First tests with Avego in the Northern Virginia (NOVA) region receiving great user feedback Since we last updated you on the The Avego pilot project with the US Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) in Northern Virginia, the project has been growing steadily. With the first stages of the pilot now in motion, active… Continue reading Slice an hour off your daily commute with Avego
Category: Real Time Ridesharing
Olympic Ridesharing
Ridesharing would have saved the London Olympic organizers a lot of grief, and everybody a lot of money. Usain Bolt travels more than thrice the speed the average car does in London, and yet there are still empty seats clogging up the special fast track traffic lanes all across the city. In their defence you… Continue reading Olympic Ridesharing
Real-Time Ridesharing test kicks off in Santa Barbara, CA
July 2 marked the first day of beta testing in Santa Barbara, CA. A route between Isla Vista and Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) will have SBCC Summer School students using the Avego Driver application to share rides in real time over the coming 4 weeks on a program that local officials call “SmartRide”.… Continue reading Real-Time Ridesharing test kicks off in Santa Barbara, CA
Carpooling Apps going Mainstream
New York Times features another article on carpooling apps. Over the past month many articles were published on the growing Real-Time Ridesharing space. Of greatest note was a major piece run by the New York Times over the July 4th holiday. A photo shoot and interviews with Avego users in Sonoma County, CA, showed how… Continue reading Carpooling Apps going Mainstream
Real-time Ridesharing recognized by US Congress
A historic breakthrough was made for the Real-Time Ridesharing community in late June when the U.S. Congress expanded the definition of “carpool projects” in federal law to include “Real-Time Ridesharing”. This is the first time that the definition of carpooling has been updated in over 30 years. The transportation bill, known as MAP-21 (Moving Ahead… Continue reading Real-time Ridesharing recognized by US Congress
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
Keeping Agile
Gas prices, high traffic volumes, and poor air quality around metropolitan areas have an increasingly disabling impact on all our lives. At Avego we started a revolution to stop the madness and actually do something practical and FREE to make life a lot easier for everyone. The ridesharing community is growing and changing. Since the… Continue reading Keeping Agile
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
Congressman Mike Thompson kicks off Avego Sonoma beta
Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA) books a Real-Time Rideshare in an all-electric Tesla Roadster At the beginning of this month, Mike Thompson, representative of California’s First Congressional District, attended a Real-Time Ridesharing event, hosted by WeGo Sonoma, in Santa Rosa California. The event marked the beginning of the WeGo Sonoma beta testing phase for commuters traveling… Continue reading Congressman Mike Thompson kicks off Avego Sonoma beta
Issues with the Latest Avego Driver Update?
We are aware that some users are experiencing an error after installing our latest update to our Avego Driver iPhone app. If you have just updated the app to the latest version (v2.5.3) and you are having problems launching the app, you can resolve the issue by deleting the app and reinstalling it from the… Continue reading Issues with the Latest Avego Driver Update?