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OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The $230 pre-tax commuter benefit allowing vanpoolers and transit users to purchase fares and tickets has been extended through 2011. 511 Rideshare urges commuters to save money using the pre-tax benefit extension. Year-end Congressional actions in 2010, extended the $230 per month pre-tax benefit that was originally included in the 2009 American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA). Employees can pay for transit and vanpool fares on a pre-tax...
KINSALE, Ireland, Dec. 14, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Avego(TM), a global provider of software and hardware for improving the efficiency of passenger transportation, today announced $5.6 million in venture capital funding in a round led by SOSventures. The company is best known for Avego Shared Transport, the only ridesharing application that matches drivers and riders in real time as they travel, allowing commuters to rideshare whenever they want, from wherever they are; as well as...
BOSTON, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Zipcar Inc., Harvard University Transportation Services and Zimride announced today Greater Boston's first campus car sharing program for drivers under 21. The partnership will make it even easier for parents to send students to school without a car and further reduce the number of cars in Cambridge neighborhoods, already a city with one of the highest concentration of car sharers in the country. The partnership will expand Zipcar's successful 10-year...
SAN FRANCISCO, April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Esurance, the direct-to-consumer personal auto insurance company, announced an exclusive partnership with Zimride, the online social rideshare community, to provide a carpool service for its commuting associates and to promote carpooling for attendees of sponsored events around the nation. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090826/ESURANCELOGO) "Carpooling is an excellent way for our customers and associates to save on commuting costs, as...
PALM DESERT, Calif., March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- DEMO -- As fuel and energy costs burden passengers' and drivers' bottom lines at DEMO2010 flinc introduces a real time dynamic ridesharing service providing a solution for drivers and passengers alike. The service can be used on smart phones or online, creating rides within seconds via an automated process. flinc utilizes mobile phones' location based capabilities and navigational software to connect passengers and drivers, offering a customer...
OAKLAND, Calif., March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Dennis Jones of Fremont, CA won $1,000 in gas from 511. Jones was awarded the grand prize of gas for participating in Rideshare Rewards, the online incentive program that encourages Bay Area commuters to carpool. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100311/SF68563) Jones shares his commute with two co-workers, rotating the driving each week. "My carpool partners and I save a lot of money by carpooling," said Jones. He and his carpool...
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Zipcar, Inc., the world's largest car sharing provider and Zimride, the largest social online ride sharing community, announced today at the Consumer Electronics Show's (CES) HigherEd TECH conference in Las Vegas, the launch of an integrated car and ride sharing application on five new campuses -- UC Irvine, UC Berkeley, University of San Francisco, University of Maryland and George Mason University. The integrated Zipcar-Zimride application allows...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- While hundreds of thousands of American car owners have reduced their driving costs by taking advantage of the "Cash for Clunkers" program, those who are still stuck with their clunkers can cut their costs, too, according to CarBuddy, an online service that matches carpooling commuters in southeast Michigan. CarBuddy today offered five tips for any driver -- and especially those who must deal with low-mileage vehicles -- to keep cash in their...
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is announcing the launch of the "Confessions of a Carpooler" video contest. Carpoolers will be asked to video their commute and share why they choose to carpool to work. "Reducing single occupancy vehicles through ridesharing is one of the most effective ways for Bay Area residents to Spare the Air every day," said Lisa Fasano, Air District communications director. "There are thousands of carpool success...
OAKLAND, Calif., May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- With rising gas prices and rough economic challenges facing Bay Area commuters, solo drivers have another reason to carpool - $100 in FREE gas. 511 Rideshare is offering Rideshare Rewards - an incentive program for drive-alone commuters to try carpooling. Rideshare Rewards pays new carpoolers up to $100 in gas gift cards. Registration for the program is easy. New carpoolers register at 511.org by clicking on the "Rideshare" link. Throughout a 90-day...
