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 [...]
Category Archives: Public Transportation
May 4, 2010
March 10, 2010
Anne Stephenson from Clean Air Cool Planet was kind enough to invite us to present at an upcoming webinar on March 30th that they are producing, all about Single-Occupancy Vehicles.
According to recent research 77% of us still commute alone.
Here is one solution:
The webinar will address environmental impacts and present additional strategies for reducing SOV’s. [...]
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 [...]
July 24, 2009
It is almost soul-stirring when you look at the innovation that has gone into the building of Independence Station, described as “The World’s Greenest Building”.
I immediately thought of the International Space Station when I first heard about this project by Aldeia Development, based in Independence, Oregon.
Why?
Because of the ingenuity, collaboration and iconic view [...]
April 21, 2009
WWF-Canada Uses PickupPal Groups to Help Green CN Tower Climb Fundraiser
Toronto, ON –-(April 21st) – PickupPal, the leading affinity-based rideshare system in the world, today announces the release of functionality which revolutionizes the carpooling market, and potentially contributes more to the reduction of carbon emissions from automobiles than anything in the previous century: Introducing [...]
January 19, 2009
I was reading an Article posted on the CBC Ottawa website talking about the ongoing OC-Transpo bus strike and within the article a comment from a striking worker seems to have touched a nerve in the comments section:
“Sowden said bus drivers were aware since the beginning of last year that a strike “was pending” and [...]
January 12, 2009
It has been almost a month now in Ottawa and the members of OC Transpo’s Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 279 are still on strike. Now I won’t share my opinions on who is right and who is wrong in all this but I will shed some light on how the city is coping.
One [...]
December 12, 2008
Well it is day 2 of the OC-Transpo bus strike and we are starting to see the hostility rise. Recent news that the union will start picketing and try to stop the University of Ottawa and Carleton student buses from shuttling students seems to be the straw that is breaking the camels back. [...]
July 11, 2008
There’s plenty of room at the PickupPal Parking Lot…. Such a lovely space - such a lovely idea. O.K. I know BAD humour - however what more do you want on a Friday afternoon after a night on the town, (Black Crowes at Bluesfest). So here is the deal The Magnetic Hill Festival [...]