updated: December 11, 2008
Here we list PickupPal Press Releases and track all media mentions.
Press Releases:
- CFL.ca - Oct 28 2008 (Get to Grey Cup 2008 the Eco-Friendly Way)
- Argonauts.ca - Oct 23 2008 (ARGOS PARTNER WITH PICKUPPAL.COM TO PROVIDE RIDESHARING)
- Marketwire - Sep 25 2008 (Thousands of North American Event-Goers to Cut Carbon Footprint With PickupPal)
- PRNewswire - Jun 4 2008 (Online Eco-Rideshare Program PickupPal Grows Fast)
Television:
- CTV News - Nov 17 2008 (PickupPal CTV News Interview)
- Canada AM - Aug 22 2008 (Autos.CTV.ca : Carpool controversy)
- City News - Aug 21 2008 (Online Company Under Fire For Offering Carpooling Service)
- CBS 5 News - May 8 2008 - (PickupPal and rising gas prices)
- GlobalTV News - May 2 2008 - (Introducing PickupPal)
Websites / Blogs:
- Ottawa Citizen - Nov 14 2008 - (Everybody into the carpool)
- Grist - Nov 14 2008 - (Dear Ontario, stop picking on our pal, PickupPal)
- Slashdot - Nov 14 2008 - (Online Carpooling Service Fined In Canada)
- Tree Hugger - Nov 13 2008 - (Pickup Pal Banned In Ontario)
- Auto123 - Nov 13 2008 - (OHTB says Ridesharing is Illegal: PickupPal)
- Money Grubbing Lawyer - Nov 13 2008 - (Get It Right: Carpooling is Still Legal, PickupPal.com is Not)
- TechCrunch - Nov 12 2008 - (I’ll Never Let Canada Live This Down: Evil Carpooling Startup Fined )
- National Post - Nov 12 2008 - (Ride-share program to cease Ontario operations)
- techvibes - Nov 12 2008 - (Sharing is Caring - Unless You’re in Ontario (Then it’s Just Illegal))
- Ars Technica - Nov 12 2008 - (Ontario deals blow to web-based ridesharing service)
- blogTO - Nov 12 2008 - (Carpooling Illegal? PickupPal Learns the Hard Way)
- Cloud Ave- Oct 16 2008 - (Reducing Carbon Guilt and Saving Money at the Same Time)
- Mashable- Oct 4 2008 - (100+ Sites for Green Living)
- Budget Travel- Sep 30 2008 - (Hitchhiking by Appointment)
- Treehugger- Sep 26 2008 - (Online Carpooling Connections Get Easier With PickUpPal)
- Inside Nike Running- Sep 26 2008 - (Why Clean Up our Act? Because)
- Tech Vibes- Aug 26 2008 - (Ride-Sharing PickupPal Under Fire From Bus Line and Bureaucracy)
- Race talk Blog- Aug 26 2008 - (Social Network PickupPal Brings Carpooling Online, Is Facing Trouble in Canada)
- Trying Liberty- Aug 26 2008 - (Canadian Carpool Outlaws)
- Tech Crunch- Aug 25 2008 - (More Proof That Canada Hates The Environment)
- P2PNet- Aug 22 2008 - (Trentway-Wagar goes after PickupPal)
- Ars Technica- Aug 22 2008 - (Bus company tries to shutter web-based ride-share service)
- KnitGeekery- Aug 21 2008 - (When is a bus not a bus?)
- Red, Green & Blue- Aug 21 2008 - (Car-sharing Website under Threat from Bus Company)
- Earth First - Aug 16 2008 - (Featured Change Agent: Reverb Greening Up the Music Industry)
- GreenBase - Jul 23 2008 - (Getting to the show gets easier: an interview with Pickuppal.com’s Eric Dewhirst)
- CBC - Jul 11 2008 - (Moncton music festival goes green, limits parking to carpoolers
- About.com - Jun 24 2008 - (The Warped Tour and PickupPal are helping you get to the show - and save the environment)
- Footprint - Jun 23 2008 - (Calgary virgin music festival keeps it green)
- The Green Journal - Jun 23 2008 - (Put that thumb away)
- Going Green - Jun 22 2008 - (Creative Carpooling)
- Giver Culture - Jun 21 2008 - (Beat those Fuel Prices & Reduce Consumption)
- Uncover the Internet - Jun 10 2008 - (PickupPal - Connecting Drivers, Passengers and Packages)
- Tech Vibes - Jun 6 2008 - (PickupPal Makes Ride Sharing Easy For A Green Planet)
- Breaking News - Hub Canada - Jun 4 2008 - (PickupPal Picking Up the Business)
- NEWS.com.au - May 15 2008 - (Hitching a ride online)
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Virtual Economics - May 7 2008 - (PickUpPal is a great idea)
- Earth First - May 8 2008 - (New Green Carpool Service Matches You Up with Rides to Concerts)
- Mashable.com - May 7 2008 - (PickupPal Pushes Green with Carpools to Concerts)
- Clean Break - Apr28 2008 - (Greentech and Web 2.0 collide with PickupPal.com)
- Hit Search - Apr 23 2008 - (PickupPal aims to ease congestion, cut greenhouse gases, make money)
- Mashable.com - Feb 6 2008 - (PickupPal is eHarmony for Hitch-Hikers)
- Mikel - Jan 16 2008 - (Another launch… Ride sharing 2.0)
Newspapers:
- The Santa Cruz Sentinel - Nov 30 2008 (David Trustman: Fix the big problems a little bit at a time)
- The National Post - Nov 22 2008 (Lawrence Solomon: Ontario’s car pool embargo)
- The Globe and Mail - Nov 17 2008 (Bus company no friend to PickupPal)
- National Post - Nov 13 2008 (Ride-share program hits red light in Ontario)
- Ottawa Citizen - Nov 13 2008 (Only work-related carpools are legal, Ontario board rules)
- The Vancouver Sun - Nov 13 2008 (International ride-share website probed in B.C.)
- The Toronto Star - Nov 12 2008 (Rideshare website ruled illegal)
- Canwest News Service - Nov 12 2008 (Hockey moms beware: Ont. ruling outlaws shared rides for sports, shopping)
- The Peterborough Examiner - Nov 12 2008 (Ruling restricts ride sharing)
- The Province Vancouver - Oct 5 2008 (‘Hitching’ in safety)
- The National Post - Oct 4 2008 (There’s a new rule of thumb)
- The Edmonton Journal- Sep 27 2008 (Ride-sharing: the new hitchhiking)
- The CBC News- Sep 2 2008 (Ontario working to loosen carpooling restrictions)
- The Ottawa Citizen - Sep 2 2008 (Ride-sharing controversy highlights power of networked economy)
- The Toronto Star - Sep 1 2008 (Network economy changes the rules)
- The Washington Post- Aug 25 2008 (More Proof That Canada Hates The Environment)
- The Sault Star - Aug 21 2008 (Bus company files complaint against online ride-sharing site)
- The Western Standard - Aug 24 2008 (Carpooling: Good for the environment, too bad it’s illegal)
- The Record - Aug 21 2008 (Rideshare operator challenges law)
- The Toronto Star - Aug 21 2008 - (Bus firm calls online car pool illegal service)
- The Globe & Mail - Aug 21 2008 - (Carpooling company offers illegal service, bus firm complains)
- Torontoist - Aug 21 2008 (Picking on Pickuppal)
- The National Post Editorial- Aug 21 2008 2008 (PickupPal carpooling is green and cheap so why is it illegal in Ontario?)
- The Toronto Star - Aug 21 2008 (Ride-share matchmaking ban reviewed)
- The Toronto Star - Aug 21 2008 (Ride-share matchmaking ban reviewed)
- Moncton This Week - Jul 25 2008 - (Eco-friendly concert travel)
- Times and Transcript - Jul 22 2008 - (Eagles concert gets greener by the day
- Boston Globe - Jun 26 2008 - (From Guster, Green Help For Rock Bands)
- Pique News Magazine - Jun 27 2008 - (Seeing the big picture)
- Boston Herald - May 22 2008 - (Bands reduce carbon footprints - but their fans’ cars pollute)
- Toronto Star - Apr 28 2008 - (Buddy can you spare a ride?)
- LA Times - Apr 22 2008 - (It’s not too late to plan for Coachella, this weekend)
- National Post - Apr 27 2008 - (Stranded TTC riders have little sympathy)
- The Westerly - Apr 27 2008 - (Marathon goes greener with new initiatives)
Radio:
- 680 News Radio - Nov 12 2008 - (Ride-sharing website could be illegal)
- CBC Radio One - Aug 21 2008 - (As It Happens: Peterborough Bus Co.)