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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:The Digital way of working
Moderator:QUARK::LIONELON
Created:Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5321
Total number of notes:139771

3489.0. "hown to find a ride to work ?" by TLE::KDICKINSON () Fri Nov 04 1994 10:12

    
    Didn't there used to be notes conference for car pooling and people
    who needed rides to various sites ?
    Is there such a conference ?
    
    merci
    
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3489.1Not the place to ask, I'm afraid23989::EYSTERFluoride&Prozac/NoCavities/No prob!Fri Nov 04 1994 10:2221
    I think the proper place to check on this is in
    TURRIS::EASYNET_CONFERENCES, but I'll put my 2� in before Steve blasts
    this.
    
    WAS THERE?  Yeah, there was.
    
    IS THERE?   Check EASYNET_CONFERENCES.
    
    There's a VTX system (RIDE?) that lets you enter info about yourself
    and find matches with other employees (kinda like an open-road dating
    service :^]).  I used it and found that:
    
    a) me and about five other people were it
    
    b) the software program had never driven around Dallas or looked too
    close at a Texas map, so it was unaware that Grapevine, Lewisville, and
    DeSoto form an area the size of Massachoo-sets.
    
    de nada
    
    								Tex
3489.22082::LIONELFree advice is worth every centFri Nov 04 1994 10:226
Hi, Karen...

There still is - EASYNET_CONFERENCES lists POWDML::COMMUTING.  Please look
in TURRIS::EASYNET_CONFERENCES (index in note 2.*) for locating conferences.

					Steve
3489.3TOOK::MORRISONBob M. LKG1-3/A11 226-7570Mon Nov 07 1994 18:337
  Re -.1: I agree that you should look in TURRIS::EASYNET_CONFERENCES when
looking for a notesfile and, if you don't find it, post an inquiry there.
However, I'm glad that .0 wrote this note because few people know about the
existence of the ride matching program on VTX. There are two options (or where
the last time I checked), one for matching within Digital and one for matching
with the public (including Digital). 
  Has anyone actually joined a carpool as a result of this service?
3489.4NOTIME::SACKSGerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085Tue Nov 08 1994 09:213
The Commuter Transportation Department, which sponsored Ridematch, no longer
exists.  You can still try to find matches through the COMMUTING notesfile
or through CARAVAN (in the MA/NH/RI area, phone (617) 227-POOL).