Car-pooling saves more than 1.6 million tonnes of CO2 per year
BlaBlaCar has announced the release of ‘Zero Empty Seats’: a global study into the environmental impact of car-pooling.
The report, conducted with French research institute, Le BIPE, is the first study based on real usage data from BlaBlaCar’s...
Gatwick introduces carpooling service to incentivise airport staff
London’s Gatwick Airport has rolled out a carpooling service that provides airport’s employees with preferential parking spaces and tracks their associated reduction in vehicle miles and emissions in real-time.
Gatwick claims to be the first...
Moscow authorities prepare to regulate carpooling market
The transportation department of the City of Moscow is drafting a bill that would fine private drivers for accepting cash from carpooling passengers and block and/or fine carpool aggregators such as BlaBlaCar, BeepCar, and...
Car pooling popularity on rise with Tauranga motorists
By: Kiri Gillespie
Tauranga's worsening traffic woes have prompted a carpooling movement among frustrated motorists who have "had enough".
Former Aucklander Josh Cole is running a Tauranga car pooling Facebook page, aimed at getting more people to...
Uber – The New Wave!
Convenience has taken a whole new dimension in the transportation sector. With a smartphone, internet access, and a bank account (all of which you must have right now), you can have a driver take...
Shared Mobility Comprehensive Guide 2018 by Movmi
By: Movmi
Shared mobility refers to the behaviour of people sharing various modes of transportation (vehicle, bicycle, scooter or other modes) on an as-needed basis. The goal of shared mobility is to effectively and efficiently...
The Sharing Economy and the Future of Personal Mobility: New Models Based on Car...
By Olga Novikova, Technology Innovation Management Review, 2017
The sharing economy is an emerging phenomenon that shapes the cultural, economic, and social landscape of our modern world. With variations of the concept of the sharing...
Enhancing Urban Mobility: Integrating Ride-sharing and Public Transit
By Mitja Stiglic, Niels Agatz, Martin Savelsbergh, and Mirko Gradisar, (Computers & Operations Research, Vol. 90, February 2018)
People all around the world use private cars to travel to work. Most of these commuter trips...
Green Move: An Innovative Electric Vehicle-Sharing System
Vehicle sharing is one of the possible answers to the increasing demand of sustainable way of transport. However, the traditional management models of sharing services are not flexible enough to be a real answer...
Tech-Powered Carpooling Can Contribute to a Sustainable Mobility Future
by Amit Jain
Next time you get stuck in a traffic jam, have a look around at your commuters stuck behind the wheel. Chances are, most of them will have something in common: They are...
