…Avego, based in Kinsale, Ireland (www.avego.com), is demonstrating an iPhone application intended to let drivers and prospective passengers connect and share rides….Drivers must have an iPhone to use the service, but if passengers do not they will be able to look for a ride on the Avego Web site…It will take a while to establish… Continue reading Herald Tribune – 21 December
Category: The Buzz
Josh Burker – 21 December
Via a NYTimes article, a cool new service called Avego Shared Transport ™ that uses an iPhone client, a web client, GPS, GIS, SMS and micropayments to connect people who need a ride with people who have extra space in their cars….While rideshares are a great idea, sometimes they are not practical, especially if you… Continue reading Josh Burker – 21 December
New York Times – 21 December
Soon you may no longer need to stick out your thumb to catch a ride. Instead, you may get one by tapping your fingers on your iPhone. Systems like Avego’s might work for people who don’t want to commit to a daily carpool… Ms. Heinrich particularly likes Avego’s combination of text messages and colorful mapping. “I would love… Continue reading New York Times – 21 December
Lovesalem – 13 December
Avego — Realtime ridesharing…Very cool use of the omnipresent cellphones and the new iPhone capabilities
Katonah Green – 30 November
I’m pretty excited about a new technology that will be launched soon in the US: it’s an iPhone app that utilizes GPS and Web technologies to help reduce traffic by hooking riders up with drivers who have extra seats
think story experience – 29 November
Every time I drive west I look at the endless stream of cars driving slowly towards Sydney, many of which are occupied by just a single person…And recently it has made me think about a brilliant idea, Avego…a car pooling service that uses GPS and mobile phone technology to connect empty seats in cars with passengers needing a ride
The Antiplanner – 26 November
…The general lesson to be learned from the Avego experiment is that there are a number of new technologies in the wings which will transform both urban and rural transport… the antiplanner
Fastweb – 26 November
Avego: e l’auto privata si fa taxi…Una splendida trovata che rappresenta il tentativo di superare in modo tecnologico le difficoltà collegate al sottoutilizzo dei posti disponibili in ciascuna autovettura. Sul sito del produttore di questa che potrebbe rappresentare una bella notizia oltre che un’innovazione tecnologica interessante per l’intero settore dei trasporti (per ora circoscritta al… Continue reading Fastweb – 26 November
Energy Bulletin – Nov 26th
… We don’t usually do plugs for products, but this is an exception… I was impressed with the vision behind Avego… a system like this seems inevitable. Energy Bulletin
Kiwiblog – November 23
The really good infrastructure news is called Avego…. I remember my ex Professor and later friend and colleague, the late Mel Webber, predicting this over twenty years ago. Now the Greens will surely support this new technology although sad to say one US jurisdiction has sabotaged Avego because they feared the loss of passengers on… Continue reading Kiwiblog – November 23