Released yesterday to thousands of users in Avego hotspots around the world – trip scheduling, adjustable notifications and improved search results. Since the first release of Avego RTR (real-time ridesharing) version 3 this year, the Avego R&D team have had their heads down in our new Cork office, distilling feedback and cooking up new features… Continue reading Bells, a few Whistles and Brimming with Everyday Usefulness: The Christmas Release Avego 3.3
Category: Real Time Ridesharing
Avego Driver app to be replaced by Avego 3.x
In the last six months, Avego has developed a brand new real-time ridesharing experience that we believe is going to transform the way people rideshare. To make sure all users that have an Avego account are getting the full benefit of this new update, and to maximize the Avego ridesharing community, we are merging the… Continue reading Avego Driver app to be replaced by Avego 3.x
A Fresh New Structure
Avego redefines its organization but keeps its focus At Avego, we recently re-organized internally around our two core business areas: consumer and enterprise. Nothing unusual there, I hear you say, and you’d be right. Companies re-organize all the time, especially when they are going through a period of growth (shameless plug #1: we’re hiring! Check… Continue reading A Fresh New Structure
Superstorm Sandy: NYC Mandates HOV 3
Where Real-Time Ridesharing can help in a crisis The effects of Superstorm Sandy are still being felt by hundreds of thousands on the East Coast of the US. Entire communities remain without power and heat, some with flooded homes beyond repair and evacuees take refuge in local emergency accommodation. However, every day life must continue,… Continue reading Superstorm Sandy: NYC Mandates HOV 3
Avego Real-time Ridesharing App Ships on Android
Avego native app available to over 85% of all smartphone users We are proud to announce that Avego RTR is now available for all Android and iPhone users as a cross-platform solution. We know you Android users have been patiently waiting for this day to arrive, jealously eying your iPhone-using colleagues and relying on them… Continue reading Avego Real-time Ridesharing App Ships on Android
New, innovative models – is it really ridesharing?
About eight times more expensive and serving a need, but are they really taking cars off the road? Ridesharing is the area to be in at the moment – both in technology and transportation – and it seems everyone’s jumping on the bandwagon (as they should do). Avego has been pioneering ridesharing technology since 2007… Continue reading New, innovative models – is it really ridesharing?
Avego 3.0: The new era of Real-Time Ridesharing
Prepare for the biggest overhaul Real-Time Ridesharing has seen since 2009! Meet Avego 3.0: streamlined, flexible and social. Standing still in the world of modern technology just isn’t an option, unless your business plan is “get bulldozed by the next-big-thing”. In Avego, that is definitely not what we’re about! From within the Avego Laboratory a… Continue reading Avego 3.0: The new era of Real-Time Ridesharing
Incentivizing New Behavior
How to crack the age-old question: what incentives really work? Avego was mentioned in a recent New York Times article “Carpooling makes a surge on apps and social media,” which discusses the recent explosion of electronic media used for ridesharing, but not without challenges. Car aficionado Tara Weingarten of vroomgirls.com comments that ridesharing will be… Continue reading Incentivizing New Behavior
Action on the front lines!
A new member joins the Avego USA team The most recent addition to the Avego America team, Enjoleah Daye, has joined the front lines in the battle against the commute stress in Northern Virginia and Washington D.C. A highly pressurized parking situation and an apparently ever-increasing number of commuters along ‘the belt’ lead to traffic… Continue reading Action on the front lines!
New Funding Opportunities for Ridesharing and Vanpooling
What happens in DC when US Congress goes on vacation? While Congress is out of town for the August recess—Avego’s Washington, DC office has been busy reviewing the recently passed surface transportation legislation to identify new funding opportunities for real-time ridesharing and vanpooling projects. On July 6, President Obama signed into law a multi-year surface… Continue reading New Funding Opportunities for Ridesharing and Vanpooling