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Transport-Related Apps for Your Smartphone
February 5, 2010 – 2:23 am | No Comment

Transport-Related Apps for Your Smartphone

Do you want to be able to map your bike routes as you ride and share them with fellow riders?  Impress your friends by locating the closest Zipcar on the spur of the moment?  Find …

Blogging from TRB: Carshare, Bikeshare, We All Care for Vehicle Share!
January 13, 2010 – 4:45 am | 2 Comments

Blogging from TRB: Carshare, Bikeshare, We All Care for Vehicle Share!

One of the most interesting sessions I attended on my first day of the TRB annual meeting outlined current research on market shares and modal impacts of carsharing and bike sharing.
Elliot Martin and his fellow …

Carpooling arrives in China
December 1, 2009 – 2:28 am | No Comment

Carpooling arrives in China

As seen on Wired.com, residents piloted a carpooling program in Wuhan – a burgeoning megalopolis in central China with a population of 9.1 million people and almost a million cars.  Initiated as a way to …

Could Autolib’ Transform the City of Lights into a City of Electric Vehicles?
August 24, 2009 – 11:09 am | 6 Comments

Could Autolib’ Transform the City of Lights into a City of Electric Vehicles?

Could France become the leader in electric vehicle technology? And what does that mean for the future of sustainable urban mobility? Photo by Lea Marzloff.
From BusinessWeek:
Could the City of Lights soon become the City of …

ZoomPool: Trying to Make Ridesharing Less Creepy and More Convenient
August 21, 2009 – 5:17 pm | 2 Comments

ZoomPool: Trying to Make Ridesharing Less Creepy and More Convenient

Looking for a safer, more reliable carpooling service? Check out ZoomPool, a new Web site launched initially for drivers and passengers to coordinate carpooling in the Bay Area. The new service addresses three main barriers …

Transit Experts Discuss Cool Ideas for Mobility-Inspired Businesses
August 6, 2009 – 10:46 am | 2 Comments

Transit Experts Discuss Cool Ideas for Mobility-Inspired Businesses

Janette Sadik-Khan rides a bicycle to work. Photo via New York magazine.
Kate Rockwood of Fast Company magazine interviewed six entrepreneurial transit experts about how to get city dwellers out of their cars for the September …

Zazcar Breaks Ground in Latin America, Makes Sao Paulo the World’s 1000th Car-Sharing City
July 17, 2009 – 4:49 pm | 3 Comments

Zazcar Breaks Ground in Latin America, Makes Sao Paulo the World’s 1000th Car-Sharing City

Zazcar became the 1,000th city in the world to offer car-sharing services. Let’s commemorate this milestone with a holiday!
Our good friends at World Streets today highlight a huge milestone for sustainable mobility: Sao Paulo …

Carpooling Meets Facebook
July 6, 2009 – 2:27 pm | 6 Comments

Carpooling Meets Facebook

Here’s a video about an organization that leverages the power of online social networking in order to make carpooling easier, safer, and more convenient. If you need a ride somewhere or if you’re looking …

The French Get Funny for Car-Sharing
July 1, 2009 – 1:37 pm | No Comment

The French Get Funny for Car-Sharing

Originally posted by Noah Kazis at TheCityFix DC.

World Streets shares this very funny French ad for a car-sharing company.
The translation of their slogan is “It’s almost your car.” In another ad, the same man is …

FastFleet Follow-up: Small Innovation, Big Impact
April 29, 2009 – 9:41 am | No Comment

FastFleet Follow-up: Small Innovation, Big Impact

The coolest thing about Zipcar’s new FastFleet service isn’t the technology–it’s the buzz. Photo by dominiccampbell.
In response to yesterday’s post about Zipcar’s launch of FastFleet, a municipal fleet management service, Clayton Lane, the chief …