liftshare in the News

Hitch a ride with your virtual thumb
Jan 03, 2008 The Sunday Times

"Norfolk based www.liftshare.org boasts 200,000 members and claims to set up more than 40m shared journeys each year. It uses an inbuilt social network, MyBUDi, in which member can input planned routes and recieve information about anyone going in a similar direction...."

Eco shopper diary: the joy of car clubs
Dec 03, 2007 Smartplanet.com

"Of course, if you really can't bear to be parted with your motor, you could always create a DIY car club and share your own four wheels via a lift-sharing service like Liftshare, which has just celebrated its 200,000th member...."

Corporate car sharing: putting fewer cars on the road
Dec 03, 2007 Climatechangecorp.com

"Andrew Edgar, commercial manager at Streetcar, says Sky already uses the company Liftshare.co.uk to facilitate liftsharing schemes for employees commuting to and from work, and that the company plans to use Streetcar to compliment the lift sharing scheme...."

How to pay as little as 25 pence a litre
Dec 03, 2007 Easier Motoring

"Car sharing has seen a significant increase in popularity in recent months as UK motorists seek new ways of cutting the cost of motoring with petrol prices rising to an all time high; forecourts are now forced to sell fuel at over a £1 a litre. Car sharing offers a great solution to the rising costs of transport; operators of the UK’s largest car share network, liftshare.com, demonstrate how you can dramatically cut your fuel costs and pay as little as 25 pence per litre! A car with two occupants is twice as efficient as the same car with a single occupant. Car sharing with one other will cut CO2 emissions and slash your travel costs in half! A car with more passengers will reduce your costs even further. A car with four occupants can reduce your fuel costs by 75% There are already more than 200,000 registered carsharers in the UK benefiting financially and contributing to an estimated saving of over 13,500 tonnes of CO2 emissions each year. More than 4,500,000 trees would have to be planted to achieve the same impact on CO2 levels. Regular car sharer Almina from Harrogate comments; “My car sharer and I are now good friends. We look forward to our drives to and from work and both enjoy having someone to chat to on the dull commute! And it was so easy to get into a routine and we both love the fact that we're saving money!” The pioneering liftshare network has seen increased popularity as the British public seeks more sustainable transport options to abate the rising fuel prices, industrial action on public transport and the heavy rush-hour congestion. ..."

Birmingham City Council's A47 'Car Share' Lane Duplicity Exposed
Nov 27, 2007 Association of British Drivers

"Furthermore, Birmingham City Council is not replicating the best practice examples when it comes to running a car share scheme. Rather than promote a service that would enable all individuals to find travel companions, such as the free site www.birminghamcarshare.com, they are trying to promote a system that only works if you happen to work at one of 5 local employers. There are 3 similar car share lanes already operating in the UK and each one of them promotes a website service that works for individuals as well as companies — www.liftshare.com. The site is supported by over 300 local authorities in the UK and has over 200,000 members - questions should be asked as to why Birmingham City Council does not also promote this service...."

Mayor wins £6 million for Camden
Nov 21, 2007 Regents Park blog spot

"These improvements to the environment and conditions will benefit road users and pedestrians £43,000 to promote campaigns that encourage greener travel, including: 'Bike Week', 'In town without my car day', 'National Liftshare Day' and 'Walking Works'..."

Walk buddies
Nov 14, 2007 BBC radio 4 ipm

"Peeved at petrol costing £1 a litre? Thinking about using the car less? Looking forward to a visit next year from your own personal travel adviser? Then how about this? It's from the same people who came up with liftshare a website that helps people share car journeys. Only they've taken the idea one step further ( geddit? ) This new scheme matches individuals with others walking the same way so they can walk together. iPM has been speaking to its founder - Ali Clabburn. (soundbyte) But is letting anyone know where you walk - and when you walk - such a good idea? How do you share safely such personal information without running the risk that you give away too much about yourself and your whereabouts? Here's Ali Clabburn again, (soundbyte) So let's meet two women who have recently become Walkbudi's (soundbyte) My guess is that it's going to take something radical to lure us away from the comfort and convenience of the car - but would you be tempted to give this a go?..."

Award for Liftshare website
Nov 01, 2007 Eastern Daily Press

" Liftshare - an online journey-matching site run by Attleborough-based Ali Clabburn - won the entrepreneur of the year award; Eastern Storage Equipment, based in Norwich, which makes and supplies commercial storage equipment, won the award for “impact of technology on your business”; Pilot Drilling Control, a Lowestoft manufacturer of drilling tools for the oil and gas industry, won the award for performance through people; and the green award was won by Petans - a charity based in Horsham St Faith, near Norwich, that provides safety training for the offshore oil and gas industry, marine businesses and industrial sites. Liftshare was recognised for its national online route-matching system which introduces people travelling in the same direction so they can save time and money and reduce their environmental impact. The free national network has nearly 200,000 members reducing carbon dioxide emissions by almost 13,000 tonnes per year. “The east of England is full of enterprising companies, so to win this award is fantastic for me and my brilliant team,” said Mr Clabburn. “As more individuals and organisations look for ways to cut their costs and reduce their carbon footprint, we are in a great position to help them achieve both aims.”..."

BikeBUDi journeys total 2 million miles
Oct 30, 2007 Natural Matters

"The success of award winning BikeBUDi.com continues as it reaches another milestone with its members' journeys totalling a combined distance of over 2 million miles. Since the innovative website launched last summer, BikeBUDi has received great acclaim and has been welcomed by cyclists nationwide. The system simply matches individuals travelling in the same direction so that they can cycle together. Not only does the system make cycling fun and sociable but as the nights draw in it makes cycling safer for those who commute by cycle. "The idea is not just to help current cyclists to find a BikeBUDi but also to encourage individuals who may be concerned about cycling to give it a go. We hope that the site will reduce some of the usual reasons for not cycling particularly in the winter months." explains Ali Clabburn, founder of BikeBUDi.com. When the clocks go back on Sunday, don't lock your bike in the shed in favour of your car. Log on and find a BikeBUDi and experience the benefits for yourself; registering with http://www.bikebudi.com is quick, easy and free of charge...."

Entrepreneur scoops innovation award
Oct 30, 2007 Norwich Evening News

"A Norfolk entrepreneur has scooped another accolade after winning a prestigious award for his innovative business. Ali Clabburn, founder of Liftshare.com, has been awarded the East of England Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2007. His Attleborough-based company was recognised for its national online route-matching system which introduces people travelling in the same direction at the same time. The award comes after a string of accolades, including winning the Enterprising Young Brits competition in 2005, since he set up the business in 1998. Mr Clabburn said: “As more individuals and organisations look for ways to cut their costs and reduce their carbon footprint, we are in a great position to help them achieve both aims.” Now, Mr Clabburn is in the running for the National Chamber of Commerce Award, which will be announced and presented at a gala dinner at the Victoria and Albert Museum in central London on the November 29. Mr Clabburn came up with the idea for Liftshare.com when he was a student and wanted to help people save money and the environment. He had travelled around Germany as an 18-year-old using the German car sharing scheme and was amazed to find no such scheme in the UK. He realised there was a gap in the market and spent the next few years looking into setting up a scheme in Britain. The free of charge national network now has more than 196,000 members who are reducing CO2 emissions by almost 13,000 tonnes per year. It is estimated that a typical car sharer will save about £1,000 and one tonne of CO2 per year by sharing their daily journey - about 10pc of an individual's carbon footprint. Liftshare provides car sharing schemes to more than 900 clients...."

BikeBUDi journeys total 2 million miles
Oct 26, 2007 ACT

"The success of award winning BikeBUDi.com continues as it reaches another milestone with its members' journeys totalling a combined distance of over 2 million miles. Since the innovative website launched last summer, BikeBUDi has received great acclaim and has been welcomed by cyclists nationwide. The system simply matches individuals travelling in the same direction so that they can cycle together. Not only does the system make cycling fun and sociable but as the nights draw in it makes cycling safer for those who commute by cycle. "The idea is not just to help current cyclists to find a BikeBUDi but also to encourage individuals who may be concerned about cycling to give it a go. We hope that the site will reduce some of the usual reasons for not cycling particularly in the winter months." explains Ali Clabburn, founder of BikeBUDi.com. When the clocks go back on Sunday, don't lock your bike in the shed in favour of your car. Log on and find a BikeBUDi and experience the benefits for yourself; registering with www.BikeBUDi.com is quick, easy and free of charge...."

How to make your money go further when you travel
Oct 16, 2007 Esther Shaw Independent

"One alternative for "green motorists" is car-sharing, where drivers find passengers who are making the same journey as themselves. This is designed to reduce CO2 emissions and the number of vehicles on the road, and also reduces costs for drivers as the fuel costs are shared with the passengers. There are now many car-sharing organisations in operation. These include freewheelers.com, and liftshare.org. ..."

Slash your motoring costs
Oct 11, 2007 Joanna Sutherland Moneywise

"On a more day-to-day level, car sharing is taking off across the country. Liftshare.com is the biggest car-sharing organisation in the country with 172,000 members and a further 550 people joining every day. Liftshare membership is free for individuals. "Our members last year saved around 40 million miles, or 10% of their CO2 emissions, saving each individual £1,000 a year," says Ali Clabburn, the founder of the company...."

No rush to join car-share scheme
Jun 29, 2007

"MOST people who travel to work alone in their car do not lift share because it is difficult to organise and inconvenient, according to a survey carried out by The Comet. The poll was carried out among staff at The Comet office to mark lift share day last week. It revealed that 94 per cent of the staff who replied travelled to work by car and 81 per cent of those car users only ever have one person in the vehicle. The most common reason for not sharing was that it is difficult to organise (37.5 per cent), followed by a lack of colleagues living nearby (31.3 per cent). Other explanations offered for not sharing included "I don't want to", which was the answer given by 12.5 per cent of the car drivers. When asked if they were interested in taking part in a car share trial, 68.75 per cent said they weren't. A second survey carried out during a morning rush hour showed 86 per cent of cars were without passengers. Yet car sharing is increasingly seen as a way of reducing carbon emissions and solving problems with congestion. The website www.liftshare.org estimates that a typical car sharer will save themselves around £1,000 and one tonne of CO2 per year by sharing their daily journey. Susan Dye, North Herts' local representative of Transport 2000, said: "Car sharing works best when it's part of an overall plan by the employer to encourage all different kinds of ways of getting to work - cycling, walking, public transport, as well as co-ordinated lift-sharing." She added: "Employers who step back and involve their staff in actively surveying their own travel behaviour and designing what they can do about it get the best results." Regarding The Comet statistics, Susan said: "The message is, at The Comet, probably half of the drivers would change if someone researched the alternatives for them and the company rewarded them for trying out alternatives. "The Comet office is in central Stevenage, only a few minutes walk from the rail and bus stations. "While journalists need to get about by car to cover stories, there will be administrative and support staff whose journeys are more predictable and don't have to travel in the course of the day. "If they had to pay tax on their parking space then the cost of getting the train or bus or the effort of cycling would appear less daunting." She added: "All successful schemes offer a back-up if the lift falls through. This is usually guaranteed payment for a taxi home. "This sounds expensive, but in reality it is rarely ever used and provides the psychological security for people to try lift-sharing. "Most employers don't believe the taxi offer won't be abused by selfish staff, but that's just typical of management cynicism, and it simply isn't borne out of experience." "Bedfordshire County Council operates a successful car-share scheme, which gives those taking part priority parking," said portfolio holder for customer services Cllr John Street. "We run a number of other schemes to encourage staff and councillors to find alternative ways of travelling to work other than in their cars." A spokesman for Hertfordshire County Council said: "The council offers priority parking for car sharers and also has pools of car sharers travelling from similar locations so there is more choice. For example you could travel into work with one person and travel home with another. "Another incentive is that people don't have to make a commitment for every day, they are able to car share as and when it is convenient. "The general reason for people not wanting to car share is the difficulty in organising and having to start work and leave work at a time that may not be convenient. "Another way we are getting around this is to provide staff with the ability to work from home so that if they need to leave before they have finished a piece of work, they are able to finish it at home. "We have found some reluctance among staff to participate in car sharing, but found that when people do start they tend to enjoy it and have made new friends." For more information and to see if anyone in your area would like to car share, visit www.liftshare.org..."

How green was Glastonbury?
Jun 29, 2007 Sian Berry

"Along with about 200,000 others, I'm in recovery from the Glastonbury festival at the moment. I was there to help promote the 4x4 campaign, sharing a marquee in the Greenfields with a wide range of groups taking direct action to help make our transport more sustainable. Along with 'antis' like the brilliant Plane Stupid and activists fighting to stop the pointless and expensive widening projects for the M1 and M6 motorways, we had groups promoting positive alternatives, including Liftshare, who help people reduce their transport emissions by sharing car journeys, and City Car Club, who provide handy roadside vehicles for instant hire, reducing unnecessary journeys and helping to puncture our culture of car ownership. I left a day early (just in time it turned out) to get back for a Debate London event at the Tate and caught a train back on Sunday afternoon, my every possession damp, muddy and twice as heavy as when I arrived. As I sat down and watched the smell of evaporating filth wafting up the nostrils of my fellow passengers, I wondered “ just how green was Glastonbury 2007? It's easy to be cynical about big events like this, especially if you have been reading endless articles in magazines about how to do "festival chic", and I expect co-sponsor Greenpeace will be publishing some kind of audit in due course, but I predict the answer will be "quite green actually", and here's my back-of-the-envelope guide to prove it. On ecology first then. Admittedly, we had turned a few hundred acres of glorious rolling farmland into an epic quagmire in a matter of hours but, given time to recover, the Eavis' farm should be back to normal fairly quickly. I did worry a bit when they started putting straw on the paths to give us a bit more traction. If the weather gets hot it will be interesting to see how they clear it up, seeing as the clay soil means much of the farm will essentially be paved with brick. I know at least a few hundred mobile phones are mixed up in there too, which will be fun for future archaeologists to uncover. Food is a more clear-cut positive. I'm no longer being a real vegetarian about my diet, but I was practically vegan for most of the time at Glastonbury. Even if you want meat it can be a bit of an effort to seek it out, particularly around the network of Greenfields at the south end of the site. Much of the food was also local (fresh milk was brought round every day), and the many caterers included staff from a nearby school who produced an endless stream of fantastic cakes, and a wide range of organic and fair trade caffs, most of which gave out coffee in real mugs that they washed up. There were no ready-meals or polystyrene packaging that I could see, and the disposable plates and beer cups were made of paper, which meant they could go into the many compost bins. The organisers made a real effort to provide separate bins for recycling too, and the categories were fairly well respected by the punters. All good stuff, and almost certainly better than we'd have managed at home. Green education initiatives were absolutely everywhere, with large areas of space given over to the three charities benefiting from the event “ Greenpeace, Oxfam and Water Aid, as well as the iCount climate campaign. Videos promoting these causes were shown between bands on the main stages and of course there were the acres of Greenfields with everything from yoga and various flavours of healing to radicals like CND and Schnews. Transport is a tricky one. The big bands do tend to fly in specially, and there are constant helicopters hovering overhead. And yes, the festival is responsible for a lot of people travelling around the country, but in our campaign tent we didn't meet any festival-goers who had driven there on their own, let alone flown to Somerset. The most interesting thing about the chart we used in our marquee to help people work out their transport footprint in colour-coded duplo bricks (yes it did help to bring the kids in too) was that carrying several people in a reasonably efficient car can bring the per-person carbon emissions down below even a train. Congestion of course is a separate issue, and the most efficient mode of all is a full coach, which again was a bit of a surprise for most people. And then there's the displacement effect. Similar to my tactic of persuading my family to join me for a holiday in the Lake District this year, it's highly likely that, for many of the people there, the festival was taking the place of a weekend in Prague, Dublin or something worse in their annual holiday routine. So, overall, I don't think the transport impact of Glastonbury is all that bad. Now, water “ not the stuff that kept falling out of the sky but those dreaded loos. It's not something I'd want to do forever, but whether we were using the portaloos or the infamous 'long drops'(basically “very basically 2 a row of toilet cubicles perched above a pit of sewage) I don't think any of us will have flushed a toilet all week. Combine the fact that each flush avoided saves up to nine litres of water with the fact that almost no-one showered at all, and you have a considerable water conservation effort going on. The irony of the fact that it rained so heavily I managed to wash my hair in it does not escape me. So, overall, my verdict is a thumbs up for Glastonbury 2007. We need more of these things, ideally on weekends less blighted by the weather. See you at the Big Green Gathering in August!..."

New help to drive Greener
Jun 29, 2007 Chris Starkie

"A group of entrepreneurs from Norfolk are hoping to cash in on the nation's desire to go green with the launch of a website selling lower polluting vehicles. Yourgreencar.com, based in Hethersett, has been established by a team led by former Inchcape executive Jon Syder and Jon Kirk, the former marketing director of Norwich-based online insurance site Its4me.co.uk. The team also includes Peter Reeve and Andrew Smith, both of whom come from a motor industry background. Yourgreencar.com claims to drive down the price of environmentally friendly cars by offering discounts on low emission and hybrid cars such as the Toyota Prius and Honda Civic. As drivers become more aware of the effects of global warming, the car industry is responding by increasing its focus on the research and develop-ment of vehicles with lower emissions. But Yourgreencar.com says that even with this investment, accessibility is still very limited due to premium prices and a lack of choice. Yourgreencar.com is looking to open up the market and make low emission vehicles more accessible to the mainstream car-buying consumer. Mr Syder, managing director of Yourgreencar.com, said: "The environ-mentally friendly car market is growing rapidly as demand increases and drivers swap their gas guzzlers for greener alternatives. The problem, though, is that people wanting to reduce their carbon emissions are limited in choice and have no easy way of accessing a car's green credentials. "Carbon-conscious drivers should not have to pay more - it's in everyone's interest for people to drive greener cars. The government has helped raise the profile of green issues but it now needs to offer more incentives for research and development to car manufacturers, especially considering its commitment to help limit climate change." Yourgreencar.com offsets the first 12,000 miles of carbon emissions on every car purchased and the discounted prices enable customers to save up to £3,000 on the cost of a vehicle. In addition to providing competitive deals on low emission cars, Yourgreencar.com also provides comprehensive information about all the different environmentally friendly cars available and enables people to search for vehicles by CO2 emissions and energy band. The UK's largest carshare network, Attleborough-based Liftshare.com, is celebrating the recruitment of a record number of members on National Liftshare Day which took place last Thursday. The company signed up 700 members during the day - and 3,000 during the course of last week. Liftshare.com's members are now sharing trips over an estimated distance of 40 million miles a year. Liftshare has also won two more awards - the company picked up a prize at the Business Commitment to the Environment Awards for Best Product and the Kyocera GreenLight award for identifying and meeting an environmental challenge...."

Is it green to go to Glastonbury?
Jun 29, 2007 Lucy Siegie

"As long as you don't fly there - or leave tents, wellies or litter behind - you can enjoy a guilt-free festival, says Lucy Siegle Not all festivals are created equal. A rare few sit at the 'excellent' end of the ecologically friendly scale, notably Fuji Rocks in Japan. There, participants can't walk more than 200 yards without recyclers yelling at them by megaphone that the labels must be peeled off water bottles and all materials deposited into the relevant bins. Revellers can be summarily marched from proceedings for dropping a cigarette butt (a beautiful river runs through the festival site and is protected from such toxic travesties) and it's not uncommon to look down at the end of a headline act and not see a single piece of litter where 60,000 people stood. 'It's amazing,' one British promoter told me of Fuji Rocks, 'nobody throws pints of urine across the crowd. Not even at the front.' True, he is linked to one of the more 'laddish' festivals, but it suggests that British festivals have work to do. If you plan to bask in the sun at Glastonbury (I am channelling positive weather thoughts for you), you are midway on the eco-festival scale. It's a festival truism that the bigger the stages, the bigger the sound and lights, the higher the carbon burden. Smaller, alternative festivals are increasingly using bio-diesel generators, as at the Outsider (www.highland2007.com), but Glastonbury's Green Fields are trying hard with renewable electricity and solar-heated showers, courtesy of Greenpeace, boosted by a wood-pellet-fed boiler. As a staggering 12m people go to UK festivals, we can only breathe a sigh of relief that a (belated) green agenda is now getting through, thanks in no small part to pioneering website www.agreenerfestival.com, which extensively researches and audits the 200 main music events, and has challenged them all to have a green plan in place for next year. But don't wait for the organisers. From the Big Chill (regarded as pretty green these days) to V and Reading (seen as eco slackers), you make your own ethical luck. Some 80 per cent of your festival footprint is determined by how you get there: try a car share (www.liftshare.com) or catch a coach. If you are going to Glastonbury via the www.flyglastonbury.com luxury heliport, you're beyond redemption. Travel light. Piles of abandoned post-festival junk usually include excess clothes and radios (the relevance of which is oblique at a music event). On average, 2,000 tents are abandoned after the Reading and Leeds festivals, so start by reusing a tent in the boy-scout sustainable manner or at least donating yours to Global Hand's Give Me Shelter project (www.globalhand.org). Sadly, there is no such grateful recipient of abandoned wellies - Dunlop has retired its UK welly-recycling programme. Counter-intuitively, embracing your inner eco hippie is about conforming - adhere to all recycling instructions, with or without megaphone instruction, and use designated toilets, however grim. Streams of urine flowing into local waterways represent eco disaster rather than a free-spirited outpouring. Besides, Glastonbury's toilet facilities represent one of the last genuine rock'n'roll experiences...."

Sharing is good especially when it involves cars
Jun 21, 2007 Greenpeace

"Treehugger reminds us that tomorrow is National Liftshare Day, when everyone is encouraged to make sure as many seats as possible are filled for those ......"

Greener Transport
Jun 21, 2007 Telegraph

"Finding others to share your car journeys directly lessens the environmental impact of your motoring and it's an easy routine to get into. So why not team up with a friend or neighbour and begin to change your approach to everyday driving? By Noel Fannis..."

Council staff's car-share scheme gets on the road
Jun 20, 2007 Linda McKee

" More than 2,000 council staff in the south of the province will be able to save fuel costs - and the environment - with the unveiling of a new car share scheme today. The Southern Group councils hope more than £1m a year can be saved, and commuter traffic slashed, if employees sign up to the Travelwise NI Car Share Scheme managed by Roads Service. Commuters simply log on to the online car-share website and register free of charge to find their partners. When they register as making a similar journey at around the same time every day, the computer matches them up and exchanges email addresses. Brian Moreland, head of Travelwise NI, said that car-sharers can expect to significantly cut their carbon footprint, save on travel costs and reduce road congestion. "Being able to find a suitable car-share partner is the key to getting started and this partnership will make it easier for council employees to find their perfect match," he said. "Each of the Southern Group employees who participate can expect to make significant energy and financial savings. Research shows that the typical car-sharer will save around £1,000 and one tonne of CO2 per year by sharing their daily journey. "In the course of a year, Southern Group employees could be saving over £1m in travel expenses by dramatically reducing the number of car journeys to and from the workplace. "The Travelwise NI Car Share scheme is especially beneficial to those living in more isolated locations. "Those Southern Group employees who live in rural areas may not have access to a regular public transport network. This car share scheme could provide them with a more accessible transport alternative."..."

Match-maker searches for car sharers
Jun 20, 2007 Ryan Davies

"Cobalt's very own matchmaker has made it her mission to match up potential car sharers at Cobalt business park in North Tyneside. Lynn Cramman, Cobalt's on-site transport co-ordinator is encouraging the 6,500 staff at the park to "meet their match" as part of National Lift Share Day. 10 per cent of staff currently travelling by car are taking advantage of the car share scheme and sharing transport costs with other workers at the park. Match-making Lynn will be delivering boxes of matchmaker chocolates to staff who register on the car share website www.cobaltpark.co.uk. Staff can enter their postcode details on the site and Lynn will match them up with potential sharers.Don't miss the 24dash.com audio bulletins for the latest news and information - http://www.24dash.com/podcasts Lynn said: "National Lift Share day is a great way to remind staff of the travel options available to them at the park. We are working hard to improve and extend the transport offering at Cobalt and make it easier for staff to choose cheaper, greener, less stressful means of getting to and from work." Charli Bullock of transport experts Liftshare, said: "We are delighted to continue working alongside Cobalt business park. We are working with the park to help staff reduce their carbon footprint and their travel costs using the car share system in place at Cobalt."..."

Parents urged to car share the school run
Jun 20, 2007 Katie Cooper

"Parents who drive their children to school are being encouraged to take part in a new car share scheme to help cut down the traffic on the roads - and help save the environment. A pilot scheme, overseen by Norfolk County Council, is being launched today in the Drayton and Taverham areas as part of National Liftshare day. It will target parents who use their cars to drop their children off at school before driving to work and urge them to car share with other working parents in the area. A new website will put parents in touch with others living in the same area who may be able to car share across Drayton and Taverham where 2,300 children travel to school every day. The scheme will operate at a number of schools in the area, including Taverham High School, Taverham Middle School, Drayton Middle School, Ghost Hill First School, Nightingale First School and Drayton First School. Neil Toplis deputy headteacher at Drayton Middle School said: "we are now targeting parents rather than children and hope that they will use the website to get in touch with other parents in the area and arrange lift-sharing". Josie Barnett, senior travel plan officer for Norfolk County Council, said: "Working collectively with the schools on travel planning has created a new focus, giving them the strength and enthusiasm to tackle issues on a larger scale". Taverham and Drayton parents can join the area's free car share group by visiting www.norfolkcarshare.com...."

New Liftshare Scheme Launched in Angus
Jun 20, 2007

"Angus residents are being urged to try sharing a car as part of an initiative to reduce traffic, cut pollution and save money. The new web-based car sharing scheme www.angusliftshare.com is to be launched on Thursday, 14 June, National Liftshare Day. The Angus scheme is part of Tayside and Central Transport Partnership's (Tactran) regional car sharing database, www.tactranliftshare.com. The site, funded by the Scottish Executive, forms an umbrella site for the four local authority liftsharing sites. The website is designed to help people find lifts through a database which matches journeys and times of people who live or work in the region. Tactranliftshare is supporting the service as part of its drive to encourage sustainable transport and reduce the number of commuter journeys where only one person is in a car. The safety aspect of the project is of paramount importance, and users cannot look at the personal or journey details of others. Journeys are simply registered and suitable matches are emailed to the recipient with minimal information. This whole process is facilitated through www.angusliftshare.com. People are not even required to have a car to register for a match. With the extensive movement of commuters across the region for work, study and leisure, the introduction of tactranliftshare will benefit many from Angus, Dundee, Perth and Kinross, Stirling and beyond. Anyone can register a journey, whether it is for a daily commute or a one-off journey. Liftshare, based in Norfolk, recently won the 'Best Environmental Product' at the Business Commitment to the Environment Awards for their national online route matching system. The whole Liftshare network has nearly 1000 active schemes running nationwide, which is growing on a daily basis...."

A car shared is a traffic jam halved
Jun 19, 2007 Yorkshire Evening Post - Sophie Hazan

" SHARED journeys are becoming watchwords in Leeds as the city fights the threat of road overload. Motorists in Leeds are being urged to share the stress of the rush hour by joining Leeds's own car-share scheme. To raise awareness of the benefits of car-sharing, Leeds City Council and its partners have relaunched the internet-based scheme "carshareleeds.com". The scheme was first introduced in July 2003 and offers a lift-share matching service, which puts people in contact with possible travelling companions, either for one journey or on a regular basis. Sense Overall, the scheme aims to reduce congestion and relieve parking problems and it also helps travellers share the costs of their journey. Councillor Stuart Andrew, the council's lead member for transport, said: "Car sharing is a practical and environmentally friendly solution which really makes sense. "It not only helps to reduce pollution and congestion on the roads around Leeds but is also cost-effective for travellers. "Carshareleeds.com is an easy-to-use scheme which puts people who are commuting by car to and from Leeds every day in touch with each other, which in turn reduces the amount of traffic on our roads." Since its launch, carshareleeds.com has steadily grown and now has 550 members. The more members there are, the more chance there is of matching them with a suitable travelling companion. Leeds City Council is now working with some of the largest organisations in the city to help promote and increase membership of the scheme. The partner organisations involved so far are HBOS, KPMG, Asda Wal*Mart, Leeds NHS Teaching Hospitals, Leeds Metropolitan University, and Leeds University, Thorpe Park and Yorkshire Forward. Scheme promoters say sharing a car: Reduces the costs of travelling by car. Undercuts the cost of nearly all other forms of transport. Cuts congestion and pollution. Reduces parking problems. Reduces the need for a private car. Widens the recruitment catchment areas for businesses. Provides a real solution to the lack of public transport in rural areas. Facilitates the integration of public and private transport. Is a way of meeting new, like-minded people. People who want to join just need to register their journey details on carshareleeds.com and the database will search for potential matches. It can be used by people who want to give or receive a lift, and can be used just the once or on a regular basis. ..."

Change your World this July
Jun 19, 2007

"THE drive to persuade more people to share cars in Leeds has stepped up a gear. Commuters in the city are being urged to consider sharing their journey to and from work to cut down congestion and pollution. Car sharing is being encouraged this week as part of National Liftshare Day which took place yesterday. The day coincided with the unveiling of a new information sign along the A647 Stanningley Road which advertises the benefits to commuters of sharing journeys into the city. It has been estimated those who share a car can save up to £1,000 on travel and parking costs and reduce the amount of carbon dioxide their vehicles emit by up to one ton every year. Car sharing also helps to reduce journey times by reducing the amount of traffic on the roads at any one time. The new car-share advertising sign was unveiled at the end of the high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane near Gotts Park. Councillor Stuart Andrew, lead member responsible for transport, was joined by car-share co-ordinator Tim Walker and Ray Hill, from Leeds City Council's Travelwise team. Councillor Andrew said: "We hope the new sign will highlight the advantages that car sharing has to offer. "It is a practical and environmentally-friendly solution which can save motorists time and money on a regular basis." National Liftshare Day is co-ordinated by liftshare.com, the UK's largest car-sharing promoter. Anyone can go to www.carshareleeds.com and register their journey for free. They can then find other people going their way with whom to share their journey to work, the shops or anywhere. You don't have to be a driver to take part, and can search for a lift even if you don't drive. Mr Walker, the carshareleeds.com coordinator, said: "This is a great time to join the scheme because membership numbers are rising and the chances of finding a match are better than ever before. "It's so easy to use, with just three simple steps to car share, search, match and then share a car." ..."

Catch a lift to mark National Carshare Day
Jun 13, 2007 Scotsman

"TRANSPORT leaders have called on more motorists to share journeys ahead of National Liftshare day tomorrow. A website - TripshareEdinburgh.com - was set up ......"

Sharing lifts and saving the enviroment
Jun 12, 2007 Bdaily.info

"One of the founder members of the Go For Jobs campaign is taking part in National Liftshare Day this Thursday to highlight the importance of transport to ......"

It pays to carshare and it's good for the planet
Jun 12, 2007 icwales.co.uk

"Strangers are quickly becoming friends after meeting up to travel to work together each day on website www.liftshare.org. In south-east Wales, ......"

Edith Bowman Podcast
May 11, 2007 www.yeovalleyorganic.com

"Listen to Edith Bowman's podcast on going green at Glastonbury promoting liftsharing...."

It's not easy being green
Apr 30, 2007 The Times Online - Anna Shephard

"...This year it's not just the festivals traditionally allied with green campaigns, such as the Big Green Gathering an offshoot of Glastonbury's Greenfields that are offering new environmental policies. Even the distinctly unhippy V Festival offers recycling, and recommends getting there by lift-sharing......"

BT encourages companies to look at car sharing
Apr 25, 2007 Press Releases : PR Database

"BT encourages companies to look at car sharing UK businesses are being encouraged to implement car sharing schemes for their staff after BT revealed that its own scheme had proved a hit with staff, with more than 1,000 people already registered and reaping the environmental benefits...."

Manufacturingtalk
Apr 23, 2007 Manufacturingtalk - Bibby Financial Services

"...In order for construction businesses to keep up to speed with the new laws and ensure they are driving with due care, Bibby Financial Services has developed the following top tips......"

Multi-tasking manufacturing bosses risk transport penalties
Apr 20, 2007 Process & Control today

"Car share – look to adopt car sharing schemes, this will not only reflect well on the business from an environmental perspective, but also decrease congestion on the roads and save money. National Liftshare Day takes place on 14th June 2007. Visit www.liftshare.org ..."

How green is it to live on your own?
Mar 04, 2007 The Observer - Lucy Siegle

"This may sound odd, but you are far from alone in living alone. You are part of a giant, snowballing trend. By 2021 more than one third of all UK households is expected to be single (in 1971 it was just 12 per cent)....And living alone shouldn't mean driving alone......"

Park the car permanently and start counting the cash
Feb 17, 2007 The Independent - By David Prosser

"More than a million people are likely to be disappointed by their experience of the Government's attempts to improve the democratic process. They may have signed an online petition against road pricing, but ministers are determined to push ahead with plans to make it more expensive to drive...."

Webwise: First steps in saving the planet
Feb 05, 2007 The Sunday Times

"Unless you have been living on the rapidly shrinking ice floes of Antarctica for the past decade you will be at least on nodding terms with concepts such as emission levels, carbon footprints and greenhouse gas. But how do you know the size of your personal footprint and what can you do about it?..."

Wales v Ireland travel advice
Feb 01, 2007 News Wales (Cardiff Council)

"The best way to travel to Cardiff is on public transport but if you do bring your car into the city, you can ease worries over congestion and parking costs by car sharing and using the park and ride services...."

Anyone for a free ride?
Jan 29, 2007 Financial mail - The Mail on Sunday - Jo Thornhill

"There are 26m cars on Britain's roads and if traffic growth is left unchecked the number of cars - and jams - will grow by a third in 20 years. Add fears over global warming and you have compelling reasons why car sharing is at last being taken seriously. Jo Thornhill looks at a day in the life of one successful scheme..."

Selfish drivers must shove up and share
Jan 29, 2007 thisismoney.co.uk - Jo Thornhill

"Car sharing is slightly different. This is where colleagues or people living in the same town share lifts to work. The idea is growing in popularity but still too few drivers are willing to get involved. A survey by the Energy Saving Trust shows that less than ten per cent of drivers would be prepared to share a car in order to reduce carbon emissions...."

Offsetting 'just distracts from real priorities'
Jan 22, 2007 www.cambridge-news.co.uk

"SHOULD we plant a tree every time we drive our car or board a holiday jet? Carbon offsetting is the latest environmental buzz phrase, and it has been ubiquitous in the media this week. Yesterday (Thursday, 18 January), the Government announced plans to create a voluntary standard for offsetting, telling consumers how they can do it - and encouraging businesses to get involved. Carbon offsetting is a way of giving us all the opportunity to make up for the carbon dioxide we are pumping into the air...."

HOV lanes 'to be encouraged'
Jan 18, 2007 ETA.co.uk - News

"High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes could become a widespread feature across the UK following new guidance published by the Department of Transport. ..."

Bus lanes may be opened to ease congestion
Jan 12, 2007 Askaprice.com AUTHOR: Robin Brown

"The Department of Transport has released a leaflet encouraging local authorities to consider opening up bus lanes to multiple-occupancy vehicles in an effort to reduce congestion...."

Drivers allowed to use bus lanes
Jan 11, 2007 AutoTrader - by Alex Eckford

"Car-sharing drivers may be allowed to use bus lanes under new proposals...."

New Year Cash Saving Tips!
Jan 08, 2007 News - Sky.com

"5. Lift Sharing If you'd really like to save some petrol money, why not consider lift sharing? Apart from saving on fuel, you'll reduce wear and tear on your car as well as helping to ease the morning rush hour congestion. If you don't know anyone locally to share with, why not sign up with Liftshare.org -- they can put you in touch with other drivers and passengers willing to car share...."

New Year Cash Saving Tips!
Jan 03, 2007 Fool.co.uk

"5. Lift Sharing If you'd really like to save some petrol money, why not consider lift sharing?..."

GO ONLINE ..& SEE WHAT'S FOR FREE
Jan 02, 2007 SundayMirror.co.uk -

"START SHARING YOUR CAR www.liftshare.org ALI Clabburn hit upon the idea of car sharing when he was travelling through Germany on a gap year from college. He found a network of operators at major train stations and when he returned to England he tried to find a similar scheme...."

All your business wants for Christmas is...
Dec 14, 2006 freshinfo Research & Data

"...Second is Liftshare.org. As the name suggests, it offers a route for staff to cut commuting costs. MD Ali Clabburn says the employer saves the dead-money cost of parking spaces as well as £1,000 and a tonne of carbon per year......"

Driving Down Car Costs
Nov 20, 2006 50.Connect.co.uk

"The cost of running a car is on the increase but by shopping around for insurance, finance, fuel and other necessities, drivers can drive down the cost of being on the road...."

New Borders car-sharing project
Oct 24, 2006 BBC

"The car-share website could help cut pollution and congestion. Residents in the Scottish Borders now have the opportunity to sign up to a new car-sharing scheme...."

EASY WAYS TO SAVE THE WORLD
Oct 15, 2006 SundayMirror.co.uk -

"SHARE YOUR CAR THE average car commuter in the UK drives 19 miles a day. Cutting that by half through car sharing would save 648kg of carbon dioxide over a year - the same as that absorbed by 216 trees. Contact www.liftshare.org..."

Environmental travel advice packs a punch
Oct 09, 2006 The Journal, Northern Business Daily -

"Thousands of workers on North Tyneside are being encouraged to swap their car for cheaper and more environmentally friendly ways to travel. Detailed travel packs have been produced for staff at Cobalt Business Park that could help save them more than £1,000 per year if they switch to a more sustainable travel option, according to travel experts Liftshare...."

Why Britain Needs Young Go-Getters
Oct 04, 2006 by Gordon Brown (Chancellor)

""And I've met Ali Clabburn, 31, who was last year's winner of the Social and Community Prize. ... [liftshare] shows us how entrepreneurial flair can be successfully combined with building a better society."..."

Enterprising Young Brit
Oct 04, 2006 Daily Mail

"Ali Clabburn is continuing to cut pollution from cars with his Liftshare initiative, which scooped him top prize in our social and environment section...."

Light relief for heavy traffic
Oct 02, 2006 Leeds Today, Evening Post - by Paul Robinson

"Six months ago ministers revealed that the country's first motorway car share lane is to open on a one-mile stretch of the Chain Bar junction of the M606 and M62. Plans were also unveiled last year for the M62 to be widened to four lanes in both directions between Leeds and Huddersfield...."

What is the greenest way to get around?
Oct 02, 2006 The Observer

"www.liftshare.com mitigates the eco fallout of driving solo, which causes 50 per cent more CO2 emissions than making the same journey on a bus. Hailing a taxi is becoming marginally less ethically dubious, too, thanks to stricter pollution standards...."

Get a TravelBUDi for Travelwise Week
Sep 20, 2006

"18-24th September 2006 is TravelWise week, encouraging individuals to pledge their travel arrangements and find themselves a travelBUDi by logging onto www.liftshare.com..."

Learning environment
Sep 04, 2006

"Will your kids be taught eco-issues at school? Anna Shepard looks at schemes for pupils and parents.... Dump the school run One of the clearest marks of a green school is how pupils arrive. A flood of 4x4 vehicles belching fumes into the playground is a lousy start to the day. The first international Walk to School Month takes place in October encouraging parents to ditch the car...."

Carshare.com is one of 'The sites that changed our world'
Aug 31, 2006

"If you absolutely must take the car on holiday then the greenest thing to do is to share it..."

King commute
Aug 31, 2006

"Congestion remains a hot topic, even while the government continues to do nothing about it. Theories about what could be done are bandied around: most of them involving prohibitive new taxes or extensive spending on public transport. But there is one way that traffic levels could be cut in half tomorrow, without a penny of public money spent. At present, 80% of people who (...) (...) is bound to be someone going your way, and websites such as liftshare.org have made choosing your travel partner easy. ..."

Green with energy
Aug 31, 2006

"Rising fuel prices and increased concern about climate change are causing more of us to wonder how we can reduce the amount of energy we use in our day-to-day life. Fortunately there are some simple steps we can all take to cut our fuel consumption. Turn off the lights And the TV. And your mobile phone charger. These are all quick and easy ways to save energy. According to (...) (...) For longer journeys, you could find someone online to share your journey. Liftshare.org puts travellers in touch with each other to match journeys. ..."

Avoid misery - log onto www.trainstrike.com
Aug 31, 2006

"As the misery of train strikes grip the South West of England, liftshare - the UK´s leading car share network provider, are encouraging commuters to make alternative arrangements and get themselves a TravelBUD..."

Liftshare gains 12,000 members in 3 months
Jul 27, 2006

"National car share operator www.liftshare.com has seen an unprecedented rise in membership over the last few months as hundreds of people have signed up to find someone to share their daily journeys with...."

Share car, make friends, save planet
Jul 24, 2006

" Last Updated: Thursday, 20 July 2006, 21:50 GMT 22:50 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Share car, make friends, save planet Dr Richard Ghail VIEWPOINT Richard Ghail In this week's Green Room, transport planner and engineer Dr Richard Ghail urges you to get out of your car, save money and the environment, and make some new friends along the way...."

Commuters swap petrol for pedal-power
Jun 26, 2006

"More than 1,300 employees from 15 different employers, including the city council, and IBM, are estimated to have taken part in Bike2Work day on Wednesday...."

How car share scheme helps cave the planet
Jun 20, 2006

"Motorists across Leeds are being urged to help reduce congestion on the city's choked roads by car sharing. Council bosses are promoting carshareleeds.com, the city's free-to-use car sharing website. New figures indicate that there are 38m empty car seats on the UK's roads every day...."

National Lift Share day - 14 June.
Jun 19, 2006

"Aiming to increase the number of car sharers in the UK by 20%, National Liftshare Day is today, 14 June 2006...."

Why not share lifts today
Jun 19, 2006

"Today is National Liftshare Day. Its aim is to highlight the environmental benefits of car sharing and to raise awareness among the people of the South Lakes and the rest of the UK , of the savings you can make by sharing fuel costs...."

Boot out the jams and share your car
Jun 14, 2006

"Sufferers of claustrophobia were advised to steer clear of a pressing bid to encourage car sharing yesterday. Supporters of a burgeoning web-based scheme hooking up motorists with potential passengers wedged themselves into a Mini to give it a boost. Drivers gathered in New Mill car park in Saltaire to squeeze into the Mini and help enhance the fortunes of Bradford Carshare...."

Help cut car costs on National Lift Share Day
Jun 14, 2006

"New research from Halifax Car Insurance reveals that approximately 38 million spare seats will be available in cars across the UK on National Lift Share Day, this Wednesday. The study revealed that the average cost of a driver travelling to work alone is £1,017, while only one in five drivers share their cars with colleagues. Halifax Car Insurance said that this cost could be halved by sharing journeys with friends or colleagues. Drivers might not need to worry about extra car insurance to do this, according to Mike Pickard, head of risk and underwriting at Halifax Car Insurance. ..."

Give your journey a lift
Jun 14, 2006

"In a rural county such as Norfolk, it is not always possible to get by without a car, however environmentally friendly we might want to be. But there are still ways of reducing the number of vehicles on the roads, and sharing a lift is one of the most effective. This week is Green Transport Week and today is Liftshare Day, when people up and down the country are being urged to help the environment and save themselves money...."

Auto Talk: Liftshare founder Ali Clabburn
Jun 13, 2006

"Wednesday is National Lift Share Day. The company at the centre of the initiative is Liftshare - brainchild of Ali Clabburn, who has made the journey from penniless student to UK Enterprising Young Brit of the Year. Auto Trader's Alex Eckford caught up with Ali and found out what made him start the company, how Liftshare helped on July 7th, and why he doesn't share his journey to work with anyone...."

Workers urged to help cut the jams
Jun 13, 2006

"COMMUTERS are being urged to help cut down on congestion by joining a car-sharing scheme being launched in Blackpool this week. A website has been set up which people can use to find someone who they can travel with on regular journeys, helping to reduce pollution and queues at the same time. ..."

UK Cycle Route Matching Website Launched
Jun 09, 2006

"EUNN) London - A UK cycle route matching website has been launched at http://www.BikeBUDI.com by liftshare Ltd, which operates a UK car-share matching service at http://www.liftshare.com. BikeBUDI aims to match people cycling in the same direction to encourage people to cycle rather than drive and is reportedly the first such cycle service to be introduced in the UK. The website provides a free service and hopes to encourage those new to cycling by putting them in contact with experienced cyclists...."

How Cardiff University is tackling climate change
Jun 09, 2006

"ROADS in Alaska buckle and twist as the permafrost disappears. Alpine villages live in fear, as the centuries-old glaciers above them start to melt. Another severe hurricane season is forecast for the Gulf of Mexico. The cost of flood damage in Wales is estimated to be £1.4bn by 2080. Many authoritative figures, including the UK's chief scientific adviser, Sir David King, now claim climate change will be the greatest threat to our planet this century...."

Log on to hitch lift!
Jun 08, 2006

"PEOPLE on the move in Kirklees will soon be able to thumb a lift - without even leaving their chair. Kirklees Council has set up a new internet car-sharing scheme, which allows people to arrange lifts online. The scheme is not just for work journeys, but for trips to any destination...."

Pedal-with-others scheme aims to boost commuting by bike
Jun 01, 2006

"Previously listed on Bikeforall.net as an offshoot from the main Liftshare.com website, Liftshare's BikeBudi scheme now has its own website and takes on a life of its own and all to encourage newbie cycle commuters...."

FIRMS GEAR UP FOR CAR SHARE
May 22, 2006

"A NEW car share scheme has been launched on a business park with more than 4,000 staff. And management at the Windmill Hill site said half of those who responded to a survey were interested in getting involved...."

HOW TO BEAT FUEL AT £1 A LITRE!
May 03, 2006

"Although I've never owned a car (nor have I driven one since 1999), even I've noticed that fuel costs have been rising rapidly in recent months. Indeed, the average price for diesel in my neighbourhood is over 99p a litre, and I've seen it for sale for between 97p and £1.07 a litre. My wife's car has a sixty-litre fuel tank, so the 10p-a-litre difference between the cheapest and dearest forecourts comes to £6 per tank. Ouch! So, without further ado, here are ten money-saving tips to give the UK's 33 million motorists a break from rising fuel prices:..."

CAR SHARE WEBSITE LAUNCHED
Apr 10, 2006

"Department for Regional Development (DRD) has today launched a website to allow potential car sharers to find travel partners in a bid to reduce commuter traffic on Northern Ireland's roads. The website has been developed as part of the DRD's Travelwise NI campaign, and will enable individuals to log on and register free of charge to find car share partners...."

PAIR UP FOR CAR-SHARE SCHEME, DRIVERS URGED
Apr 10, 2006

"A new website will attempt to pair up people who register with individuals who make a similar journey at the same time. Email details will be provided to successful matches and it is then up to them to make suitable arrangements...."

ONLINE MATCH-MAKING FOR CAR-SHARERS LAUNCHED
Apr 07, 2006

"The Department for Regional Development in Northern Ireland has gone ahead and made their innovative Travelwise NI scheme public to commuters in an attempt to reduce congestion. Many people are open to the idea of car-sharing, but finding suitable people to share with is always going to be an issue. This initiative certainly seems to be a step in the right direction...."

'I ONLY WANT A CAR PART TIME'
Apr 05, 2006

"Michael Dewson lives in central Bristol and runs an old BMW 3-series. Now he would like to sell the car and do without it, but he would like to know the best way to access a car on an occasional basis..."

'PERFECT PARTNER' FOR CAR-SHARE COMMUTERS'
Apr 05, 2006

"An initiative encouraging "online matching" for drivers wanting to car-share with fellow commuters has been launched in Belfast...."

ECO-FRIENDLY TRANSPORT: THE GREENER WAY TO GET AROUND
Apr 05, 2006

"SHARE YOUR CAR The first car-sharing lane on a UK motorway is due to open in 2007 near Leeds. Liftshare (www.liftshare.org) allows you to register your journey in an attempt to find a sharer...."

10 WAYS TO HELP BLAIR SAVE THE WORLD
Apr 03, 2006

"TONY Blair's latest pledge is to save the planet - but he would have to be a superhero to do it on his own. The Prime Minister has put the environment at the top of his political agenda and told world leaders that they only have a year to take action to avoid an irreversible environmental catastrophe...."

THE BUDGET PROVES A BOON TO ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY DRIVERS
Mar 27, 2006

"MAKE SOME CAR BUDDIES You could save up to £1,000 on transport costs every year by car or liftsharing, according to the organisation Liftshare...."

CAR-SHARE FANS BEAT THE TRAVEL BLUES
Mar 21, 2006

"WORSENING traffic congestion is making Greater Manchester's roads and motorways a nightmare. It has been announced that Britain will get its first motorway car-share lane next year. The scheme involves a mile-long stretch of the M606 southbound on to the M62 in West Yorkshire...."

YORKSHIRE DRIVERS FACE CAR-SHARING LANE TRIAL RUN
Mar 21, 2006

"£2.5m to convert mile of motorway William Green Political Correspondent TRANSPORT Secretary Alistair Darling today gave the go-ahead for Britain's first motorway car-sharing lane to be built on one of Yorkshire's busiest commuter routes...."

20 WAYS WE CAN HELP SAVE THE PLANET
Jan 05, 2006

"FRIENDS of the Earth Cymru is urging people to make 2006 a green year... and here's how to do it... Share the school run or walk/cycle your children to school. Liftshare helps you find other parents to share the school run (www.school-run.org)...."

CAR SHARE WEBSITE LAUNCHES NEW FEATURES
Nov 22, 2005

"Norfolk's pioneering car share scheme's new website was launched by Bryan Gunn today with a host of updated features. ..."

BUS STRIKE TO GO AHEAD
Sep 15, 2005 Norfolk Eastern Daily Press

"Thousands of bus users across Norfolk and Suffolk are facing a week of chaos after last-minute talks failed to avert strike action by drivers......"

WISE UP TO BEATING THE TRAFFIC
Sep 15, 2005 Comet 24

"GET wise to a greener, cheaper way to get about......"

BRITAIN MUST USE LESS OIL, SAYS BROWN
Sep 11, 2005 Guardian Unlimited

"Liftshare, Britain's biggest organisation set up to encourage motorists to offer and take lifts with others so they use cars less often, has doubled the number of people signing up..."

PETROL PRICES SEND CAR SHARE INTO OVERDRIVE
Sep 11, 2005 The Observer

"High petrol prices are prompting British motorists in their thousands to open up their hatchbacks and share car journeys with neighbours and colleagues...."

20 WAYS TO GO FURTHER FOR LESS
Sep 10, 2005 ic Wales

"You could almost halve your fuel bill by giving a lift to a colleague who lives nearby one day, then going in his or her car the next day...."

THREAT LOOMS OF FRESH FUEL BLOCKADE
Sep 07, 2005 Scotsman - UK

"The number of commuters signing up to share cars has doubled in the past three months because of rising fuel costs. Liftshare.com, the UK's largest car-sharing scheme, said it now had more than 12,000 people registered...."

RUNNING INTO TROUBLE
Sep 05, 2005 Times Online

"Despite efforts to persuade parents to car share, use public transport and cycle or walk children to school, one in five cars on the road in urban areas at 8.50am will be on the school run...."

THE MOTORIST
Jul 24, 2005 The Observer

"..It might also be worth looking into car pooling (see www.greenridde.com) or car sharing (www.liftshare.org). Failing that,there's always a bike......"

CAMERAS TO POLICE CAR-SHARE LANES
Jul 17, 2005 www.timesonline.co.uk

"As if speed cameras and cameras to trap motorists at traffic lights, in bus lanes and at box junctions weren’t enough, the Department for Transport (DfT) is considering a new camera to prosecute drivers wrongly using car-sharing lanes. The cameras will enable Alistair Darling, the transport secretary, to fulfil his ambition of introducing car-sharing lanes on motorways across the country...."

CAR SHARING DRIVE CUTS THE COST OF COMMUTING
Jul 12, 2005 PersonnelToday.com

"More than 1,000 employees in Surrey have signed up to an innovative car-sharing scheme being run by the council...."

TERROR IN LONDON: HOW THE JOURNEY TO WORK TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE
Jul 08, 2005 RedNova.com

"In the aftermath of the explosion, a spokesman for Transport for London said: 'We are advising passengers not to go into central London.' It set up a special car-share requests page on its website following 'the unprecedented number of requests to liftshare'...."

BOMB BLAST WEB TRAFFIC - MORE RESULTS
Jul 08, 2005 Silicon.com

"Web traffic surged yesterday as British people looked for information after four bombs were set off in London. ..."

TRAVEL UPDATES
Jul 07, 2005 This is Local London

"Drivers leaving the capital are asked to help those unable to make their way home by offering a lift to friends and colleagues where possible, or by registering with the Transport for London recognised car-sharing scheme, London Liftshare...."

TRAVEL PLANS FOR NEW STADIUM ANNOUNCED
Jul 07, 2005 Scottish Fitba

"Car drivers will be encouraged to share journeys by registering on the regional car share database swwitch2share.com...."

CAR-SHARE WEBSITE LAUNCHED
Jun 27, 2005 eGov monitor

"A one-stop website to promote car-sharing across the Greater Bristol area was launched earlier this month...."

REINVENTION OF THE 'COMPANY CAR' AS COLLEAGUES BUDGE UP IN THE BACK
Jun 14, 2005 ic Wales

"LIFTSHARE.COM say changing motorists' attitudes and ending the culture of single-occupied vehicles would go a long way to solving the country's congestion problem. ..."

CALLS TO CHANGE OUR CAR RELIANT CULTURE
Jun 14, 2005 icWales

"A new report, published today by liftshare.com and Transport 2000 to coincide with National Liftshare Day, reveals that car-sharing could significantly reduce congestion and emissions of carbon dioxide. ..."

CAR SHARE ON LIFTSHARE DAY AND WIN THEATRE TICKETS
Jun 13, 2005 Peterborough UK

"Local people are being encouraged to save money and cut pollution by joining Peterborough City Council's innovative car share scheme for National Liftshare Day on Tuesday (14 June)...."

IS ANYONE GOING YOUR WAY?
Jun 13, 2005 eGov monitor

"A one-stop website to promote car-sharing across the Greater Bristol area is being launched on Tuesday 14 June to celebrate National Liftshare Day. ..."

WINNING WAY TO DEAL WITH CONGESTION
Jun 10, 2005 Harrogate Today

"A PRIZE draw designed to encourage people to use bikes instead of cars has been devised by local transport charity Little Red Bus in conjunction with property management company Hornbeam Park Developments. ..."

DYCE TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT ORGANISATION LAUNCHED
May 09, 2005 Aberdeen City

"A newly formed organisation comprising a number of companies in the Dyce area was launched today with the aim of helping to address traffic congestion and other transport problems in Dyce...."

HOW TO MAKE YOUR OFFICE GREENER
Apr 27, 2005 Green Building Press

"Many offices have begun to make changes in the way they use resources and discard their waste, but few have a sustainable plan. Though a comprehensive strategy is the ideal to aim for, you can begin to make a real difference with a few small but significant decisions...."

CAR-SHARE WEBSITE AIMS TO CUT CITY'S CONGESTION
Feb 23, 2005 Yorkshire Post Today

"COMMUTERS are to be matched up on the Internet in an attempt to limit the volume of cars pouring into Hull, days before the city council closes a major route. ..."

TRAVEL WARNING FOR CARDIFF TSUNAMI RELIEF CONCERT
Jan 19, 2005 News Wales

"Thousands of fans coming to Cardiff to see the Tsunami Relief Concert at the Millennium Stadium are being warned to plan their journeys carefully and use either public transport, car share or park and ride services to avoid traffic delays and queues in the Welsh capital. Advice and information about lift-sharing is available at www.liftshare.com. ..."

AWARD FOR USE OF TECHNOLOGY
Oct 20, 2004 Norfolk Eastern Daily Press

"Norfolk company Liftshare.com has won an award for its innovative use of technology. The Attleborough-based business is the East of England winner of the British Chamber of Commerce Microsoft Award for Innovation through Technology. ..."

UK BUSINESS BRIEFS: WATER POLLUTION FINE, WASTE AWARDS, ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS AWARDS..
Jul 09, 2004 Environmental Data Interactive - UK

"Liftshare.com has been selected, out of 27 entries, as the 'Example of Excellence' for the Shields Environmental Award 2004. The award, sponsored by Shields Environmental Plc, was presented by HRH, The Prince of Wales, President of Business in the Community, as part of Business in the Community's Awards for Excellence...."

MIXED RESPONSE TO CAR-SHARE LANES
Jul 04, 2004 BBC News

"News that the government is expected to announce trials of dedicated motorway lanes for cars with more than one occupant has sparked criticism...."

COUNCIL CAR SHARING SCHEME LAUNCHED
Mar 19, 2004 Buchan Observer

"ABERDEENSHIRE Council launched a car-sharing scheme for employees last week. ..."

COMMUTER SWAP: CHANGING BUS FOR CAR-SHARE
Oct 15, 2003 BBC News

"Everyone wants to cut congestion on Britain's roads, but how best to go about it? Car shares have been touted as a possible answer, but do they work?..."

SHARING IS CARING FOR THE GREENER FUTURE
Mar 27, 2003 Herald Express

"Torbay and Devon County councils have launched a major new service aimed at cutting road congestion and pollution, while saving money for drivers and protecting the environment...."

CUT CONGESTION WITH CAR-SHARE INITIATIVE
Mar 21, 2003 Herald Express

"A new service aimed at reducing the number of cars on Devon's roads, protecting the environment and saving money is to be launched by Devon County Council. The council has commissioned a brand new website-www.carsharedevon.com - which will provide users with a countywide on-line database of potential car sharers. Working in partnership with Plymouth City Council and Torbay Council, the website aims to maximise people's travel options. ..."

COUNCILS DRIVEN BY CAR SHARE PLANS
Mar 20, 2003 BBC News

"Councils across the South West are joining together in a new scheme to reduce the number of cars on roads, cut pollution and protect the environment...."

CAR-SHARING GETS YOU OUT OF A JAM
Mar 20, 2003 Herald Express

"A revolutionary initiative aimed at reducing traffic congestion and pollution across South Devon is being launched......"

FIRMS URGED TO GEAR UP FOR CAR-SHARING DRIVE
Mar 19, 2003 The Press & Journal

"North-east firms are being urged to rise to the challenge of tackling traffic congestion in the region and adopt car-sharing schemes. Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce wants businesses to take the lead in promoting new ways for staff to travel to and from work...."

TOP MARKS FOR COUNCIL CAR SHARE
Mar 17, 2003 BBC News

"A Gloucestershire-based car sharing scheme has been commended by the organisers of a national transport award...."

SHARE A CAR TO BEAT CONGESTION
Mar 11, 2003 Yorkshire Evening Press

"AN INNOVATIVE new car-sharing scheme was launched in York today to reduce congestion and secure the city's greener future...."

CAR SHARING
Feb 27, 2003 The Guardian Unlimited

"You can now ditch your car, but still enjoy the freedom of four wheels, says Simon Birch ..."

WHY NOT GIVE A LIFT TO YOUR JOURNEY TO WORK?
Feb 15, 2003 The Guardian

"Ever thought about sharing your car journey to work? Thousands of people already do it: informal networks operate all over the country as workers cut the costs of driving into town for work...."

CAR SHARE SOLUTION TO AIRPORT CONGESTION
Jan 14, 2003 BBC News

"A new car-share scheme is being launched for people travelling to East Midlands Airport. It was suggested for both passengers and staff because almost 80% of airport employees drive to work alone. ..."

HAVE YOU EVER SAT IN A QUEUE ON THE RING ROAD, CURSING ABOUT THE 2+ LANE?
Dec 05, 2002 BBC Bristol News

"If so, then maybe you don't know anyone who takes the same journey as you. Or maybe you aren't aware of all the benefits of car-sharing. Although the main advantages are obviously environmental, you can save yourself considerable amounts of money...."

SHARE THAT HARD DRIVE
Nov 19, 2002 The Mirror

"WHEN Ali Clabburn dreamed of getting Britain car-sharing he had no idea how hard it would be. But now, nearly two years after launching the world's first online car-share facility, www.liftshare.com, he has thousands of people logging on to get cheap, environmentally-friendly lifts throughout the country...."