Shout: Traditional Carpooling Made Easy Reliable, simple, straightforward: that’s what carpooling looks like with the new version of Avego Shout! Your carpool should do one thing: get you to work. It’s not supposed to give you a headache, lead to premature hair loss or cause frostbite from waiting in the cold. In just a few… Continue reading Avego Shout v1.1 Released
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Avego Chosen as Real-Time Ridesharing System throughout California
Santa Barbara and three counties in San Francisco Bay Area select Avego RTR In a major indication that Real-time Ridesharing (RTR) is becoming a new, mainstream mode of transport, several government agencies in California have chosen to pilot Avego’s ridesharing technology. Administered by Caltrans in Santa Barbara and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) in Sonoma,… Continue reading Avego Chosen as Real-Time Ridesharing System throughout California
Avego Ride Board launches
Real-time and pre-matched ridesharing now available! Have you ever stood in a busy airport, looked at the departure board, and thought, “this would be so much easier if I could just tap the plane I want to take to reserve my seat?” Unfortunately, a simple tap on a departure board at the airport won’t get… Continue reading Avego Ride Board launches
Sean O’Sullivan Selected for Ireland’s Dragons’ Den
Avego co-founder and Managing Director selected for an investment TV series in Ireland Sean O’Sullivan has made the headlines once more. The Avego co-founder and Managing Director has been asked to join one of the top 10 TV series in Ireland, The Dragons’ Den. Despite the harsh tone implied by the name, the Den (known… Continue reading Sean O’Sullivan Selected for Ireland’s Dragons’ Den
Critical Mass Building in Houston
NuRide makes real-time ridesharing available to thousands of Houston commuter members Avego recently joined forces with NuRide, the nation’s largest rewards program for individuals who take greener trips, to offer real-time ridersharing to its Houston members. In just the first two weeks, over 120 Houston NuRide members have already joined up. To take part as… Continue reading Critical Mass Building in Houston
Critical Mass of Real-time Ridesharing Nears in Seattle Area
New guaranteed ride service spurs confident participation in go520 pilot Avego’s go520 real-time ridesharing project took another step towards building a “critical mass” of users with the launch of frequent guaranteed ride services along the busy Capitol Hill to Overlake Transit Center corridor between Seattle and the Microsoft Campus. The success of real-time ridesharing depends… Continue reading Critical Mass of Real-time Ridesharing Nears in Seattle Area
3 out of 4 US commuters would carpool to save time or money
Survey Reveals Untapped Consumer Demand for Carpooling Avego conducted a commuter survey to try to understand people’s attitudes towards carpooling. Specifically, we wanted to find out if time and/or money savings were motivators to consider carpooling.The survey of U.S. commuters revealed key findings in a number of areas including: Saving Time and Money: 77 percent… Continue reading 3 out of 4 US commuters would carpool to save time or money
Avego announces new jobs and expanded offices
On Monday, December 13th 2010, Avego welcomed Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation Batt O’Keeffe TD and other dignitaries to help celebrate the announcement of new jobs, new contracts, new investment, and expanded offices. The event took place at Avego’s newly expanded facilities in Kinsale, Ireland. Minister O’Keeffe and representatives from Enterprise Ireland were on… Continue reading Avego announces new jobs and expanded offices
Avego Employee Profile
Robyn Sheehan, Data Analyst & Customer Service Manager Robyn Sheehan joined Avego last summer, having graduated with an Honors Degree in Business Information Systems from UCC. Now based at Avego’s global Network Operations Center in Kinsale, Ireland, Robyn has previously worked with a major retail outlet in Cork and Barclays Bank in London. Since joining… Continue reading Avego Employee Profile
Avego Expands to China
Avego has just opened a new office in Dalian, China. With a staff of 14 people, the Chinese office will serve the domestic Chinese market for Avego’s products and work with hardware manufacturers to enable their software and hardware products for use with Avego Shared Transport. In other countries, Avego continues to grow through partnerships… Continue reading Avego Expands to China