Commute center kiosk	Commute center kiosk	Commute info center kiosk
Carpool hang tag	Space reserved signage	Signage
Signage	Zip code map showing employee home zip codes.	Carpool Request cards on zip code pegs
TMA signage for fairs	Commute information board	Commute information board made in-house
Commute information board purchased from plastics display vendor	Commute Information Center	In-house information center
Acrylic information board	Commute Information Center	Another Commute Information Center
Display recognizing Commuter of the Month	Commute Information Center	Bulletin board promotion
Another bulletin board promotion	Folding display for traveling	Carpool starting sign

One Commute Coordinator developed a successful in-house employee commute program, by working with a task force, composed of employees from all job types, and hospital management.  One suggestion from the task force was a peg board where employees can post a carpool request card on their home zip code peg.  Other employees from that zip code can take the card and call the person.

Another suggestion was to put an information board on the wall leading to the cafeteria, loaded with carpool match request forms, bicycle and walking information.  

Handy facts to spice up your correspondence or newsletters

• 25 percent of Sacramento County residents - about 200,000 - take public transit, bike or walk daily.

• The daily commute for Sacramento city residents is 23.4 minutes.

• Sacramento tied for 15th place with Detroit, St. Paul, Minn., San Jose and San Bernadino for cities that have the worst traffic in the country.

• According to the 2005 report by the Texas Transportation Institute of Texas A&M, Sacramentans spend 34 hours a year in bumper-to-bumper traffic.

• Each day Sacramento drivers travel an estimated 28 million miles - the equivalent of 59 round trips to the moon.

• The Department of Transportation reports that if drivers observed speed limits across the nation, approximately 71 tons of pollutants would not be emitted and about 4 million gallons of gasoline would be saved

• Statewide, bicycle usage eliminates about 7 tons per day of smog-forming gasses and almost a ton of inhalable particles in one day.

• Census data show that 1.8 % of commute trips in the four county Sacramento area are made by bicycle. This is the highest in the nation.

• Research shows that regular cycling can cut the chances of heart disease in half.

• Californians lose 200,000 hours a day to traffic congestion and another 200,000 hours a day due to traffic accidents.

• The average U.S. household consumes 1,104 gallons of gasoline per year and spends almost 19 percent of income on transportation-second only to housing costs, which total 31 percent.

• On a 20-mile trip, a lone driver is responsible for more than five times as much air pollution as a bus rider is.

• Studies show that ridesharing at least twice a week can cut commute-related pollution by 40%.

• The majority of the emissions from a ten-mile trip occur in the first mile or two, before the emission-control devices warm up.

• Vehicles emit about 1.2 million pounds of pollutants daily into the Sacramento region's air.

• Every 10,000 miles a car releases into the air its own weight in carbon.

• Motor vehicles and other mobile sources generate about 70% of the pollution in Sacramento. 

• You can check your vehicle’s emissions on the emission sticker on the underside of the hood.

• According to the national department of transportation and State Farm Insurance, Fair Oaks Boulevard and Howe Avenue is the 10th most dangerous intersection in America.

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