Half of moderate and low income Philadelphians do not have cars and have great difficulty reaching better paying suburban jobs. That is why PUP created…
Category: Commuter Options
Helping People Make It In Philadelphia
Published: June 18, 2019 PUP’s Commuter Options program is supplying brand new vehicles to these new hires for good paying jobs at RGIS in Chester County.…
Commuter Options just started two new van pools
Commuter Options just started two new vanpools of 14 returning citizens to jobs in South Jersey working with a reentry program run by Temple U. and…
Philly.com: For workers in Philly’s poor neighborhoods, car ownership often a necessity and a privilege
Here’s an Inquirer article from Christmas Day on the importance of a car, even to people in poor neighborhoods with good SEPTA connections. According to…
City Funds Commuter Options to provide reverse commute assistance to inner city Philadelphians
The Philadelphia Unemployment Project announced that the recently passed City Budget contained an appropriation to cover matching funds for Commuter Options’ PennDOT grant. While not…
Getting city workers to suburban jobs is tough. A program trying to help is under threat
City Council member Cherelle Parker speaks at a news conference to encourage support for a car pool service to connect city workers with suburban jobs.…
PUP begs for a scrap of funding for its vanpool program for reverse commuters
By Jim Saksa Published: May 30, 2018 Read the article on PlanPhilly The Philadelphia Unemployment Project rallied for support at City Hall Wednesday morning, hoping…
Working for Better Transportation Options to the Suburbs
The Philadelphia Unemployment Project has been providing car pools to help inner city workers get to decent paying jobs in the suburbs for over a…
We Need Better Transportation to Suburban Jobs Support the Commuter Options Program
Unemployment is far lower in the Philadelphia suburbs than the city and jobs generally pay better. Unfortunately public transportation does not go to large number…
Philly mismatch: Car-less city folks can’t fill jobs in ‘burbs
Philly.com June 6, 2017 – By Jane M. Von Bergen Unemployed chef Thomas Jimenez, 56, said he can cook anything, but if he wanted to…