. With new vanpool programs, SunLine may be able to pull back bus service from low-volume, coverage routes, and focus on more frequent, trunk routes and core services. SunLine’s Vanpool Program will provide a subsidy for qualified vans. The driver of the vanpool must be a participant in the vanpool program. Vanpool passengers will be responsible for paying the van lease cost minus the subsidy. They will also share the cost of gas, toll fees, and parking fees (if applicable). Passengers will not pay for the maintenance and insurance costs. Vehicles for this type of service will be leased by one of the pre- qualified vendors to one of the commuters in the group, a company, or by a third party representative. 20 require innovative solutions. This flexible, on demand rideshare service is designed to pilot service area to test the attributes of the program be...