Green Gatherings: Transportation Resources

Expecting guests? This week we'll offer tips for green celebrations.

Tip # 3: Invite Green Travel

Encourage your guests to minimize their carbon footprint by providing transportation resources in the invitation. Google Maps can help cyclists and pedestrians chart safe routes, or help travelers track down directions for bus and train systems. Make carpool suggestions to partygoers who live near each other. If you're entertaining a tech-savvy crowd, suggest that people try out new ride-sharing applications like Zimride and Carticipate.

 

Comments

[Steffen Frost]

Thanks for the mention on Carticipate.

We gave a talk on carticipation at the Silicon Valley iPhone Developers’ Meetup last week and posted the video on youtube here (recommend to watch in “high quality”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaphdB6Wafs

Carticipate is the first and only rideshare application on a location aware mobile platform and is available as a free download on Apple's app store.

[Lucienette]

Who leaves the house for a strange location without a google map?