Green Options » PickupPal http://greenoptions.com/tag/pickuppal Posts tagged 'PickupPal' Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:23:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Car-sharing Website under Threat from Bus Company http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/21/car-sharing-website-under-threat-from-bus-company/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/21/car-sharing-website-under-threat-from-bus-company/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:23:04 +0000 Amiel Blajchman http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/21/car-sharing-website-under-threat-from-bus-company/ Car Share PosterCanadian website PickupPal is a ride-sharing “service [that] is providing a venue for either passengers or packages to find or be matched to a driver—typically already traveling in a certain direction or destination.” PickupPal uses its own software to match travelers and drivers, and then it’s up to them to negotiate prices, since PickupPal makes its money through advertising on the website itself. A pretty innovative service that gives travelers a bit more flexibility when traveling between cities, especially ones that are perhaps a bit more underserved by the bus/train/plane. The good news/ bad news situation for PickupPal is that they’ve become successful enough that their competitors are trying to shut them down.

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