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The DCC, the University of Otago and the Otago Polytechnic were now referring people to the Jayride website (www.jayride.co.nz), a national ride-sharing network where people could offer or find a ride.
17 March 2012 – Media |
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The Dunedin City Council, in conjunction with the University of Otago and Otago Polytechnic, have come up with an alternative rideshare scheme.
15 March 2012 – Channel 9 |
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The best part of the site is also the sneaky part, most journeys offered are joe bloggs traveling to work, but they also advertise other free or cheap ways to make a journey.
3 March 2012 – Fossick |
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A carpooling business started in a bedroom in Wellington has conquered Australia and is about to take on Britain. Jayride founders Ross Lin and Rod Bishop relocated to offices in downtown Sydney last year.
2 March 2012 – CarbonNews |
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Australian-based travel marketplace Jayride.com has lined up $400,000 AUD in seed funding for its ride-sharing service, which also aggregates transportation data.
21 February 2012 – TechCrunch |
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"Ridesharing is an amazing new industry, with over US$30 million raised by start-ups globally in the last 12 months" Bishop says.
23 February 2012 – StartupSmart |
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"The travel sector is so fragmented, and the goal of Jayride is to aggregate land travel so that people are aware of the options that surround them" says Bishop.
23 February 2012 – Shoe String Startups |
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In comparison to other ride-sharing and carpooling start-ups, Jayride's USP is to offer a single interface for locating all of a user's transportation options, including commercial transport.
23 February 2012 – Delimiter |
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Carpooling and ridesharing are about sharing your travel. By filling spare seats in your car you can save money, reduce your carbon emissions, meet people and have fun.
23 February 2012 – Sustainable Cities |
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The winner of the Social Capitalist Award will have demonstrated the ability to address a targeted social need in an innovative and entrepreneurial way... while building a successful business.
24 November 2011 – Anthill Magazine |
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Australian company Jayride has been matching grounded travellers with car pools and buses.
31 October 2011 – The Canberra Times |
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"We believe that if transport were easier to get as a service, then fewer people would need to own cars
and our cities and streets would be much greener and friendlier places!"
30 October 2011 – EcoXpo |
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Starting this month, Jayride is no longer just a carpool site! They now get you from A to B by anything
that's going – including carpools, rideshares, buses, shuttles, car relocations and more.
26 October 2011 – Brands4Tomorrow |
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Massey University's Manawatu and Wellington campuses have a new online carpool scheme to help staff
and students save money and reduce their ecological footprint on their commute to work or class.
26 October 2011 – Massey University |
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Finalist in the ANZ Flying Start Business Plan competition 2011.
22 July 2011 – ANZ |
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"There's a positive way to look at [travel pollution], and that's to say 'if we get 1,000 people being
passengers over this distance, we've avoided 500 tonnes of pollution."
22 July 2011 – Green Times |
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Overdrive: Interview with Rod from Jayride
6 July 2011 – 2SER Radio |
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Breakfast: Interview with Rod from Jayride
30 June 2010 – 4BC Radio |
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"The spots have gone already - to a guy from Brisbane and girl from Melbourne ... We will split petrol
costs and I will drive" – Sarah Kristensen, 23, of Greenslopes.
29 June 2011 – The Courier-Mail |
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Jayride has been named one of Australia's 100 most innovative products or services, in one of the largest innovation awards in Australia – the Anthill Magazine 'SMART 100' Index.
31 May 2011 – Anthill Magazine |
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"Here's some maths: Lets say that a carpool could save you $5 on the way to work, and $5 on the way
back ... If you carpool for a year you'll save $2,400."
31 May 2011 – Brands4Tomorrow |
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What are the smart sustainable transport infrastructures that help us move away from "building more" and "buying more"? A showcase of 25 trailblazing ideas that are transforming local places and economies.
12 May 2011 – NESTA, CABE, 00:/, Foreword by David Cameron PM |
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22 April 2011 – Go Greener |
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20 April 2011 – Green Times |
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Travel: Jayride for alternative travel24 November 2010 – FBI Radio |
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07 February 2010 – The New Zealand Herald |
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01 August 2009 – Good Magazine |
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04 August 2009 – The Manawatu Standard |
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Drive: Interview with Rod from Jayride19 May 2009 – bFM Radio |
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18 May 2009 – Channel 9 News |
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14 May 2009 – TVNZ Breakfast |
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16 March 2009 – The Press |
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9 February 2009 – Scoop |
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23 January 2009 – The Otago Daily Times |
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22 January 2009 – CarbonNews |
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07 August 2008 – TV3, Campbell Live |
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25 June 2008 – Newstalk ZB, Morning News |
