Posts Tagged “Ridesharing”
(Thanks to Larry Ballis for contributing to our blog) Back in the days of the Great Depression and World War Two, people were told to share baths (no wonder there was a baby boom). If you are a student, then why not share a bath or shower with your partner to save money? Don’t [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
There’s a great new article on reason.com by Greg Beato called “The Case for Carpooling 2.0”about the potential economic and environmental benefits of carpooling. The article is well worth reading in its entirety, but Beato does an excellent job of highlighting a few salient points. The first is that “the hundreds of millions of cars [...]
In honor of the upcoming presidential elections, we’re featuring a three-post series on the history of ridesharing throughout three distinct presidencies. We’re kicking off the series with Franklin D. Roosevelt and the importance of ridesharing during World War II. The second post will feature Richard Nixon and his efforts to reduce oil use during the [...]
You may have noticed some changes to the Amovens website recently, including the addition of the blog. Although we’ll certainly be using this space to keep you updated on new developments here at Amovens, we’d like to use this space as a forum for discussion on a variety of topics, just our latest widget or [...]
