Tri-Met Sharing rides helps ease commuting woes OHSU employees received a busload of helpful information at the April Carpool and Transit Fair. In addition to information about bus and shuttle schedules, participants learned about new options for sharing cars and vans. Carpooling and vanpooling options presented The fair offered OHSU employees a chance to sign up for carpools, check their status on the waiting lists, and seek others to join their own carpool. Participants also learned about Tri-Met's vanpool subsidy program. Currently there is one vanpool of 14 Marquam Hill employees who commute daily from the Salem area.
Car sharing offers new option A new transportation option presented at the fair was car sharing.
New to the Portland area, the Car-Sharing Portland program is for individuals who rely primarily on other transit options. Program participants drive less than 10,000 miles a year, do not use a car daily, and are willing to share use of a car with others. The process works somewhat like a car reservation and rental program. The costs for being a CarSharing member include a refundable security deposit and a per-mile charge. CarSharing members carry a special security key that works in all of the program's cars.