Extreme Makeover: Employee Assistance Edition Promotion
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During March and April, Spectrumotion visited 30 Irvine Spectrum area employers to bring free commute assistance to their employees. It was all a part of Spectrumotion’s Extreme Makeover: Employee Assistance Edition Promotion. These 30 employers agreed that providing this assistance is a necessity when their employees are paying well over $3.00 per gallon of gas to commute to work. More than 750 commuters registered to receive free rideshare information and their names were also put in a random drawing for one of three great prizes.
Initially, the promotion was to conclude at the end of April, but due to the huge demand, Spectrumotion is extending the promotion through May and June. Prizes for the original contest period were awarded as planned with duplicate prizes added for the extended period.
Don’t be left out, dates are going quickly and gas prices are rising just as fast. To schedule your company for a Spectrumotion visit, ask an appropriate company official to click on the link below and request a date online or call Lea Gould at 72-SHARE (727-4273).
Detailed information as well as the winners of the March/April contest can also be viewed by clicking on the link below.
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Metrolink Fare Increase - July 2006
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Metrolink's Board of Directors approved a 5.5% increase in all fares effective
July 1, 2006
. Under Metrolink's fare calculation system, an across the board increase in fares affects the cost for some trips more than others because of the continuing implementation of the 10-year fare restructuring plan approved in 2004.
Metrolink has faced significant increases in the costs of diesel fuel in the past year. Prices have spiked at times as high as 76% above the budgeted amount and currently are averaging 36% higher for the year. Every increase of five cents in the price of fuel results in an additional $300,000 increase in the annual costs to operate Metrolink train service. Fuel costs during the next fiscal year are estimated to be almost $4 million more than the current year's costs.
For more information visit www.metrolinktrains.com.
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Bike To Work Week
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Give yourself a break from high gas prices. Be a part of Orange County Bike to Work Week,
May 15 – 19, 2006
. Go to www.octa.net and pledge to ride your bike to work at least one day during Bike to Work Week. You’ll save on gas and you will be eligible to win some great prizes.
For more bike commuting information, like safety tips and bike maps, visit our website at www.72share.com/bike.asp.
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Mass Transit Contact Information
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Who to contact with service questions or concerns about public transportation:
| OCTA (Bus & Station Link Service) |
Metrolink (Commuter Rail Service) |
| www.octa.net |
www.metrolinktrains.com |
550 S. Main St
PO Box 14184
Orange, CA 92863-1584 |
700 S. Flower St
Suite 2600
Los Angeles, CA 90017 |
| 714-560-OCTA |
1-800-371-LINK |
| email to: customers@octa.net |
Call boxes on the platform of each station |
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Upcoming Events
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Orange County
Bike To Work Week
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May 17, 2006
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
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Transportation Matters 2030 Town Hall Meeting
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Rancho Senior Center
3 Ethel Copel Way, Irvine
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Spectrumotion is a private, nonprofit association formed to assist commuters to Irvine Spectrum. We are funded by the property owners in Irvine Spectrum much the same way a homeowners association is in a residential community. That’s how we can offer all our services to commuters and employers free of charge.
Spectrumotion provides a variety of free services including carpool matching, vanpool formation and incentives, Metrolink commuter rail information and incentives, OCTA bus information and incentives and an Emergency Ride Home Program. To view our complete list of commuter and employer services, log on to our website at www.72share.com.
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Commuters that register with Spectrumotion for rideshare information or incentives are entered into our commuter database. The database is used to match commuters with potential carpool partners along with keeping statistical data on commute behavior in Irvine Spectrum.
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8716 number of Irvine Spectrum commuters in the Spectrumotion database available for carpool matching. 29.30% of commuters in the Spectrumotion database are currently ridesharing.
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1529
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Carpoolers
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| 809 |
Train Riders
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| 66 |
Bike Riders
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| 66 |
Bus Riders
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| 40 |
Telecommuters
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| 30 |
Vanpoolers
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| 9 |
Walkers
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