Tomorrow evening, Avego’s Director of Government Relations, Jason Conley, will be presenting on Shared Transport at the Disruptathon Clean IT Tech event in Washington DC. Taking place at the Canadian Embassy, Disruptathon features 6-8 companies talking about their disruptive innovations for an audience of 75-100 people. It will be a mix of techies, policy experts,… Continue reading Avego at Disruptathon Event (June 22)
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Real-Time Passenger Information in 3 Days at WhereCamp
Earlier this month, Avego participated in the WhereCamp 2010 San Francisco “un-conference” at the Google campus in Mountain View, CA. Just a few days before the event, the hot topic on Twitter was how attendees could get to WhereCamp without Driving. Avego took up the challenge and in just 3 days put together a soup… Continue reading Real-Time Passenger Information in 3 Days at WhereCamp
Improving Local Transport Efficiency in Dalian, China
Avego China launches 2 new projects at Ascendas IT Park Avego’s China office, which was officially opened last October, has just launched 2 new projects that are designed to improve transportation efficiency at the Ascendas IT park in Dalian, where Avego China is based. A new Shared Taxi system will save costs for local employers… Continue reading Improving Local Transport Efficiency in Dalian, China
The US Federal Budget 2011 – Transportation, Infrastructure & Innovation
The Obama administration released its 2011 budget proposal on February 1st, which includes a request of $78.8 billion for FY2011, up from $77 billion in FY2010. The budget includes $530 million as part of the President’s Partnership for Sustainable Communities to help State and local governments invest in sustainable transportation infrastructure “that integrates with housing… Continue reading The US Federal Budget 2011 – Transportation, Infrastructure & Innovation
Twitter for Transit Agencies
Twitter. Most often described with the off-putting title of “a microblogging platform”, Twitter is actually a highly effective business tool, through which an organization can provide a stream of short (140 character) updates (“tweets”) to an expanding community of followers. In the last year, Twitter has grown in popularity amongst transit agencies in the US… Continue reading Twitter for Transit Agencies
Avego Managing Director speaks at TRB 89th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC
Avego Managing Director, Sean O’Sullivan, will be speaking next week at the 89th annual Transportation Research Board (TRB) meeting in Washington, DC, as part of a workshop titled “Reinventing Carpooling to Meet Transportation’s Greatest Challenges”. Mr. O’Sullivan is joining other transportation industry luminaries during this three hour workshop, which takes place on January 10th (1.30PM… Continue reading Avego Managing Director speaks at TRB 89th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC
U.S. DOT announces first grants in Livability Initiative
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recently announced the availability of $280 million for urban circulator projects such as streetcars, buses, and bus facilities to support communities, expand business opportunities and improve people’s quality of life while also creating jobs. The money represents the first batch of funding by the Obama Administration for its Livability Initiative,… Continue reading U.S. DOT announces first grants in Livability Initiative
UCC Shared Transport Pilot Program Update
Last week Avego held its latest focus group with participants in its Shared Transport pilot program at University College Cork (UCC), in Ireland. As the meeting took place on Thanksgiving, it was a timely opportunity to thank the group for their continuing participation and to provide a preview of Avego V2.0. “We really appreciate everyone’s… Continue reading UCC Shared Transport Pilot Program Update
Futurefleet Winning Acceptance in the U.S.
Avego opens third office in North America Avego’s Futurefleet, which is built on top of the same transport management infrastructure that Avego’s Shared Transport consumer application runs on, is seeing an explosion of growth and acceptance in North America. Avego’s original, and still unique, strength of allowing consumers to advertise and / or book seats… Continue reading Futurefleet Winning Acceptance in the U.S.
Avego Wins Irish Software Association Award
On Friday, November 13th, Avego won the Emerging Software Business award at the Irish Software Association’s Software Industry Awards. This award is made to the most promising emerging software company in Ireland. Held at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin, the Software Industry Awards recognizes world-class contributions by indigenous software firms to Ireland’s smart economy. Avego… Continue reading Avego Wins Irish Software Association Award