Green Options

Enterprise Rent-A-Car expands its vanpooling service on Atlanta, a growing metropolitan area that has some of the worst traffic congestion in the country.

In an attempt to save the planet—and possibly just to piss off Canada—the company Mapflow is bringing a ridesharing app to the iPhone. The app is called Avego and Mapflow hopes it will help save the world. Hey, they had me at pissing off the Canadians.

Canadian 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 travelling 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.

Rush hour. Did you just tense up? It's no wonder - traffic is a big cause of stress. There are several ways to avoid it; today we'll cover just one. [Play heavenly music] The HOV lane. The "high occupancy vehicle" abbreviation was never that intuitive for us, and we were pretty convinced for a while that it was "humans on vehicle". Either way, that's the special lane that for several hours each day will let

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Have you ever sat stuck in traffic for hours and noticed how many empty seats there are for every driver on the road?

This observation is exactly what prompted Oakland-resident Stephen Cataldo to found SpaceShare, the green carpool, rideshare, and travel hub for conferences and festivals around the country. Operating from the simple goal to have “less cars. more community,” SpaceShare provides access for various festival and conference-goers to connect with fellow greenies

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Have you ever wanted to meet and network with local fellow greenies over a good brew? Then get thee to your next local Green Drinks! A self-described, “Organic, self-organizing network,” Green Drinks International is an informal monthly gathering that takes place all over the world for any and all interested in local happenings connected to the environment.

Since moving to the Bay Area, attending Green Drinks has been on the top of my [...]