Media Coverage

Here we list PickupPal press releases and track all media mentions.

Press Releases

• Toronto, ON (July 14 2009): Nine Inch Nails and Ben Harper & Relentless7 will headline Virgin Festival Ontario!
• Portland, ME (May 18 2009): Musicians Find Their Eco-Friendly Groove
• Toronto, ON (Apr 21 2009): PickupPal Powers-Up New Groups Ridesharing Revolution
• CFL.ca (Oct 28 2008): Get to Grey Cup 2008 the Eco-Friendly Way
• Argonauts.ca (Oct 23 2008): Argos Partner with PickupPal.com to Provide Ridesharing
• Marketwire (Sep 25 2008): Thousands of North American Event-Goers to Cut Carbon Footprint With PickupPal
• PRNewswire (Jun 4 2008): Online Eco-Rideshare Program PickupPal Grows Fast

Television

• CTV News (Nov 17 2008): PickupPal CTV News Interview
• Canada AM (Aug 22 2008): Autos.CTV.ca : Carpool controversy
• City News (Aug 21 2008): Online Company Under Fire For Offering Carpooling Service
• CBS 5 News (May 8 2008): PickupPal and rising gas prices
• GlobalTV News (May 2 2008): Introducing PickupPal

Websites / Blogs

• In Telematics Today (Mar 2, 2010): Social Networking and Phone Apps Enable Smarter Carpooling
• examiner (Oct 25, 2009): Last-minute traffic and parking recommendations for tonight's U2 concert at the Rose Bowl
• examiner (Oct 20, 2009): U2's Sunday show will be largest selling Rose Bowl show in history
• examiner (July 14, 2009): Practice Green Running
• RunnersWeb (June 22, 2009): The San Francisco Marathon Leads In "Green" Initiatives
• Go Green For Dead '09 (Mar 31 2009): Go Green For Dead '09 Rideshare
• Martlet (Mar 18 2009): Festivals to Make Summer Sing
• Alternavox (Mar 15 2009): The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet
• earth2tech (Mar 5 2009): 7 Ways to Cut Fuel Consumption with IT
• ecolocalizer (Feb 25 2009): Reverb Rock Helps Musicians and Concert Goers Go Green
• Ottawa Citizen (Nov 14 2008): Everybody into the carpool
• Grist (Nov 14 2008): Dear Ontario, stop picking on our pal, PickupPal
• Slashdot (Nov 14 2008): Online Carpooling Service Fined In Canada
• Tree Hugger (Nov 13 2008): Pickup Pal Banned In Ontario
• Auto123 (Nov 13 2008): OHTB says Ridesharing is Illegal: PickupPal
• Money Grubbing Lawyer (Nov 13 2008): Get It Right: Carpooling is Still Legal, PickupPal.com is Not
• TechCrunch (Nov 12 2008): I'll Never Let Canada Live This Down: Evil Carpooling Startup Fined
• National Post (Nov 12 2008): Ride-share program to cease Ontario operations
• techvibes (Nov 12 2008): Sharing is Caring - Unless You're in Ontario (Then it's Just Illegal)
• Ars Technica (Nov 12 2008): Ontario deals blow to web-based ridesharing service
• blogTO (Nov 12 2008): Carpooling Illegal? PickupPal Learns the Hard Way
• Cloud Ave (Oct 16 2008): Reducing Carbon Guilt and Saving Money at the Same Time
• Mashable (Oct 4 2008): 100+ Sites for Green Living
• Budget Travel (Sep 30 2008): Hitchhiking by Appointment
• Treehugger (Sep 26 2008): Online Carpooling Connections Get Easier With PickUpPal
• Inside Nike Running (Sep 26 2008): Why Clean Up our Act? Because
• Tech Vibes (Aug 26 2008): Ride-Sharing PickupPal Under Fire From Bus Line and Bureaucracy
• Race talk Blog (Aug 26 2008): Social Network PickupPal Brings Carpooling Online, Is Facing Trouble in Canada
• Trying Liberty (Aug 26 2008): Canadian Carpool Outlaws
• Tech Crunch (Aug 25 2008): More Proof That Canada Hates The Environment
• P2PNet (Aug 22 2008): Trentway-Wagar goes after PickupPal
• Ars Technica (Aug 22 2008): Bus company tries to shutter web-based ride-share service
• KnitGeekery (Aug 21 2008): When is a bus not a bus?
• Red, Green & Blue (Aug 21 2008): Car-sharing Website under Threat from Bus Company
• Earth First (Aug 16 2008): Featured Change Agent: Reverb Greening Up the Music Industry
• GreenBase (Jul 23 2008): Getting to the show gets easier: an interview with Pickuppal.com's Eric Dewhirst
• CBC (Jul 11 2008): Moncton music festival goes green, limits parking to carpoolers
• About.com (Jun 24 2008): The Warped Tour and PickupPal are helping you get to the show - and save the environment
• Footprint (Jun 23 2008): Calgary virgin music festival keeps it green
• The Green Journal (Jun 23 2008): Put that thumb away
• Going Green (Jun 22 2008): Creative Carpooling
• Giver Culture (Jun 21 2008): Beat those Fuel Prices & Reduce Consumption
• Uncover the Internet (Jun 10 2008): PickupPal - Connecting Drivers, Passengers and Packages
• Tech Vibes (Jun 6 2008): PickupPal Makes Ride Sharing Easy For A Green Planet
• Breaking News - Hub Canada (Jun 4 2008): PickupPal Picking Up the Business
• NEWS.com.au (May 15 2008): Hitching a ride online
• Virtual Economics (May 7 2008): PickUpPal is a great idea
• Earth First (May 8 2008): New Green Carpool Service Matches You Up with Rides to Concerts
• Mashable.com (May 7 2008): PickupPal Pushes Green with Carpools to Concerts
• Clean Break (Apr 28 2008): Greentech and Web 2.0 collide with PickupPal.com
• Hit Search (Apr 23 2008): PickupPal aims to ease congestion, cut greenhouse gases, make money
• Mashable.com (Feb 6 2008): PickupPal is eHarmony for Hitch-Hikers
• Mikel (Jan 16 2008): Another launch... Ride sharing 2.0

Newspapers

• The Toronto Star (July 19 2009): Staycation got you down? Five ways to ditch the city
• The Santa Cruz Sentinel (Nov 30 2008): David Trustman: Fix the big problems a little bit at a time
• The National Post (Nov 22 2008): Lawrence Solomon: Ontario's car pool embargo
• The Globe and Mail (Nov 17 2008): Bus company no friend to PickupPal
• National Post (Nov 13 2008): Ride-share program hits red light in Ontario
• Ottawa Citizen (Nov 13 2008): Only work-related carpools are legal, Ontario board rules
• The Vancouver Sun (Nov 13 2008): International ride-share website probed in B.C.
• The Toronto Star (Nov 12 2008): Rideshare website ruled illegal
• Canwest News Service (Nov 12 2008): Hockey moms beware: Ont. ruling outlaws shared rides for sports, shopping
• The Peterborough Examiner (Nov 12 2008): Ruling restricts ride sharing
• The Province Vancouver (Oct 5 2008): 'Hitching' in safety
• The National Post (Oct 4 2008): There's a new rule of thumb
• The Edmonton Journal (Sep 27 2008): Ride-sharing: the new hitchhiking
• The CBC News (Sep 2 2008): Ontario working to loosen carpooling restrictions
• The Ottawa Citizen (Sep 2 2008): Ride-sharing controversy highlights power of networked economy
• The Toronto Star (Sep 1 2008): Network economy changes the rules
• The Washington Post (Aug 25 2008): More Proof That Canada Hates The Environment
• The Sault Star (Aug 21 2008): Bus company files complaint against online ride-sharing site
• The Western Standard (Aug 24 2008): Carpooling: Good for the environment, too bad it's illegal
• The Record (Aug 21 2008): Rideshare operator challenges law
• The Toronto Star (Aug 21 2008): Bus firm calls online car pool illegal service
• The Globe & Mail (Aug 21 2008): Carpooling company offers illegal service, bus firm complains
• Torontoist (Aug 21 2008): Picking on Pickuppal
• The National Post Editorial (Aug 21 2008): PickupPal carpooling is green and cheap so why is it illegal in Ontario?
• The Toronto Star (Aug 21 2008): Ride-share matchmaking ban reviewed
• Moncton This Week (Jul 25 2008): Eco-friendly concert travel
• Times and Transcript (Jul 22 2008): Eagles concert gets greener by the day
• Boston Globe (Jun 26 2008): From Guster, Green Help For Rock Bands
• Pique News Magazine (Jun 27 2008): Seeing the big picture
• Boston Herald (May 22 2008): Bands reduce carbon footprints - but their fans' cars pollute
• Toronto Star (Apr 28 2008): Buddy can you spare a ride?
• LA Times (Apr 22 2008): It's not too late to plan for Coachella, this weekend
• National Post (Apr 27 2008): Stranded TTC riders have little sympathy
• The Westerly (Apr 27 2008): Marathon goes greener with new initiatives

Radio

• 680 News Radio (Nov 12 2008): Ride-sharing website could be illegal
• CBC Radio One (Aug 21 2008): As It Happens: Peterborough Bus Co.