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. [...]
November 27, 2008
Just read an interesting story, (Union Tribune) about how the School buses in San Diego County are disappearing at an alarming rate. A decade ago, 1,148 regular education buses traveled 19 million miles to and from local public schools. Last year, 688 buses logged fewer than 10 million miles. Just when you thought [...]
November 26, 2008
With all of these torrential rains in the Los Angeles area Thanksgiving holiday travel got off to a slow and wet start this morning as an heavy overnight storms flooded and forced the closure of at least two Southern California freeways.
After reading the news reports is appears that all BUT the carpool lane of the [...]
November 25, 2008
Los Angeles is one PickupPal’s largest member communities with over 2,000 members in the city of Los Angeles alone. The demand for Ridesharing in Los Angeles is high and we have seen a distinct pattern that following an event like the “Opportunity Green Sustainable Business Conference” in which PickupPal was a partner for ridesharing, [...]
November 25, 2008
I had an interesting interview today with a young journalist that had a very clear idea of what Ridesharing is based on her own experiences. It dawned on me as I walked away that to those looking at this entire industry that the two terms Carpooling and Ridesharing may seem synonymous however they clearly [...]
November 21, 2008
One thing that we have learned at PickupPal is the need to work together. I am not just talking about Drivers and Passengers working together - but partners working together. For those who are not aware of this initiative, the CBC has created an inspiring goal - to get Canadians to work together [...]
November 10, 2008
I came across this video of an all electric race bike doing quarter miles at Bandimere Speedway. If you are a fan of drag racing and and extreme speed vehicles you will be floored watching and listening to this video. Anyone who knows drag racing will be pretty impressed with this statement “7.89 [...]
November 4, 2008
Well it has been two weeks since we launched the new version of PickupPal and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Version 2 of PickupPal really is a culmination of all of the member feedback via our emails to support and within our PickupPal forum. The feedback we have been hearing for a [...]
October 30, 2008
O.K. this is a slight diversion from the typical PickupPal related posts but I think maybe some of you out there can appreciate it.
So the markets have taken a massive hit, portfolio’s have taken a hit, housing prices have slumped and in many places it feels like the bottoms have dropped out. Everyone is [...]
October 22, 2008
He is a phenomena here in Canada - George Stroumboulopoulos - host of the really popular late night TV show called The Hour on CBC. From my perspective I think he single handedly saved the CBC - it is is a Canadian thing but he is the man. So part of the show [...]