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…
Category: Commuter Options
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…
Program helps reverse commuters get to jobs in Philadelphia suburbs
Philly Voice December 28, 2015 – By Jake Blumgart On her way to pick up colleagues in a Commuter Options vehicle, Junanita Bynum stands near…
Commuter Options (PUPCO)
Who Are We? The COMMUTER OPTIONS program is operated by the Philadelphia Unemployment Project. Through the use of car pools PUPCO provides affordable transportation to…