Northern Ireland strikes: how to avoid transport delays with Liftshare

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Northern Ireland trade unions are on strike today, which is causing disruption to public transport services and other areas of the public sector. Among the striking bodies, public transport provider Translink has… read more

Interview: Embracing Americana at Maverick Festival

Liftshare has been looking at a lot of festivals that bring something different to the table recently, and we thought we’d keep the ball rolling with a look at… read more

5 things we hope Peter Kay’s Car Share gets right about car sharing

Liftshare is eagerly awaiting the debut of Peter Kay’s new comedy show Car Share, which is heading to BBC iPlayer this Spring, and will premiere at the Blackpool Opera… read more

Competition: Win a pair Peter Kay’s sold out “Car Share” show

Peter Kay fans, listen up! The hugely popular comedian is coming to the Blackpool Opera House to give a sold out audience a look at his new show. Why… read more

Check out myPTP’s results at GeoVation

myPTP was developed as a result of winning the GeoVation challenge ‘How can we improve transport in Britain’ – A few year’s on, GeoVation caught up with Liftshare to… read more

Interview: Cheltenham celebrates 11 years of Wychwood Festival

Liftshare ran a piece last week on the wonderful Wychwood Festival at Cheltenham racecourse in Gloucestershire, and we thought we’d get in touch with organisers to get the inside… read more

5 shows about car sharing you need to watch

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Liftshare is looking forward to the Spring launch of Peter Kay’s new comedy series Car Share on BBC iPlayer, so we thought we’d take a look at other shows… read more

Everything you need to know about Saturday’s London tube strike

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The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has declared its staff will strike from 21:00 on Saturday March 7, until 04:00 on Sunday night over the sacking of a… read more

Interview: celebrating Tenterden Folk Festival’s 23-year legacy

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Our look at the UK festival scene continues with the wonderful Tenterden Folk Festival, a celebrated event in the heart of Kent. Managed by folk enthusiast and long-time event… read more

Interview: How Village Pump grew from folk club to full festival

As part of Liftshare’s continuous festival coverage, we decided to look at an event in England that has roots as far back as the early ’70s. It all starts… read more

Introducing Wychwood Festival: 100 bands, 4 stages, 1 racecourse!

Wychwood Festival 2015 kicks off at Cheltenham Racecourse on May 29-31, and it’s going to be a megaton year! The festival is now recommending Liftshare as a replacement travel… read more

The impact of car-sharing for NHS Borders

NHS Borders is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland. It provides healthcare services in the Scottish Borders area. NHS Borders is headquartered in Melrose with around 2,000… read more

Liftshare in your pocket

In 2008 it was predicted by analysts that “mobile will overtake fixed Internet access by 2014” and it has now been confirmed that we are past the mobile tipping point. It’s no… read more

Oxford Dictionary adds sharing economy and ridesharing descriptions

The terms ‘sharing economy’ and ‘ridesharing’ have been added to the Oxford Dictionaries, alongside such terms as ‘janky’ and ‘superfan’ – among others. Liftshare started in the sharing economy… read more

Interview: Making better use of the nation’s space with sharing site Storemates

Good Thursday to all you Liftsharers and the share-minded alike. We’ve got another entry to our series of sharing economy spotlights, where we take some time to champion other… read more

Tramlines festival 2015: Wu-Tang Clan, Basement Jaxx & more added to line-up

We’ve just got word that Sheffield’s brilliant Tramlines festival has added rap legends the Wu-Tang Clan, indie rockers The Charlatans and dance troupe Basement Jaxx as headliners. It’s all… read more

CampLight launches new site – rent greener tents at UK festivals

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Liftshare is always keen to see festivals reduce the amount of waste they produce each year, which is why we encourage revellers to share cars together as a way… read more

Interview: Campaign for Better Transport discusses unsustainable UK travel

Liftshare exists because the UK’s public transport is unsustainable. As regular as clockwork we see rail fares rise every January, yet the increase in wages isn’t enough to cover the costs.… read more