Category: Carma Community

#LoveMyCommute
Carma is made up of a community of members with different lifestyles and reasons for carpooling. Austin members, to help show the rest of the city how carpooling benefits us all, we want to invite you to tell us your story.

 

Submit your best video, photo, song, or written entry that shows just how passionate you are about commuting with Carma. The top submission will receive a Dream Commute for a month! 

 

The prize includes:

  • Exclusive use of Carma’s Tesla Model S for 30 days
  • Brand new iPhone 6
  • A Coffee a Day ($150 gift card to Starbucks)
  • $100 in TxTag credit

 

Plus, 5 Runners-Up will receive a backpack of commuting goodies.

 

Submit your entry between now and March 10th at:
www.carmacarpool.com/love

 

We can’t wait to hear your stories and get the rest of Austin excited to try Carma. Cheers to loving your commute!

 

 

Austin Now Hands-Free: Tips for Carma Users

The City of Austin is now a Hands-Free city, as of January 1st, 2015. This new “Hands Free” ordinance prohibits using all portable electronic devices while driving your car, and even while riding your bike. Luckily you can still use Carma during your morning and afternoon commute just the same! Carma was always designed to be… Continue reading Austin Now Hands-Free: Tips for Carma Users

Austin Carpoolers Raise $1,036 for Meals on Wheels Non-profit

While the Thanksgiving meal may be behind us, our thankfulness is living on because of something amazing our Carma Austin members made possible! Last month we pledged to donate $1 to Meals on Wheels and More for every Carma carpool trip taken during November.  The idea stemmed from the idea that all good deeds come full circle.  Carma members take… Continue reading Austin Carpoolers Raise $1,036 for Meals on Wheels Non-profit

Drive for Thanksgiving Carma

We all know that the more people carpool, the less traffic we’ll experience around town. But have you ever wondered about the other community benefits that the act of sharing rides could bring? Enter: our Drive for Thanksgiving Carma!  Just in time for the holidays, Carma Austin is pledging to donate $1 to Meals on Wheels and More for every… Continue reading Drive for Thanksgiving Carma

Obsession, by Carma

Some people are obsessed – like real crazy obsessed, “lock them up and run away” kinda obsessed. The crazy cat lady with 723 cats and no sense of smell, the model railway ‘enthusiast’ with more miles of track than Amtrak, the movie fan that can only communicate using film quotes. Sometimes though, people go a… Continue reading Obsession, by Carma

Austin Neighborhood Embraces a Better Commute

When we first launched Carma in Austin, Texas back in February of this year, we didn’t know what to expect. Will they like us? Will they hate us? Can we really get car-loving Texans to think about an “alternative” commute?  Well, we have to say, we were pleasantly, thankfully, magnificently surprised. People liked the idea,… Continue reading Austin Neighborhood Embraces a Better Commute

Austin: Carpool for Mobility Week

20/20 is easy with Carma The City of Austin, Austin Chamber of Commerce, and Movability Austin have issued a challenge to local companies – reduce employee “drive alone” commutes by 20% by the year 2020. The question on everyone’s minds: How do we reduce people driving alone by 20%? Well, the obvious answer is: don’t… Continue reading Austin: Carpool for Mobility Week

[AUSTIN] Share Carma, Get Carma

Carma is built on the idea that all good deeds come full circle. Offer someone a ride today, and tomorrow they’ll do the same for you. Here in our newest city of Austin, Texas, we love how our members have taken this idea to heart. Not only are you guys sharing the Carma love, but you’re also proving… Continue reading [AUSTIN] Share Carma, Get Carma

Knockin’ it out of the park!

Faster, better, cheaper – pick two! I don’t know who said it, but it’s an adage that holds true for many things. So which do you pick? A faster, cheaper, or better commute? As more and more cars pile on our roads, our commute gets slower and slower. We spend more and more of our… Continue reading Knockin’ it out of the park!