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Jayride has won the Fishburners "Quiet Achiever" award. Awarded to the company doing the most great work, with the least hype.
31 December 2012 – Fishburners.org |
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Rather than sitting in traffic by yourself every morning, ridesharing is a great way to save money on fuel and meet people to keep you company.
31 December 2012 – NZ Herald |
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""Sydney is really our Silicon Valley," Bishop says. "As an early stage company, all the help you could need is available here,"" Rod Bishop.
04 December 2012 – BRW |
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Bishop and business partner, Ross Lin, started Jayride in New Zealand. When the site started to take off they decided to make the move across the Tasman to expand into the Australian market.
22 October 2012 – The Mogul Post |
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To gain widespread acceptance, collaborative consumption start-ups are tapping into regular behaviour, author and sector expert Rachel Botsman says.
04 October 2012 – BRW |
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Jayride has been another success story for ride-sharing - a very good idea if you are planning a longer trip alone and want to split the gas.
23 July 2012 – NZ Herald |
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Non-driving presenter Wallace Chapman looks into the fast-growing big-city trend away from cars as citizens take to bikes, buses, trains and even footwear power.
8 June 2012 – TVNZ |
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Enjoy a new sustainable travel alternative to get you anywhere you want to go: a car (yep, you heard me). Your own car, when shared, can be a way to save money, reduce emissions and have fun.
28 May 2012 – Daily Lime |
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With social media having dulled our face-to-face contact and hitchhiking all but dead, ride sharing fills that gap of altruism, communing with real people and peeking briefly into the lives of others.
20 May 2012 – The Courier-Mail |
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"Lets face it. Driving doesn't often live up to our expectations.
In our dreams, driving is on the open road, driving fast, surrounded by friends, flying past beautiful scenery..."
20 March 2012 – Open Shed |
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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 – Otago Daily Times |
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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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22 July 2011 – ANZ |
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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 2011 – 4BC Radio |
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29 June 2011 – The Courier-Mail |
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31 May 2011 – Anthill Magazine |
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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 |
