In a media landscape so awash with legislative warfare and the astronomical seed funding associated with taxi and taxi-sharing startups, it’s easy to forget where shareholders’ interests end and real societal benefit begins. The taxi industry has successfully been disrupted, and those of us seeking short-range, on-demand transportation solutions have never had so many… Continue reading 10 million scheduled trips in 2015: time to talk occupancy
Category: Carpool And Vanpool Chat
“We’re neighbors? Let’s share!”
Team Carma has been interested in the casual carpooling idea for a while now. Casual carpooling is the white-collar worker’s version of hitchhiking. Commuters access cars like buses, reduce commute costs and speed past traffic in carpool lanes. While promoting carpooling throughout the US, we have seen for ourselves how convenient and efficient this transit… Continue reading “We’re neighbors? Let’s share!”
The Quantified Commute
My phone just woke up to ask me a simple question, “How happy do you feel now?” It’s the second time today that I’ve answered a brief survey about how I feel, what I’m doing and where I am. It’s triggered by an app called Mappiness, which is building up a profile of where and… Continue reading The Quantified Commute
My First Casual Carpool!
So, a few of us from Team Carma recently took at trip to San Francisco so we could experience casual carpooling first-hand. We wanted to stay somewhere in the East Bay so our commute would be as realistic as possible. Having lived in Berkeley a few years back, I had absolutely no problem when one… Continue reading My First Casual Carpool!
vRide and Avego
Taking one million cars off the road vRide (www.vride.com) is the world’s largest vanpool organization, with over 5,500 vans transporting over 50,000 people on their daily commute – saving them time, money and the environment. Avego and vRide have been working in partnership for over 3 years. Together, we are transforming the rideshare market towards… Continue reading vRide and Avego
Avego Consultant Receives International Award
Avego Professional Services Consultant, Colin Mooney, was selected as one of the “Top 40 Under 40” Transportation Demand Professionals in the world. The Association for Commuter Transportation (ACT) will be recognizing Colin Mooney at their upcoming international conference in Savannah, GA in late July. This prestigious award will be the first of its kind to… Continue reading Avego Consultant Receives International Award
Avego, Crowdsourcing Public Transit
The bottom-up, interoperable transit network as a solution for our time While other companies and people have implemented systems of ridesharing before (from vanpooling to pre-arranged ridematching using on-line communities like Craigslist), Avego is the first to attempt to unify cars, vans and buses into a “multi-modal” approach, from the bottom up. Traditionally public transit… Continue reading Avego, Crowdsourcing Public Transit
Behind the scenes
What do we really do? Here’s a sneak peak into what happens behind the curtain at Avego… Here at Avego, we produce killer solutions for enabling efficient transport networks using GPS, web and mobile technologies. Our applications are used by commuters who take fixed-route, vanpool or carpool commute options every day. However, “Behind the Scenes”,… Continue reading Behind the scenes
Avego Real-time Ridesharing Launches in Northern Virginia
Avego and FAST Potomac Yard offer new travel option to thousands of Virginia commuters Today, Avego and the FAST Potomac Yard Transportation Management Association (TMA) are launching the first-ever “real-time ridesharing” (RTR) project on the East Coast. Northern Virginia commuters searching for green and affordable transportation options can now share rides in real-time, using the… Continue reading Avego Real-time Ridesharing Launches in Northern Virginia
Survey Reveals Huge Growth Potential for Vanpooling in North America
Operators put support for casual vanpools/part-time riders atop wish list In this era of high gas prices and increased traffic congestion, vanpooling has emerged as an attractive commuting option for a growing number of Americans. Vanpools are a comfortable, cost-effective, and convenient way for groups of seven to 15 people to share a ride to… Continue reading Survey Reveals Huge Growth Potential for Vanpooling in North America