PickupPal.com is the easiest and best ride-share search service I have found on the internet

So says Samuel H in his recent testimonial:
Need a Pal to drive you? PickupPal.com is the easiest and best ride-share search service I have found on the internet. All it took were my origin and destination postal codes, and it had several interested drivers contact me within the hour. After a little bargaining, my transportation [...]

Gustav

Our heart goes out to anyone fleeing Hurricane Gustav. We hope our service can help those without their own transportation find a ride to safety.
www.pickuppal.com/pup/erp/hurricane-gustav-rideshare

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More support for PickupPal in Ontario

Here we track stories as they unfold about PickupPal’s fight to change the restrictive Ontario Legislation around carpooling:

Bus firm calls online car pool illegal service

Carpooling company offers illegal service, bus firm complains

Picking on PickupPal

Online Company Under Fire For Offering Carpooling Service

National Post Editorial Board on PickupPal: Carpooling is green and cheap. So why is it [...]

New sites linking to PickupPal

Hitching a ride online | NEWS.com.au
Hitching a ride online | The Courier-Mail
Top 100 Web 2.0 приложений в Австралии Newsland место где …
PickupPal - Connecting Drivers, Passengers and Packages
Viral Enthusiasm » 2007» November» 8
GreenBase: The Intersection of Music & Climate Change
Stephen Johnston FriendFeed
Top 100 Australian Web 2.0
Ottawa | this is mikel.org
From Guster, Green Help For Rock [...]

Gydget

Been playing around with this little widget used by Rehage Entertainment, one of our ERP partners.
They are using this neat new service called Gydget to promote their events from MySpace profile pages:

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Debra Sinick is on our wavelength

Dabra Sinick, Kirkland, WA resident is definitely on our wavelength!
The bottom line for us in today’s world is to use the power of the internet and combine it with the people in a neighborhood to make changes and get things done. Carpooling/ride sharing seems a great place to start. (Source: Sometimes it’s the simple solutions)

And [...]

Citroen C-Cactus prototype

Following in the tread of Toyota’s Prius, Citroen are going eco with the C-Cactus.

Citroen C-Cactus
I would expect a lot of other car manufacturers to follow suit soon.

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FREE PickupPal

Dear PickupPal Members,
Effective immediately, PickupPal will no longer charge drivers a 7% commission:

No fees, no accounting, nothing but 100% FREE enjoyment of PickupPal!
This also means that any and all commission amounts payable by drivers to PickupPal are canceled and no longer owing, period.
We are scrapping the 7% commission, effective immediately, because of the enormous environmental [...]

Greenwashing

Greenwashing is a phrase that describes the act of pretending to be green just to look good. Greenwashing companies miss-lead consumers about the benefits of their brands, products and services. Generally, they will accentuate minor green attributes whilst downplaying bigger, environmentally damaging effects.

The practice of greenwashing is absolutely rife, most brand-name products are guilty. This [...]

PickupPal #35 on Australia’s list of Top 100 Web 2.0 Apps

http://rossdawsonblog.com/weblog/archives/2008/06/official_launch.html
Thanks, Ross!

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