University of Birmingham sees success with Smart Parking
The University of Birmingham has been working with Liftshare since 2017, in that time they have had over 500 of their staff sign up and share their journeys.
To successfully incentivise a scheme, we recommend offering dedicated parking spaces for liftsharers. But how can organisations guarantee staff are sharing when they use the spaces?
The University of Birmingham implemented Liftshare’s…
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Liftshare have been working on some big improvements to the Liftshare Companion App.
Download it now from the App Store or Google Play Store!
We’ve made the app faster and more responsive for our users, and improved the user experience of moving between functions.
We’ve also added some extra functionality for our members who…
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Liftshare knows that in the UK there are thousands of businesses and local authorities that offer car-parking facilities and want to constantly strive to improve quality, convenience and choice for those that use them.
Smart Parking combines the innovative Liftshare app technology with visibility of daily journey validation for its…
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Today we’re launching the new Liftshare Companion app, which replaces the previous Liftshare app.
Download it now from the App Store and Google Play Store!
We’ve taken the chance to focus on what really matters. We’ve learnt that our app no longer needs to do everything, particularly as our site has improved hugely since the launch of our first app.
Messaging was…
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SocialCar is a research and innovation project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 project, aiming at producing a continent-wide journey-planning app which includes liftsharing options.
Working alongside engineer and public authorities and representatives from Italy, Greece, Luxembourg, Poland, Switzerland, FYR Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Hungary, Spain and Belgium, Liftshare is lending its expert knowledge and experience to help…
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Despite Uber having operated in China for years, the country passed a new law today officially sanctioning the company’s practices; alongside other similar ridesharing companies.
The law gives the official go-ahead to such platforms, but changes the requirements under which they must operate. Drivers must have three years experience, no criminal record, and a valid license from a local taxi…
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Uber just announced that it’s coming to Glasgow, and the announcement is currently being debated across Scotland. As a car sharing site that operates in Glasgow – and indeed the broader Scotland and UK – Liftshare wants to know what you feel about the news.
You can help by answering our quick one question poll below. All it takes is…
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The High Court in London has just revealed its verdict on Uber’s official smartphone app, which has been deemed legal and not a taximeter. The decision is positive for other car sharing apps with presence in the capital, including Liftshare’s own iOS and Android applications.
Liftshare Founder & CEO Ali Clabburn had this to say regarding…
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Liftshare launched its official iOS and Android apps earlier this year, and they were quickly named the Guardian’s top travel app for February 2015. A few months later, and we’ve just been named the top must-have travel app again – this time by The Carloan Warehouse.
The team praised our apps highly, and added, “Liftshare is a…
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Liftshare’s super useful app is now available for Apple iOS and Google Play. To say thank you for members who have installed the app or have been reading the blog we’ve decided to hold a great competition to give some of that love back.
To win £200 in Amazon vouchers simply log into the widget below with either…
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We know Liftshare members are smartphone savvy people. We’ve seen smart take up of both our Android App and the new Apple iOS App too.
Are you already using the app? There are 50,000 connections every day on the Liftshare network and the app is a great way to tap into those.
There are many other reasons why you…
The last time you were bumper-to-bumper on your way to work did you find yourself thinking “the traffic seems to be getting worse?” Well you were probably right. In the last decade Britain has seen 4million more vehicles take to our ever-crowded roads. As well as the obvious environmental impact another depressing…
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