DVRPC Announces Try Transit Week & TransitChek Winners.Business Editors PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2000 The Delaware Valley celebrated Try Transit Week last month during the week of September 10 - 16, 2000. Throughout the week, many area transit agencies held special events in appreciation for regular transit users and also led a targeted outreach effort to non-riders about the economical and environmental benefits of using public transportation. Try Transit Week commenced with a feature on FOX Focus on September 10th. Mr. Jack Leary of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Provider (SEPTA), Mr. Jeff Warsh of New Jersey Transit The New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit) is a statewide public transportation system serving the state of New Jersey, and Orange and Rockland counties in New York. It operates bus, light rail, and commuter rail services throughout the state, notably connecting to major , Mr. Ray Miller of DART First State The Delaware Transit Corporation, doing business as DART First State is the primary public transportation system that operates throughout Delaware, USA. DART First State is a subsidiary of the Delaware Department of Transportation. and Mr. Paul Drayton of the Delaware River Port Authority The Delaware River Port Authority or DRPA is a bi-state port district located within the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Board of commissioners (DRPA DRPA Delaware River Port Authority of Pennsylvania and New Jersey DRPA Dispute Resolution Programs Act DRPA Devore Rural Protection Association (Devore, California) ) representing the Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO PATCO Port Authority Transit Corporation PATCO Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, Inc (Florida) ) all were interviewed on the benefits of taking public transportation. SEPTA held two events, one at Suburban Station (9/11) and the other at Market East (9/12). SEPTA General Manager, Jack Leary and SEPTA staff greeted passengers and handed out small gifts in appreciation for riding SEPTA. Good Day Philadelphia (FOX) hosts Janet Zapala and Grover Silcox quizzed transit riders at Market East for prizes. DART First State (9/11) held their event at Rodney Square in Wilmington. DART Director Ray Miller and staff greeted passengers with gifts of appreciation. PATCO staff greeted passengers at all their stations (9/13). They also handed out small gifts of appreciation. The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) is the metropolitan planning organization for the Delaware Valley. Created in 1965 by an interstate compact, DVRPC is responsible for transportation and regional planning in the greater Philadelphia area. (DVRPC DVRPC Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission ) promoted public transportation and TransitChek, the commuter voucher program, at the various events during Try Transit Week. Commuters submitted their names in a raffle for TransitCheks. At the end of each event, winners were drawn from the entries. The DVRPC presented the following winners with a $30 TransitChek. SEPTA riders: Trudi Wright, Darlene Adams, Lynn Heinel and Alex Loeb all won TransitCheks at the events at Suburban Station and Market East. Two PATCO winners were drawn at the Woodcrest Station: Lewis Proffitt II and Andrea Rollins. DART First State riders Carmen Brown and William Mann won TransitCheks at the event in Rodney Square. Congratulations to all those who participated in Try Transit Week and to the winners of TransitCheks. The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) has administered the TransitChek program for the greater Philadelphia region since 1991. Over 350 businesses in southeastern Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, southern New Jersey, and northern Delaware currently offer these vouchers to their employees, either as a company paid benefit or through a pre-tax payroll deduction. Transit agencies which support the program and accept the voucher include: SEPTA, NJ Transit, PATCO, DART First State, CAT, AMTRAK and VPSI VPSI Vanpool Service Inc. (vanpools). For more information on how your company can get on board with TransitChek, call DVRPC at 1-800-355-5000; or visit our website at www.dvrpc.org DVRPC serves as the official planning and review agency for the nine-county metropolitan region which includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties in Pennsylvania The following is a list of the sixty-seven counties of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States of America. The city of Philadelphia is coterminous with Philadelphia County, and governmental functions have been consolidated since 1854. ; and Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Mercer counties in New Jersey. Through data collection, research, coordination, and planning efforts, DVRPC sets a framework for governmental decisions affecting development within the Delaware Valley. |
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