TO: The Baruch College Community

FROM: Jeanne R. Blazina, Interim Director of Human Resources

RE: Transportation Assistance for a Possible Transit Strike

DATE: December 19, 2005

Baruch College is making several links available for the Baruch community
seeking or wishing to provide rides into the college in the event of a
transit strike.  If you choose to make use of any of these resources, please
refrain from giving out your home or personal cell phone or addresses on the
web site.  

In addition to these sites, BCTC has provided a more secure discussion board
on Blackboard only available to members of the college community to assist
you in making car pool arrangements.

Baruch Blackboard (CUNY portal registration required -
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/cunyportal/)
Once you have logged into Blackboard, go to the "Community" tab (located
under the Baruch College logo at the top of the page).
On the right side of the page, you will see a link for "Transit Strike
Rideshare".  Look for the appropriate forum and either click on an existing
title or click on the button "Add New Thread" and type your message.  Even
though this is a Baruch site, please refrain from posting personal
information and use your office extension instead.

Public Sites - Registration Required
Alternate Rides - http://alternetrides.com
ComuterLink - http://www.commuterlink.com
eRideShare - http://www.erideshare.com
NJ - http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/commuter/rideshare/matchin.shtm
Long Island Transportation Mgmt - http://209.114.131.10/
NuRide - http://www.nuride.com

Public Sites - No Registration Required
CraigsList - http://newyork.craigslist.org/rid/ 

From NYC.gov site - Carpool Staging Areas 
A number of facilities have been designated carpool staging areas, offering
parking and passenger pick-up locations in support of drivers sharing rides
to meet the HOV requirements. 
PDF map of locations -
http://www.nyc.gov/html/transitinfo/pdfs/parking_20051216b.pdf 
NY1 site - http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=55640 
ABC - http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=traffic&id=3721933 

With the exception of the discussion board on Blackboard these web sites are
not associated with CUNY or Baruch College and are provided for
informational purposes only.