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.…
Category: Commuter Options
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…
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? Does your staff need transportation assistance? Commuter Options vanpools are available to help Philadelphia area residents get to good paying jobs in…