Report on the Federal Highway Administration Carpool Demonstration Project: Region VII: Blackhawk, Bremer, Butler, Chickasaw, and Grundy Counties, 1975

(1975) Report on the Federal Highway Administration Carpool Demonstration Project: Region VII: Blackhawk, Bremer, Butler, Chickasaw, and Grundy Counties, 1975. Transportation, Department of

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Abstract

Federal Highway Administration developed a carpool matching system. This system was made available to groups interested in conserving energy through carpooling. Funds in the form of federal matching grants were also made available to governmental bodies to promote carpool formation. This system developed by FHWA consists of a computer program, survey techniques, promotion ideas and carpool organization manuals. The information package is available on request, as is a magnetic tape copy of the computer program. In Iowa, The Department of Transportation has the program on its system, and carpool projects from throughout the State are processed at this central location. The -Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments received a $13,500 matching grant to utilize these resources in a carpool demonstration program centered on the region's largest employers. The employer based approach to carpool organization takes advantage of the high concentration of people at work. Using existing in-house distribution channels, large numbers of workers can be surveyed to gather the information necessary for carpooling. The project is truly a regional undertaking, even though the participating firms are all in either Waterloo or Cedar Falls. Because employees commute into the metropolitan area from several adjoining counties, a carpool matching service can benefit the entire six-county INRCOG region.