Find your way to Coachella this year again with PickupPal! Thanks guys for supporting us once again, we love the fact that we continue year after year to help people get their the eco-friendly way.
Great article here from the Daily Bruin, giving some great heads up pointers about doing the event as a group.
Have [...]
Category Archives: Rideshare
February 18, 2011
May 4, 2010
Yes it’s true! PickupPal for the iPhone®, and iPod touch®, is available today as a free app in the iTunes store. We’re super excited about this, and we hope that you will be as well.
This is a phenomenal addition to our existing service, but most importantly it is the ultimate app for all [...]
January 4, 2010
As an avid runner, I’m always thrilled when drivers of cars going by give you that extra bit of space…you can almost always tell the drivers that are runners themselves, by the degree of latitude (courtesy) they provide - and likewise for courtesy and safety as well, I try to keep to the sidewalk or [...]
November 5, 2009
In a positive move for the environment, and drivers of hybrid and electric vehicles, the Ontario Government has introduced a new green license plate signifying that the owner can drive in HOV lanes without the need for passengers:
Electric vehicles with the plates will be able to travel in the province’s carpool lanes until 2015 — [...]
October 26, 2009
PickupPal is thrilled to be associated with Sierra Club’s newest online initiative, Climate Crossroads.
The Sierra Club, as the oldest and largest grassroots environmental organization in the U.S. (with more than 700,000 members), has a very long and proud history of protecting and sustaining our eco-system.
Here is a description of this innovative and very [...]
October 21, 2009
This Saturday is the International Day of Climate Action. Lets hope it is a day that will long be remembered as the time when science and society finally acted in unison to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere!
Scientists say that 350 parts per million CO2 in the atmosphere is the safe limit for humanity. We [...]
October 15, 2009
Having just completed the 300 mile Brita Climate Ride, which finished in Washington, D.C., I can tell you that it is one of THE most amazing cities to bike through! The combination of Rails To Trails routes and monumental buildings left me awestruck.
Here is a message from one of our partners:
“Bike DC is a [...]
September 22, 2009
The good news for PickupPal and Dave Matthews Band fans everywhere just keeps on coming!!!
Subway Restaurants and Coke have combined forces to sponsor PickupPal ridesharing to the Dave Matthews Concert at Tinley Park on September 26th.
Here is the official statement:
“Coca-Cola, Subway and Dave Matthews Band invite you to Eat Fresh and Live [...]
May 18, 2009
Reverb and PickupPal Join Forces Again To Green Concert Tours
Portland, ME – May 19, 2009 – Portland, Maine based Reverb, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting environmental sustainability in the music industry, today announced a renewed partnership with PickupPal, the leading social networking rideshare system in the world. The organizations had a very [...]
May 13, 2009
Pickuppal is a very particular virtual community in this era of virtual communities. Many of us belong to at least a couple of the big ones, be they myspace, Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. And of course there are others, many companies and organizations have some form of online community they want us to [...]