🎃 The 13 best Halloween events to liftshare to this spooky season

All Hallows Eve is almost upon us, and the country is getting more in the spooky spirit than ever – just look at Liftshare’s Halloween make-over! 2016 has a… read more

Government’s sustainable travel initiatives blocked by Treasury

It is been revealed in a high court hearing that the Treasury blocked other UK government departments from charging diesel cars to enter polluted towns and cities. Non-governmental organisation ClientEarth… read more

Is this the end of the road for Apple’s self-driving cars? 🍏

Apple’s Project Titan, which was launched two years ago to release an entirely autonomous car around 2020, has been scaled back substantially – and will now just focus on… read more

Petrol prices jumped by the biggest margin in five years last week

The last seven days has seen the average price of petrol jump 1.22% to 113.72p a litre, and diesel 1.39% to 116p a litre – the biggest weekly increase… read more

Do you waste 12 days of your life every year sitting in traffic?!

Transport intelligence company Inrix has revealed a sometimes unconsidered cost of congestion on Britain’s roads – the time spent sitting in traffic, when of course, we all have better things… read more

How to get tickets for Glastonbury 2017

It’s not even the end of the year, and we’ve only just hopped out of our liftshare home from the 2016 festival circuit, but alas, tickets have ALREADY sold… read more

Petrol prices to rocket 5p following pound crash

Following our blog last week on petrol prices predicted to reach a 2016 high, the ‘flash crash’ in the pound combined with rising Brent crude oil prices has now… read more

Car sharing lifts off at Heathrow Airport!

Heathrow Airport is now one of Liftshare’s largest corporate car sharing schemes, with over 2,250 colleagues sharing their journeys on a daily basis. Heathrow currently employs 76,000 staff,
who work across… read more

UK’s first solar-powered bus fleet to launch in Brighton

Big Lemon, the Community Interest Company who run buses in Brighton on waste cooking oil from local restaurants, has announced its next step – launching a fleet of solar-powered… read more

Reasonably-priced Carpool Karaoke? Ex-Top Gear presenters and James Corden join forces!

Post-BBC Top Gear drama but pre-Amazon’s The Grand Tour launch, The Late Late Show with James Corden has teamed up with Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May for… read more

Are petrol prices about to soar to a 2016 high?

The RAC’s Fuel Watch report for September has been released – and it’s not happy reading for motorists. The average cost of a litre of petrol hit 112.07p at… read more

35,000 lorries to be BANNED from London under new plans! 🚚🚛

Plans proposed by London Mayor Sadiq Khan could see up to 35,000 lorries banned from the capital, to aid the safety of pedestrians, cyclists and other road users. The… read more

New Tube Chat badge aims to get commuters talking on the Underground

Following the success of badges for pregnant and disabled customers, a commuter has launched ‘Tube Chat’ pins and is handing them out to Underground travellers – but receiving a… read more

£250 up for grabs this Liftshare Week!

3rd-9th October is Liftshare Week, our annual celebration of all things car sharing, and the best time of the year to get involved and start sharing yourself! In addition to… read more

Liftshare becomes world’s first car sharing company to be awarded the sharing economy TrustSeal

Sharing Economy UK, the trade body for sharing economy companies, has awarded Liftshare with their TrustSeal – to accredit how trusted and safe the platform is for sharers. Just… read more

Car park opens in West Hollywood that parks your car for you!

An ‘automated garage’ has opened in the city of West Hollywood, California, that parks cars itself. The garage and community plaza uses automated parking technology as a way of… read more

🚲 Didi Chuxing invest “tens of millions of dollars” in bike sharing platform 🇨🇳

The Chinese ride sharing service Didi Chuxing, who last month bought Uber’s operations in the country, have announced an investment of “tens of millions of dollars” in a bike sharing… read more

When is it legally acceptable to use your phone at the wheel?

Following our blog on mobile phone use in cars reaching ‘epidemic proportions’ amongst the British public, we held a poll on Twitter to see how our followers’ views compared. And… read more