INFORMATION ON CARPOOLING AND VANPOOLING

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Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R0006.00060038-0 Attachment Circular A-118 Information on Carpooling and Vanpooling The following organizations can provide information or technical assistance regarding the establishment of effective ridesharing programs: Office of Public and Consumer Affairs (1-38) U. S. Department of Transportation 202-426-2146 Washington, D. C. 20590 (information packets) Ridesharing branch (HHP-33) 202-426-0210 Federal Highway Administration FTS 8-426-0210 U.S. Department of Transportation Washington, D. C. 20590 (information packets, training aids, technical assistance) Office of Conservation and Solar Applications Transportation Programs Division 202-376-4435 U.S. Department of Energy (CS/TP) FTS 8-376-4435 Washington, D. C. 20585 (information packets, technical assistance) Tennessee Valley Authority 615-632-3152 3152 852 Attn: Jack Hendrie - FTS 8- 400 Commerce Avenue Tennessee Knoxville 37902 (report on organization , and performance of TVA's fleet of over 375 vanpools) State Energy Offices. Located in most states. Operated by State governments with -,inancial and technical assistance from the Department of Energy. Metropolitan or regional councils of government. Located in most metropolitan areas. Many have programs or transpor- tation systems management, including metropolitan-wide car- pool matching programs. Federal Executive Boards. Located in many metropolitan areas. These existing groups comprised of representatives from most agencies can be of assistance in coordinating ridesharing programs among Federal agencies. Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 TAB Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 Approved For ReIQase 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 C2 CIA Tries to Elude New Parking Rule Having survived criticism that it is: too secretive; not s e c r e t i v e enough; backs the wrong kings and/ or fails to back freedom-loving good guys, the Central Intelligence Agency has a new crisis in its own back yard: Parking. So serious is the situation that the CIA has gone to the White House. It has asked that it be exempted from upcoming rules that will require most of the 30,000 federal workers here who park at the office to begin paying for their spaces this October. CIA sources confirm that the su- per-secret agency has asked the president's Office of Management and Budget to exempt it from the president's parking order, designed to cut down on the number of people driving to work. The new order, which goes Into effect Oct. 1, will mean most fed- eral workers who park at the office will begin paying an average of about $25 a month for spaces they now get free, or at low subsidized rates. Exact charges will vary, de- pending on commercial pat-king rates near government buildings. CIA wants out because it is out there in Langley, Va., with only a small outpost of the Bureau of Pub- lic. Roads as a neighbor. The CIA planned it that way, placing its head- quarters operation in a beautiful- and inaccessible-setting surround- ed by woods. CIA's rationale is that workers from Virginia, Maryland and D.C. almost have to drive to work. There is bus service-of sorts-from the Rosslyn area and downtown. But it is not enough to accommodate secre- taries, economists and spooks who report for work daily, and ni htl THE WASHINGTON POST Wednesday, August 15,1979 it By Mike Caus(~ CPYRGH T CIA analysts have concluded that since workers must drive anyhow, there would be no energy saving by charging them for parking. Part of the pay-for-parking scheme govern- ment-wide is to force federal work- ers who now drive to take the bus, or cram into car pools. Federal officials at other govern- ment agencies in charge of the park- ing situation would not comment on. the CIA request. "Look, there is a CIA! I admit knowing that! I can't tell you anything else!" a non-CIA type said. If CIA wins the exemption, work- ers in other remote areas-Suitland, Gaithersburg-w h e r e commercial parking is as rare as good bus serv- ice, will seek similar treatment. A parking official said: "We'll take this one case at a time. Nobody wants to pay for parking and we've had 100 good reasons from most agencies so far why their people shouldn't pay." Approved F f r ReI QW5AA6d22ni Ai, i'.85-00988R000600060038-0 Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 TAB Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 STAT Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 Approved For Releases 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 Ban on Parking Perquisite Of U.S. Workers Debated Washington Star Staff Writer- emplovees commute into the Dis- Every day thousands of federal gr ess have joined District and other local officials in calling for an end to fore a Senate committee considering dized parking received an airing be- Charles Percy, R-Ill. effect on Oct. 1. That order will re- quire executive branch employees to The bill would also extend that re- quirement to the other two branches "perk." - of government, the Congress and the of cheap parking as a way to clean up the air and save gas at the same time. On the other were representatives of federal workers who see it as an at- tempt to cut employee benefits and say it will do little to reduce com- muting. In the middle are members of the Senate Operations Committee who CPYRGH T F iii joins A. hack on Parking 'Perk' ntinued From A-1 Batting leadoff for those support- ; the measure, District Mayor Mar- S. Barry Jr. told the committee at ending the subsidized parking uld save 3.7 million gallons of soline a year in the Wac`-iincton ea alone. The mayor also predicted that ding the subsidy v.ould e:,minate er 3.5 million tons of carbon onoxide and h\ d ocarhon vt,}:icle fissions from the city's a:; t.cry y. "We will all hr.. tt; to ier," he sug- sted. Metro General Manao;er Richard Page said Metro cc aid provide ansportation to any federal work- s who elected to witch from their rs. The Metropolitan Washington ich switches would add 10,000 trips day to Metro's business, he noted. Asked about how the additional ers would affect the already owded system, Pale said Metro has already ordered new rail cars and would be retaining 257 buses origi- nally scheduled for disposal. Donald M. Macintyre - national vice president of the 14th District of the American Federation of Govern- ment Employees, which r: pre ,ep,ts 90,000 federal workers - inok a much dimmer view of 111;t. n;. e .ore. Macintyre presented the commit- tee with petitions signed by 11,000 workers who oppose the plan. Earlier, Sen. Charles Mathias, R Md., brought in another 10,000 petitions against the bill, from federal em- ployees in the Baltimore area. The bill would "amount to a 5 per- cent pay cut for federal workers who drive - just as federal workers are seeing other benefits chipped away," Macintyre argued. And it would not substantially de- crease the number of workers who drive to their jobs, Macintyre sug- gested. He cited figures he said showed that when the District of Columbia I ll 1 e1 Ly 111GPJ LLlc wv- ur,t i1 ,v federal workers throughout the na- tion but its greatest impact would in the District. That would he espe- cially true on Capitol Hill, where several thousand free spaces are now set aside for members of Con- gress and their staffs. raised its monthly parking fee from S5 to 5,35 "there was no noticeable reduction in the number of eml~h_~y ens using the government's part faciiit;es." That conclusion was cha1l 'i R- by Sen. David F. Durenht r t T. Minn., a co-sponsor of Purt 1 who cited a 21 percent drop r'auto commuters when the Canadian .'- ernment began charging its t:up ees a higher parking fee. Sen.. Pete V. Domenici, D-N.-Y who has introduced a bill similes to Percy's, told the committee it as important to include executive em- ployees in the new legislation and not to rely solely on the president's executive order. "Presidents can change their minds, and new presidents can can- cel something done by the prev:o,.:a: president," he said. The hearings concluded with terday's testimony. The comrn:;:t-n plans to mark up the bill aftt r : ;:c August congressional recess. Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 TAB Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 STAT Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 17. Jul- 1979 J]5 IUl USE PREVIOUS EDITIONS Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 Next 2 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 TAB Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 STAT Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 j SL ('H L. - ISHER 223 CANNON HOUSE 0, ,t, Du,,0wG COM~+1TTEEOApproved Fo'P elease 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-0098'8 000600060038-OTLEPItONE. (202) 225-5136 WAYS AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SCCURITV JOHN L. NORMAN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Ms. Vivian Barry 2535 Ogden Street Falls Church, Virginia 22043 Dear Ms. Barry: July 13, 1979 Thank you for calling my office to follow up on the Federal employee parking issue. 450 WI sr BROAn STREET Room 416 FALLS CHURCH, VIRGIP41A 22046 TELErHONE. (703) 534-2960 19 EAST MARKET STREET LEESBURG. VIRGINIA 22075 TELEPHONE, (703) 777-5959 I have written to the President to suggest that free parking spaces be provided to government employees who carpool in order to encourage greater energy savings.. As I indicated to you, I think that carpools offer more incentive to conserve than parking fees alone. I shared this view with the President. When I have his response I will be back in touch with you. I appreciated hearing from you again. Sincere-1y, JLF/js Member of Congress Joseph L. Fisher Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 Coltgrc.5.5 of tic niteb'tote !ou a of 11epre etttatibe.5 1abington9 n.C. 20515 AIL.: / IILF4 1 )n O19IRICT. t'InQINIA TELEPHONE?(202)225-5136 COMMITTEE ON Approved Fo1Welease 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-0098$7 000600060038-0 of tide ZUnttcb'tt tee 450 W[sr BROAD STR[cr Qtongre.~ ROOM 416 FALLS CRURCN. VIRGINIA 22046 TELEPHONE, (703) 534-2088 SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRADE 6UBCOMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SECURITY JOHN L. NORMAN U[ECUTIV[ AS^ISTANT 3ouZe of .epretentatibCO waobf lgtori, O.C. 20515 June 27, 1979 Ms. Vivian Barry 2535 Ogden Street Falls Church, Virginia 22043 223 CANNON 1{-ISr 01 - ICI 11111L.UIN3 WASHINGTON, D C. 20515 19 EAST MARKET STREET LEESNURG. VIRGINIA 22075 TELEFHONEI (703) 777-5859 Dear Ms. Barry: Enclosed is a copy of the response I have received from GSA about the determination of parking rates at the CIA in Langley. I hope this information is helpful to you. I was happy to look into this matter on your behalf. Again, thank you for contacting me and please continue to keep in touch on matters of concern. Joseph L. Fisher Member of Congress JLF/jsg Enclosure Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 ~I ~ Lyt;f ~~^dl 6~~~121P>O00600060038-0 MN 1 2W 9 Honorable Joseph L. Fisher House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 JON r 1' Dear Mr. Fisher: Thank you for your letter of May 23s, 1979, regarding Federal employee parking rates at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Your information that the General Services Administration (GSA) has decided to consider parking rates charged at Rosslyn as the basis for determining the rates at Langley is incorrect. In January,, an estimate of parking rates at Langley was made by a contract appraiser. The rates are to be used as the basis for the Standard Level User Charge (SLUC) assessed agencies occupying Government-owned or leased space. The appraiser used comparables in that report from several locations in Virginia within an approximate ten mile distance from Langley. None of the comparables used were located in Rosslyn. Within the next few weeks the Office of Management and Budget (0MB) will issue a final circular which requires that parking fees be charged at Federal installations. GSA will then publish its guidelines. The parking fees will be determined and the actual charging of employees will begin on October 1s 1979. We trust that this information is helpful to you. Sincerely, Faul E. GoUld11 r~r Acting Admini-'t1' Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988ROO0600060038-0 D Approved,;For Release 2005-706/22: CIA-RDP85-00988RO00600066038-0 ? JULY 23; 1979- Arnly-TiMk~s '3 By TOM PH ILPOTr Times Sfaft,Nhiter WASHINGTON - White House officials have approved "virtu- ally all" of the Defense Department's recommendations to ease enforcement of President Carter's federal parking program on, military installations, Army Times has learned. DoD recommendations approved include the following: ? Authority for Secretary of Defense to set parking rates on military installations. The General Services Administration will set rates for other federal facilities. ? Free parking at most military installations located in rural areas. - * Free parking at all commissaries, exchanges and military housing areas. Free parking for privately owned vehicles that are used by DoD employees for official business. o Free parking for employees in alert status or working other than normal daytime hours. DoD requested the changes last month so that the parking program could be implemented "with sensitivity" to military needs and to the "community nature" of service facilities. Some service officials still are concerned that DoD will not have authority to exempt lower-ranking enlisted people from the' parking fees in urban areas, wh4're authorities say they already suffer more financial hardships than people in rural assignments. In addition, officials say, the parking program will penalize persons who live off post and must drive to work while those on base can walk to their duty stations. A DoD official said the rates will be enforced."as sensibly, as reasonably and as equitably as possible." The program calls for phasing in the full rates over a two-year period. GSA surveys indicate that when fully implemented, the monthly fee will be about $19 per space at the Pentagon and as high as $70 at the New Executive Office Building in Washington, ..D.C. . nnnrnvcrl Fnr Pclcacc 9lf If1R/99 ? f _ a_PnPRS-f1f1QRRPnnnAfVV1Rf1f13R_fl 3 _ p T ~yI * ti'll Y'15Fiisl' v t T Tines Staff Writer WASHINGTON - President arter's federal parking program ay be more difficult and costly o administer than the White cruse realizes, Defense Depart- nent officials warn. Officials say the new parking ates will be tough to enforce roperly on military installations t the "community nature" of hose facilities is taken into con- ideration. Therefore, DoD says, parking Pates and re ulations on military - nstallat.icns should be determined y the Secretary of Defense and not, as planned for other federal facilities, by the General Services Administration. DoD's comrnentF and recom- mendations are presented in a "close-hold" position paper sent ,. the office of 'Management and arking fees are The new t d B p . u ge scheduled to go into effect in Octo- ber. The DoD paper, signed by Robert B. Pine Jr., Assistant De- fense Secretary for Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Logistics, explains that the parking charges should be implemented with sen- sitivity to the community nature of military installations, alert re- quirements, use of privately owned vehicles for official pur- poses and the irregular nature of military working hours. , , "We are particularly concerned about the application of this policy to military installations in rural areas where carpooling is imprac- tical and public transportation is scarce or non-existent," Pirie says. "We do not think that GSA is optimally positioned to take ac- count of these factors." Attachments to Pine's letter warn White House officials that they are "wrong" to assume that extra resources will not be needed to -et up tae oar;ng pt -Charging employees a fee for - the use of DoD-controlled parking so=.ces would add significant administrative problems to a pro- gram that is already difficult to administer," the paper says. "For example, the Pentagon Central Parking office workload would be sharply increased and require (new resources) to collect (about $1.1 million the first year) parking fees, execute and issue receipts, maintain accounting procedures, safeguard funds, take follow-up action in the event of avilient attempt toadjui- The paper also says it's "Un- to assume", as OMB has, that more parking employees w,von't be needed on military in- stallations. "Strict enforcement will require additional patrolling, not only of authorized parking areas,.but of roadways, open areas, housing areas and community support parking lots which will undoubted- ly be used by individuals seeking to avoid the parking fee." Militarv commanders, the Given authority to set pa king rates, the Defense Seer ary would conform them "to th ex- tent possible" with rates s t by GSA at nearby federal faci ties, 0MB officials are expect~d to- federal agencies before publi ping proposed parking rules i the paper says, "will predictably come under greater pressure" to keep parking lots in good repair and free of potholes and snow. Money collected in parking fees should be used to pay these costs, DoD says. DoD recommends that parking remain free: ? At installations located in rural areas where there's no pub- lic transportation and carpooling is difficult. ? At commissaries, exchanges none _ , Cate inequities and complaints- and military iousing areas. arisin,t from the new policy, coor- dinate the increased enforcement and surveillance effort, handle adaii.ional cases of administrative reveeation of parking privileges and tic) On.'' of DoD employees that 'are used for official business. -=- Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 TAB Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 5 JUN 1979 STAT STAT MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Logistics I set, Plans and rograms Staff, OL SUBJECT: Computerized Carpooling Matching Program 1. This memorandum is for information only. 2. Mr. I I attended a meeting at the General Services Administration tkiSA) on 24 May on the computerized carpooling matching program. Representatives of a number of Government agencies were at the meeting which was chaired by Mr. Jay Cohen from the GSA. Mr. Cohen is on the staff of Walter V. Kallaur, Regional Administrator, GSA, and he is tasked with coordinating Federal participation in the program. 3. The carpool matching service is sponsored by the Counsel of Governments (COG) as a plan to reduce energy con- sumption and improve the air quality in the metropolitan area. GSA is assisting them by coordinating Federal involvement. 4. Each employee who wishes to participate - the program is voluntary - fills out a questionnaire, which the partici- pating agencies will then forward to GSA. The questionnaires are collected and sent to COG. COG will then provide a computer "print out" to the employee, through GSA, which lists the persons who have compatible home and work locations. Car- pools are organized by the individuals themselves. Agencies are expected to encourage the formation of carpools by pro- viding parking spaces and permitting adjustments in work schedules. Agency involvement, therefore, is to facilitate the survey, provide parking spaces, and allow adjustable work schedules. S. Although the program has some very desirable features to commend it to Federal Agencies, the unique cover and security requirements of this Agency seem to rule against our Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 SUBJECT: Computerized Carpooling Matching Program participation. GSA and COG use their own resources in pulling the information together and making it available to employees of participating groups. 6. The adoption of an Agency computerized matching system might facilitate carpooling among Agency employees. Since only approximately twenty percent of our spaces are assigned to carpools, it would appear that some improvements might be possible in this area. Mr. Cohen indicated that the percentage of carpool assignments to spaces available varies from agency to agency depending on parking density, parking fees, etc. Title 41, Code of Federal Property Management Regulations, pro- vides that ten percent of parking spaces may be reserved with priority given to carpools for the remaining ninety percent. 7. A representative from the Department of Energy (DOE) was at the meeting and spoke on vanpools. dis- cussed this meeting with the Chief, Logistics Services Division (LSD), who is investigating use of vanpools by Agency employees. LSD is essentially aware of all of the information learned at the meeting. Vanpools do offer some attractive features. The rider is able to share expenses, estimated at $30 to $45 per month. Participants may also be able to do with one less per- sonal car. The owner has free transportation and the use of a van when it is not committed to the pool. The U. S. Government is not allowed to purchase vans and lease them back to its employees. But, lending institutions and insurance companies are beginning to give special consideration to individuals interested in forming these pools. Vans maybe leased in lieu of purchase. 8. Considering the relative mobility of Agency }personnel, individuals may be unwilling or unable to commit themselves to support a vanpool. Since the 'tans cost approximately $10,000, the owner-operator is faced with a sizable financial obligation. The speaker noted, however, that his experience has shown that once pools are formed and operating, they are self-supporting. 9. It would appear that it is in the interest of the Agency to facilitate the formation of carpools and vanpools by providing a degree of flexibility in work schedules, helping to bring employees together through some sort of a locator system, and Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-0098 8000600060038-0 SUBJECT: Computerized Carpooling Matching Program by providing preferred parking to pools. However, the major thrust to form car and vanpools must be generated by the employees themselves. Distribution: 0 - Adse 1 - OL/PAPyS (Official) 1 - OL ,S (Chrono) STA (4 June 79) -3- Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 TAB Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 Approved Foor,,Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00000600060038-0 NNW ,?7 tM : 1)4,e Me ,0a/,4 L.L 3 May 1979 MEMORANDUM FOR: See Distribution STAT FROM: Chief, Legislation Division/OLC SUBJECT: Parking Legislative Initiatives 1. As a follow-up to our previous memorandum whereby we brought to your attention two recently introduced parking bills, H.R. 3376 and S. 871, and in order to keep you current with regard to all similar legislative initiatives, we are forwarding attached the following two new additions to this legislative arena: ?.. H. Con. Res. 105 which calls upon the House Building Commission and the Senate Rules and Administration Committee to issue joint regulations to establish reasonable parking fees for Members of Congress and Congressional employees. Note that such regulations are to be issued within six months of the Resolution being agreed to and are to take into consideration such factors as "changes for parking by Federal employees to whom this Resolution is not applicable..." (Subsection 1 -- S. 930, introduced by Senators Charles Percy (R., I11.) and David Durenberger (R., Minn.) would, like the other bills already circulated, require a ea nr, fee to be chdrg.d Federal Goyer enj emglaveesincludin CIA. We are also providing a copy of relevant pages from the 9 April Congressional Record containing Senator Percy's introductory remarks. You will note that there appears to be some disconnect between the Senator's introductory comments (see underlined portions of the third full paragraph on page S.. 4199 of the Congressional Record) and the second-sentence of subsection 2 b of the bill dealing with the case where no "similar facilities" exist in areas of Federal offices or installations. At any rate, it is the statutory language, not the introductory remarks that become law and are binding. 9 1.831 Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 STAT Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0 Approved For Release 2005/06/22 : CIA-RDP85-00988R000600060038-0