AAA publish 2010 report on annual driving costs in the U.S. Driving alone is costly, both for the planet and for your pocket. However, it’s often very easy to forget all the annual costs associated with driving your car. Fortunately, AAA releases an annual report on average driving costs, which make it easier for us… Continue reading The True Cost of Driving Alone
Tag: Shared Transport
Avego selected for ITS America Smart Solution Spotlight award
Avego Shared Transport has just been selected by the Intelligent Transportation Society of America for its Smart Solution Spotlight award, highlighting its potential for reducing America’s reliance on single-occupancy vehicle commuting. As the leading voice for the use of smart technology to address America’s transportation challenges, the ITS America Smart Solution Spotlight award highlights the… Continue reading Avego selected for ITS America Smart Solution Spotlight award
Why Shared Transport?
Sometime in the late 1970s or early 1980s, hitch-hiking around town or cross country became dangerous. Around the same time, credit became more abundant in the US and more people were able to buy cars than ever before. Cars also became increasingly important as people looked to raise their families in affordable housing further and… Continue reading Why Shared Transport?
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
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
Avego Presents at the ITS World Congress
Last month, Avego presented at the 16th World Congress and Exhibition on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services (ITS) in Stockholm, Sweden. The theme of the event, ‘ITS in Daily Life’, explored how ITS can improve everyday mobility. The conference, which was attended by 4,000 transport professionals, provided a perfect venue for Avego to present our… Continue reading Avego Presents at the ITS World Congress
Avego Opens Asia-Pacific Headquarters in Dalian, China
Avego today opened its new 15-person office in Dalian, China. The official opening was attended by the Minister for Trade and Commerce, Billy Kelleher T.D., Chairman of Enterprise Ireland, Hugh Cooney; and Ireland’s Ambassador to China, Declan Kelleher.
Slate singles out Avego
Slate.com praised Avego’s iPhone app in an interesting article published earlier this month, which highlights the potential of the iPhone as a transportation tool. The article considers the most promising iPhone apps for drivers, bikers and commuters and prominently features Avego’s iPhone app as one of the apps that can most improve the daily user… Continue reading Slate singles out Avego