Posts Tagged “carpool”
There’s a great infographic that Carpooling.org put together that really captures the potential financial savings you can reap by carpooling. You start saving money immediately with just one more person in the car, but as you can see, the savings really start to pile up once you’ve got two or three people in the car. [...]
Just wanted to give a quick shout-out to Motor Trend’s 2013 Car of the Year. As fans of anything that can help reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, Tesla’s Model S represents a huge step forward toward a more sustainable future. It’s also freaking beautiful. I mean, look at this bad boy: I know, [...]
Hey gang, Friday, October 26 is International Carpooling Day. Of course, there’s no better way of celebrating than by logging on and finding a new ridesharing partner. But we wanted to remind everyone of some of the benefits from traveling with others. 6 Reasons to Rideshare Save Money. The average American spends close to $9,000 [...]
Hitching a ride might become so easy in the near future that most people won’t even need to own a car, if the bright minds at Google are correct. Joe Kraus, a partner at GoogleVentures, predicts that within the next 5 to 10 years carpooling will become so popular and easy that the number of [...]
The word “slugging” brings a few images to mind: hard-hitting baseball players and slimy, slow invertebrates. Surprisingly, it also refers to waiting outside an HOV (High Occupancy Vehicle) lane to hop into someone’s car. Simply put, it’s carpooling (or ride sharing). The sluggers get a free ride and the driver gets to enter the HOV lane. What’s [...]
Okay, so we mentioned last week that we are once again teaming up with the excellent Fun Fun Fun Festival in Austin, Texas. We’ll be the festival’s official carpool service for the second year in a row, helping fans save money on gas, tolls and parking while making new friends. Now we’ve got even better [...]
Hey Movers – Summer’s over, and with the change of seasons comes the beginning of the school year, the end of nice weather (boo!), the start of football season (awesome!), the end of vacation (boo!) and the end of festival season (major boo!). But not if you live in Texas! Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest [...]
Check out this interview with the Improbables as they continue their roadtrip from Madrid to Mongolia. They mention their partnership with Amovens around the 2 minute mark. Follow their adventures at http://www.madridtomongolia.com/ and check out some of their photos from their adventures. Here’s a few from the Ukraine:
Another day, another festival partnership. Man, the music scene is keeping us busy these days. Hot on the heels of our announcement Monday that the Vans Warped Tour chose us as their official ridesharing partner for 2012, we’re very pleased to announce that the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago has also signed up with Amovens. [...]
Man, are we excited to announce this one! This year, Amovens will be providing the Vans Warped Tour with its very own ridesharing platform. Warped fans will be able to hook-up with other tour followers to split the cost of gas, tolls, and parking as we follow Warped from Salt Lake City to Montreal to Milwaukee. [...]
