carpool

New app allows instant carpooling

November 3, 2011

Shout, a new iPhone application from Avego, allows users to arrange carpools with anyone in their list of contacts.

Read the full article →

Carpooling for the masses

August 18, 2011

Zimride, which started as a carpooling network for college campuses, is ready to go mainstream and is rolling out new features to attract new users.

Read the full article →

WSDOT pays drivers to carpool

January 27, 2011

The Washington State Department of Transportation is testing a new strategy to encourage ridesharing — paying drivers to carpool.

Read the full article →

Florida asks drivers to reThink their commute

August 23, 2010

The Florida Department of Transportation launched reThink, an online program that matches potential carpooling partners.

Read the full article →

Apps for smarter carpooling

March 3, 2010

Social networks, combined with the GPS and location-based services, are creating opportunities for applications that support carpooling and ridesharing.

Read the full article →

Virginia boys develop ride-sharing website

November 30, 2009

A group of fourth- and fifth-graders in McLean (VA) developed carbuddiesmclean.org, a website to match drivers and riders in this northern Virginia suburb.

Read the full article →

Can road trains turn highways into mass transit?

November 11, 2009

European researchers are exploring the potential for “road trains” — groups of cars with similar destinations that are linked by telematics.

Read the full article →

West Virginia PRT system back in service

September 1, 2009

The personal rapid transit system at West Virginia University is back in operation after a three-month break for diagnostics and system repair.

Read the full article →

Need a ride? Check your iPhone

December 30, 2008

The New York Times reported on two iPhone applications that support ridesharing.   Avego, a demonstration program based in Ireland,  will let drivers and prospective passengers share rides.  Passengers will pay 30 cents per mile, which will be shared by the driver and the company. Billing itself as an “experiment in social transportation,” Carticipate is a [...]

Read the full article →

New site for carpoolers

December 5, 2008

A new online carpool matching service, called iPool2 at www.ipool2.org is a simple tool for commuters in the four-county region near Albany, NY. iPool2 provides many user-friendly features — it’s free, fast, private, convenient and environmentally friendly. A built-in geographic system, like “Google Maps” instantly identifies and displays a map with potential carpool matches in [...]

Read the full article →