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Bring a friend to register during a CobbRides display and get a sweet reward!

Are you registered with CobbRides? Bring a friend or co-worker to one of our displays, have them register and you receive a sweet reward on the spot. No limits!

Write Jennifer@CobbRides.com to find out when she will be in your office building or office park.

CobbRides is pleased to introduce Dianne Fonseca, our new VanPool Coordinator.

Dianne is excited about growing our VanPool Program and is ready to assist you in finding or starting one that works for you.

VanPool seats cost only $50 per month, gas included! Arrive at work relaxed and ready for your day all while saving money.

Visit our routes page to find a vanpool that fits your commute, start a new one or contact Dianne for details.

Email Dianne@CobbRides.com.

CobbRides and Commuter Club recently established a new partnership with WellStar Health System to help promote the When Work Works Workplace Flexibility Initiative. When Work Works is a project of Families and Work Institute (FWI) sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in partnership with the Institute for a Competitive Workforce, an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Twiga Foundation.

As one of only 30 select communities chosen to participate in this national, community-based initiative, Atlanta will enjoy the opportunity to learn, grow and be recognized for innovative business practices in workplace flexibility.

Applications are now open for the 2008 Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility. This prestigious award recognizes employers in select communities nationwide that are successfully using flexibility to meet both business and employee goals.

Review the qualifications and simple application and nominate your company today. The deadline for nominations is Monday, April 14.

For more information, contact Karen Mathews, WellStar Health System, at 770.956.6425.

Winter offers compelling reasons to work from home that many may not have considered.

Health experts say an adult can spread the flu virus one day before symptoms begin to show and from three to seven days afterwards. A cougher deposits germs on workplace surfaces - conference tables, the copy machine and telephones.

TeleWork shields employees from sickness by protecting the teleworker from contagious co-workers, and by containing spread throughout the office.

Security experts point out that the ability for employees to work at home can also help businesses and the government continue to operate during other emergencies, such as terrorist attacks and natural disasters.

An extra benefit of teleworking is ability to function when snow or ice storms make roads impassible, and even when rain or crashes snarl traffic and delay commuters.

CobbRides and The Clean Air Campaign reward commuters who currently drive alone to work when they agree to start using a clean commute alternative such as TeleWork.

CobbRides and The Clean Air Campaign invite you and your managers to a FREE lunch and learn seminar.

Alternative work schedules such as flextime, compressed work weeks (CWW), staggered hours and teleworking can be valuable options to your commute options program.

You will hear a panel of employers share how they have made alternative work schedules successful at their worksites. Your employees can work the same number of hours, spend less time stuck in traffic, are more productive and help improve your bottom line.

Join us for lunch Thursday, March 6, 2008 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm to learn more.

Over 90% of workers in America drive to work on weekdays
Average vehicle occupancy is only 1.14
Average Commute is 12.10 miles

Adults age 35 to 44 spend over 80 minutes each day in a car.
Greenhouse gas emission from mobile source grew 27% from 1990 to 2004.
Average car pumps twice its weight in carbon dioxide each year.
32 million gallons of gas could be saved each day if every car carried 1 extra person a day.

*Report source: NBC's Today Show, DOT

Town Center area commuters should be excited to know that the improvements underway at Cobb Place Blvd. and Barrett Parkway will be completed July, 2008.

New left hand turn lanes, a dedicated lane to southbound I-75, lane alignments and traffic signalization should ease the congestion at this intersection.

The project has been a major study and investment of the Town Center Area CID since 2002.