« Background Documentation
The outpouring of support is overwhelming »

Support for PickupPal in the media!

Here we track stories as they unfold about PickupPal’s fight to change the restrictive Ontario Legislation around carpooling:

The Toronto Star Bus firm calls online car pool illegal service
The Globe and Mail Carpooling company offers illegal service, bus firm complains
Torontoist Picking on PickupPal
City News Online Company Under Fire For Offering Carpooling Service
National Post National Post Editorial Board on PickupPal: Carpooling is green and cheap. So why is it illegal in Ontario?
Toronto Star Ride-share matchmaking ban reviewed
Knit Geekery When is a Bus not a Bus?
CBC Radio As it Happens As it Happens - Part II - titled “PETERBOROUGH BUS CO.” Starts at 11:20 and ends at 19:00 (m:s)
Red, Green and Blue Car-sharing Website under Threat from Bus Company
ars technica Bus company tries to shutter web-based ride-share service
P2P Net Trentway-Wagar goes after PickupPal
The Sault Star Bus company files complaint against online ride-sharing site
The Western Standard Carpooling: Good for the environment, too bad it’s illegal
The Abundance League Ridesharing Site Under Fire from Bus Company
CBC Radio Canada Autobus contre covoiturage
Clean Break Bus operator tries to shut down online car-share service
CTV Canada AM Canada AM: John Stewart, CEO of PickupPal Online Inc.
Michael Geist Using the Net To Share Rides Illegal?
CBC Radio One CBC Radio One - Ottawa Morning - title “PickupPal in Peril”
The Record Rideshare operator challenges law
CTV News Online ride sharing site told carpooling is illegal
Techcrunch More Proof That Canada Hates The Environment
Trying Liberty Canadian Carpool Outlaws
Race Talk Blog Social Network PickupPal Brings Carpooling Online, Is Facing Trouble in CanadaRide
Washington Post More Proof That Canada Hates The Environment
Tech Vibes Ride-Sharing PickupPal Under Fire From Bus Line and Bureaucracy
Toronto Star Network economy changes the rules
Ottawa Citizen Ride-sharing controversy highlights power of networked economy
CBC Radio One CBC Radio One - Ontario today - title “Carpooling” an interview with Transportation Minister Jim Bradley
CBC News Ontario working to loosen carpooling restrictions
The Conference Publishers Dinosaur Economics
Excalibur PickupPal may be forced to hit the road in Ontario

This entry was posted on Friday, August 22nd, 2008 at 9:57 am and is filed under Background info. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Support for PickupPal in the media!”

  1. Metronauts » Criminal carpooling? Ontario vs. PickupPal Says:
    November 14th, 2008 at 4:30 pm

    [...] you heard the ongoing story of PickupPal yet? PickupPal is a Google Maps-based networking site with about 15,000 registered [...]

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.