Avego has received the award as Ireland’s Best Local Business for 2012 as part of the Local Authority Members Association (LAMA) annual awards ceremony. Avego is a global company providing “revolutionary mobility” software and hardware systems with its home office in Kinsale, Ireland and other locations throughout China, the United States, and Ireland. Between Real-Time… Continue reading Avego Receives Award for Ireland’s Best Local Business, 2012
U.S. DOT announces TIGER IV Grants
On January 31, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced the fourth round of TIGER grants. $500 million in discretionary grants are available for high-impact transportation projects including highways, bridges, rail, transit, ports, bicycle trails and pedestrian paths. The previous three rounds of the TIGER program provided $2.6 billion to 172 projects in all 50 states,… Continue reading U.S. DOT announces TIGER IV Grants
Avego Driver v2.5: it’s here!
Latest version of Avego Driver caps a year of progress in RTR Back in December of 2008, the first generation of Avego Real-Time Ridesharing (RTR) was released as a prototype “experimental travel network”. Seven generations later, even though we’re still in the early days of the development in this new industry, the product has grown… Continue reading Avego Driver v2.5: it’s here!
Major Chinese City Chooses Avego
Deal in ChengDu, China’s 7th largest city, makes Avego sole provider of Intelligent Transportation Systems to bus companies in XinDu, China. ChengDu is the largest and most important transport hub in southwest China, with a population of over 10 million, access to six national highways and train connections to all major cities. Following a major… Continue reading Major Chinese City Chooses Avego
New Look, New People
New designers bringing a fresh new look to Avego At Avego, we’re always looking out for brilliant people with a passion for technology and a talent for thinking outside the box. Over the past few months two such people have joined our growing dynamic team in Kinsale, Ireland. Maebh Costello, an experienced Interaction Designer, and… Continue reading New Look, New People
A word from our Managing Director
“Rolling into 2012, we at Avego are thrilled at what the year ahead has in store. Looking back, 2011 was a productive year for Avego and for our customers, most notably for Real-Time Ridesharing (RTR). Avego ran RTR pilots in Cork, Ireland; Bergen, Norway; Houston, TX; Arlington, VA; and Seattle, WA in the USA. Supported… Continue reading A word from our Managing Director
2012: The Year of Ridesharing
We’re Keeping it Real (time) Although some of you may be familiar with 2012 as the Chinese “Year of the Dragon”, at Avego we’re proclaiming it “the Year of Real-time Ridesharing”. We’re not sure whether our proposed zodiac symbol (left) will catch on, but we do know that three out of four commuters polled in… Continue reading 2012: The Year of Ridesharing
Avego LEAPs and bounds forward with the NTA in Ireland
First touch-card payment system for commercial bus operators in Ireland deployed using Avego in-vehicle solution Unveiled just last month, the LEAP card is the first-of-its-kind public transport smartcard in Ireland. The rechargeable, electronic touch payment card can be used by commuters interchangeably on public buses, trains, light rail and commercial buses. Avego was chosen by… Continue reading Avego LEAPs and bounds forward with the NTA in Ireland
Avego Shout v1.1 Released
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
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