Pooling Resources
Zipcar

Use our free matching service to set up carpools, vanpools or rideshares. This service is available to all UNM students, faculty and staff. It is a great way to coordinate carpools or vanpools. Setting up rideshares for one-time trips or weekend getaways is easy through this service. If you have questions about carpools, vanpools or rideshares, call 277-0461.

VPSI proudly announce the launch of its new blog, Pooling Resources: a national rideshare watering hole. The blog is a forum and online resource portal for commuters who want to learn about the financial and environmental benefits of sustainable transportation alternatives.

Pooling Resources has been created to broaden awareness of alternative transportation and increase VPSI's online visibility. The goal is to combine expert insights, web-based resources and industry news in one place, providing a reliable, interesting and fun forum for vanpoolers, ridesharers, transportation experts and others.

Help us spread the word
• Receive automatic updates when Pooling Resources posts a new article by subscribing via e-mail or homepage
• Tell friends, colleagues and fellow ridesharers about the blog
• Pooling Resources will post new articles to a number of online utilities you may already use. You can help by "tagging" or favoriting them on Digg, Del.icio.us and Technorati

Contribute your ideas
• Post comments on our blog articles
• Post your rideshare-related quotes and stories to the "Overheard in my rideshare" page
• Offer suggested blog topics (or become a guest blogger) by e-mailing blog administrator Nicole Burguess at: poolingresources@vpsiinc.com

If you live along the Interstate 25 corridor, consider using the New Mexico Rail Runner. UNM shuttles offer complimentary Rail Runner connections during the morning and afternoon rush hours. ABQ Ride provides free service from the train station to UNM, just show your ticket or monthly pass. You can also bring your bike on the train and bike to campus from the station. For train schedules and information, visit http://www.nmrailrunner.com or call 245-RAIL. For information on UNM's shuttle connections, visit http://pats.unm.edu/transportation.cfm.

Photo courtesy of Sheila Van Bruggen, MRCOG

UNM students can use ABQ Ride to come to campus for free starting August 20, 2007. Just show your UNM ID with a current Lobo Ride Pass sticker attached. Parking and Transportation Services has partnered with ABQ Ride, our city bus system, to offer discount bus passes for UNM faculty and staff. Purchase your bus pass at Your UNM Bookstore or the SUB with your Lobo ID. For bus routes and schedules visit http://www.cabq.gov/transit.

For northern New Mexico city-to-city commuting, visit All Aboard America

Albuquerque weather, the city bike path system and UNM's park-like campus make bicycling an ideal alternative to driving. For great information on city bike trails, bicycle safety, and bicycle advocacy, check out the city bike web page at www.cabq.gov/bike . Bike maintenance is available on campus through Recreational Services (http://www.unm.edu/~recsvcs/outdoor.htm). Free racks are located throughout campus and a limited number of bicyle lockers are available for a nominal fee. To inquire about locker availability, call 277-0461.

The University of New Mexico Department of Parking and Transportation Services (PATS) announced an agreement with Zipcar, a national car-sharing service, to provide vehicles to students, staff, faculty and members of the Albuquerque community starting Tuesday, Jan. 29.

Zipcars will be available at the University of New Mexico for those students, staff, faculty and members of the Albuquerque community who are members of Zipcar. Zipcar is a vehicle sharing service available nationwide.

As a special promotion, the $35 sign up fee will be waived for anyone who joins during the next 90-days. All members 21+ will also have access to Zipcar's network of more than 5,500 vehicles throughout the UK and North America.

"Anyone who bikes or rides the bus to UNM can benefit from this new program," UNM PATS Director Clovis Acosta said. "Faculty and staff who use alternative transportation don't have to drive to UNM anymore if they have an appointment off campus. All they need to do is visit the Parking Department offices and check out a Zipcar for the afternoon."

Members receive their own "prox card," and when they need a vehicle they reserve it either online or by phone. The vehicles are available at an hourly or daily rate which includes gas, vehicle insurance, maintenance, 24/7 roadside assistance and 24/7 customer support, if necessary.

Five vehicles - three Honda Civics, a Toyota Sienna Minivan, and a MINI Cooper - will be located throughout campus available for use 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you're 18 or older, you're eligible to be a member. Hourly rates start at $9 and include gas, insurance and 180 free miles.

Among the dozens of colleges that have partnered with Zipcar include MIT, Columbia, Georgetown, Ohio State, Arizona State University, American University, Harvard University, University of Minnesota, University of Toronto, University of North Carolina and The University of Chicago.

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For more information about the Zipcar program contact Parking and Transportation Services at 277-1938.

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