1. Leave your car at home - and if you don't live locally, sites such as liftshare.com could help put you in touch with someone driving your direction.

WITH the recent bad weather, many Islanders have shared lifts to and from work. Now, highways chiefs at the Isle of Wight Council are hoping commuters will consider continuing to share their vehicles to reduce carbon emissions and ease congestion on the Island’s roads.

Ideas to help students save money - including car-sharing through liftshare.com

As well as appealing to clients and customers, ethical businesses find it easier to recruit and retain staff. One way is to set up a car-sharing club - liftshare will do all the hard work.

"Car-sharing has established a growing following among commuters and we expect to see steady growth in the number of people using internet lift-sharing sites or workplace schemes."

A web-based car sharing scheme has been launched which now means the network covers the whole of Wales.

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The cost of travelling home or visiting friends at other universities can soon add up. Studentcarshare.com is a free website that links members looking for a lift with those who are happy to share their car in return for a contribution to petrol costs.

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Road signs aiming to slash the number of cars entering Lincoln will soon greet motorists on their daily commute. Messages about car sharing and alternate transport suggestions will be included on new signs stationed on the outskirts of the city from September.

Around 20,000 people have now joined liftshare's festival website, www.FestivalBUDi.com. The site helps music fans find someone else travelling the same way so they can share their journey to any of 25 festivals around the UK.

If you don't fancy the train or coach you can always contact others travelling to the festival on the car-sharing website www.liftshare.com.

Whether it's liftshare, or Patient Opinion, Freecycle or School of Everything, the UK already has a vibrant scene of developers and entrepreneurs using technology to work on 'stuff that matters'.

You're probably not the only person trying to get to the office in the same part of town. There are a number of websites to help you find people driving that way - you just have to chip in for petrol.

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THE average Antrim commuter can save at least £1,500 a year by sharing the journey with friends and colleagues, new figures have revealed. The figures, provided for Travelwise NI by the leading car-share service provider liftshare UK, show the substantial financial savings commuters can make by travelling with another person on a daily basis.

His business works with 86pc of the country's public authorities - from councils to NHS trusts - and manages more than 1,000 private schemes for companies ranging from FTSE-100 players with thousands of employees to family-owned firms with a workforce of barely more than 100.

Now in its third year, the BT Business Essence of the Entrepreneur competition has once again found 20 entrepreneurs who are defining the UK's small business landscape.

A panel of judges led by BBC TV Dragons' Den star Peter Jones has named the founder of Attleborough-based liftshare, 'best male' in an entrepreneur competition.

As drivers continue to look for ways to save money during the recession, the number of people signing up to Norfolk car-sharing scheme liftshare.com has hit 300,000.

Four out of five cars driving into cities at rush hour have only one person in them. The government believes encouraging people to share journeys will help combat congestion. It wants councils to look at building more "high-occupancy vehicle" lanes.

Studies show that if everyone who drives to work and back alone every day shared with someone else, commuting car journeys would fall by 25%.

Something is happening in the world of car-sharing: drivers are no longer happy to sit in traffic jams, surrounded by other single-occupancy vehicles, and more of them than ever have been signing up to car-sharing schemes.

Soaring petrol prices earlier this year have caused a surge in membership of Bradford's car-share club.

A great example of this is liftshare - an organisation that works to bring about sustainable change by encouraging individuals to do things together. There are now 290,000+ people registered and several inspirational stories have emerged.

Motorists across Leeds are being urged to help reduce congestion on the citys choked roads by car sharing.

liftshare's founder named one of the 'Future 100' young entrepreneurs of the year.

NORFOLK Chamber of Commerce has recently established a car-sharing scheme for its members and their staff.

As it turns out, there is a solution if you find yourself in a similar situation: find yourself a bike buddy. Someone to share your commute with – for safety and for some friendly company.

What's green, economical and reduces congestion? The answer is cyber hitching – websites, such as carshare.com and liftshare.org, that put travellers in touch with car drivers to share journeys and petrol costs. And in these times of financial uncertainty, they are racking up a huge global following.

Do you have a friend or colleague who drives the same route to work? You could significantly cut your fuel costs by sharing the journey with them. If you''re happy to share with a stranger, you can also look for people in your area who drive the same route at www.liftshare.org. Londoners can also try www.londonliftshare.com.

The idea of car-sharing has suddenly taken off over recent months, with literally hundreds of people around the UK signing up to give it a go every day. But how does it work? What are the real advantages? And can it really help to make your lifestyle greener and more ethical?

liftshare - which puts motorists in touch with each other - has grown by a fifth in six months.

Online car share company liftshare.com has seen a big increase in people registering to car share for journeys over the past two months, both nationally and across Essex.

Carshare Devon won the National liftshare Day challenge for its work in attracting new members.

New figures from the UK''s biggest car-sharing network reveal that the number of drivers north of the border who have signed up with car-share schemes has increased from 8,209 to 12,299 in 12 months.

The rising cost of petrol has made commuting by car an ever increasing drain on the finances. But a local-authority sponsored car sharing scheme in Dorset is taking off, meaning motorists can share their journey - and the expense.

Car sharing. You’ve heard of it but probably never found it! At least not on an organised level. Look no more as liftshare have a national database in the UK that you can tap into.

Two records were made last week. On commodity exchanges in New York, Chicago and London oil reached another new high at $140 a barrel. Meanwhile, in Southampton, a frustrated motorist became the 250,000th person to join the UK''''s booming car-sharing community.

Sharing your car with just one person could save you an average of £1000 a year (according to the national liftshare website)

On June 9, National liftshare Day - Wales@Work asked what the business community can do to ride this storm.

With June 9 being National liftshare Day, this weeks pledge is to liftshare for one of the regular journeys you make. This might be the school run, your commute to work, your weekly shop at the supermarket or a regular weekend outing. However, it should be a journey you make frequently.

But for those of us who love our cars too much to give them up, there is still a way to be greener. Next Monday is National liftshare Day.

You could halve your weekday fuel costs by sharing the driving with a work colleague. Also, look for people in your area who drive the same route at www.liftshare.org. Londoners can also try www.londonliftshare.com

Andrew Edgar, commercial manager at Streetcar, says Sky already uses the company liftshare.co.uk to facilitate liftsharing schemes for employees commuting to and from work, and that the company plans to use Streetcar to compliment the lift sharing scheme.

liftshare.com, demonstrate how you can dramatically cut your fuel costs and pay as little as 25 pence per litre!

There are 3 similar car share lanes already operating in the UK and each one of them promotes a website service that works for individuals as well as companies — www.liftshare.com. The site is supported by over 300 local authorities in the UK and has over 200,000 members - questions should be asked as to why Birmingham City Council does not also promote this service.

These improvements to the environment and conditions will benefit road users and pedestrians

£43,000 to promote campaigns that encourage greener travel, including: 'Bike Week', 'In town without my car day', 'National liftshare Day' and 'Walking Works'

This new scheme matches individuals with others walking the same way so they can walk together. iPM has been speaking to its founder - Ali Clabburn.

liftshare - an online journey-matching site run by Attleborough-based Ali Clabburn - won the entrepreneur of the year award;

Ali Clabburn, founder of liftshare.com, has been awarded the East of England Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2007.

One alternative for "green motorists" is car-sharing, where drivers find passengers who are making the same journey as themselves. This is designed to reduce CO2 emissions and the number of vehicles on the road, and also reduces costs for drivers as the fuel costs are shared with the passengers.

There are now many car-sharing organisations in operation. These include freewheelers.com, and liftshare.org.

On a more day-to-day level, car sharing is taking off across the country. liftshare.com is the biggest car-sharing organisation in the country with 172,000 members and a further 550 people joining every day. liftshare membership is free for individuals.

We had groups promoting positive alternatives, including liftshare, who help people reduce their transport emissions by sharing car journeys.

Some 80 per cent of your festival footprint is determined by how you get there: try a car share (www.liftshare.com) or catch a coach.

tomorrow is National liftshare Day, when everyone is encouraged to make sure as many seats as possible are filled for those essential car journeys.

Motorists in Leeds are being urged to share the stress of the rush hour by joining Leeds''s own car-share scheme.

Strangers are quickly becoming friends after meeting up to travel to work together each day on website www.liftshare.org. In south-east Wales, ...

...This year it's not just the festivals traditionally allied with green campaigns, such as the Big Green Gathering an offshoot of Glastonbury's Greenfields that are offering new environmental policies. Even the distinctly unhippy V Festival offers recycling, and recommends getting there by lift-sharing...

UK businesses are being encouraged to implement car-sharing schemes for their staff after BT revealed that its own scheme had proved a hit with staff, with more than 1,000 people already registered and reaping the environmental benefits.

...In order for construction businesses to keep up to speed with the new laws and ensure they are driving with due care, Bibby Financial Services has developed the following top tips...

Car share: look to adopt car sharing schemes, this will not only reflect well on the business from an environmental perspective, but also decrease congestion on the roads and save money. National liftshare Day takes place on 14th June 2007. Visit www.liftshare.org

This may sound odd, but you are far from alone in living alone. You are part of a giant, snowballing trend. By 2021 more than one third of all UK households is expected to be single (in 1971 it was just 12 per cent)....And living alone shouldn't mean driving alone...

Car sharing is an increasingly popular option for people making the same journeys regularly - to and from work, for example. Many companies run schemes that help colleagues who live near to each other and work in the same place to contact each other so they can share the journey to work.

Go one step further and use liftshare (www.liftshare.org) to organise lifts with people who work and live nearby.

The best way to travel to Cardiff is on public transport but if you do bring your car into the city, you can ease worries over congestion and parking costs by car sharing and using the park and ride services.

There are 26m cars on Britain's roads and if traffic growth is left unchecked the number of cars - and jams - will grow by a third in 20 years. Add fears over global warming and you have compelling reasons why car sharing is at last being taken seriously. Jo Thornhill looks at a day in the life of one successful scheme

Car sharing is slightly different. This is where colleagues or people living in the same town share lifts to work. The idea is growing in popularity but still too few drivers are willing to get involved. A survey by the Energy Saving Trust shows that less than ten per cent of drivers would be prepared to share a car in order to reduce carbon emissions.

If you''d really like to save some petrol money, why not consider lift sharing? Apart from saving on fuel, you''ll reduce wear and tear on your car as well as helping to ease the morning rush hour congestion. If you don''t know anyone locally to share with, why not sign up with liftshare.org -- they can put you in touch with other drivers and passengers willing to car share.

The car-share website could help cut pollution and congestion. Residents in the Scottish Borders now have the opportunity to sign up to a new car-sharing scheme.

Thousands of workers on North Tyneside are being encouraged to swap their car for cheaper and more environmentally friendly ways to travel.

Detailed travel packs have been produced for staff at Cobalt Business Park that could help save them more than £1,000 per year if they switch to a more sustainable travel option, according to travel experts liftshare.

And I've met Ali Clabburn, 31, who was last year's winner of the Social and Community Prize. ... [liftshare] shows us how entrepreneurial flair can be successfully combined with building a better society.

Ali Clabburn is continuing to cut pollution from cars with his liftshare initiative, which scooped him top prize in our social and environment section.

Six months ago ministers revealed that the country's first motorway car share lane is to open on a one-mile stretch of the Chain Bar junction of the M606 and M62.

Plans were also unveiled last year for the M62 to be widened to four lanes in both directions between Leeds and Huddersfield.

www.liftshare.com mitigates the eco fallout of driving solo, which causes 50 per cent more CO2 emissions than making the same journey on a bus.

If you absolutely must take the car on holiday then the greenest thing to do is to share it

At present, 80% of people who drive to work do so on their own. That equals millions of spare car seats wasted on UK roads every day. We are now seeing the fruits of that grossly inefficient system: congestion costs the economy £20bn a year, and commuters thousands of hours a week in lost leisure time. The private car also accounts for 10% of the UK''''s greenhouse emissions.

All these would be dramatically reduced if more commuters shared car journeys.

If you must use a car, there are ways to be as fuel efficient as possible. If you drive to work, find out if there is someone you could car-share with.

For longer journeys, you could find someone online to share your journey. liftshare.org puts travellers in touch with each other to match journeys.

There is only so much governments can do, and it costs a lot of money. Ultimately, it''''s up to each of us to decide. Check out a website called liftshare.org to find people who make exactly the same journey as you, everyday. Save money, save the environment, save lives.

It is the latest green-themed day held in Portsmouth which has also included National liftshare Day, where people pledged to drive to work with passengers.

Motorists across Leeds are being urged to help reduce congestion on the city''''s choked roads by car sharing.

Sufferers of claustrophobia were advised to steer clear of a pressing bid to encourage car sharing yesterday.

Supporters of a burgeoning web-based scheme hooking up motorists with potential passengers wedged themselves into a Mini to give it a boost.

New research from Halifax Car Insurance reveals that approximately 38 million spare seats will be available in cars across the UK on National Lift Share Day, this Wednesday.

In a rural county such as Norfolk, it is not always possible to get by without a car, however environmentally friendly we might want to be.

But there are still ways of reducing the number of vehicles on the roads, and sharing a lift is one of the most effective.

COMMUTERS are being urged to help cut down on congestion by joining a car-sharing scheme being launched in Blackpool this week.

RThe university is shortly to go live with an on-line car share scheme. With 5,000 staff and 22,000 students, the university will be one of the biggest potential users of the liftshare internet scheme in Wales.

PEOPLE on the move in Kirklees will soon be able to thumb a lift - without even leaving their chair.

Kirklees Council has set up a new internet car-sharing scheme, which allows people to arrange lifts online.

The scheme is not just for work journeys, but for trips to any destination.

Previously listed on Bikeforall.net as an offshoot from the main liftshare.com website, liftshare''s BikeBudi scheme now has its own website and takes on a life of its own and all to encourage newbie cycle commuters.

A NEW car share scheme has been launched on a business park with more than 4,000 staff.

And management at the Windmill Hill site said half of those who responded to a survey were interested in getting involved.

Half of all journeys we make are less than two miles, yet millions of us jump in our car to drive this distance or less, which an able-bodied person could walk in around thirty minutes. For journeys up to five miles (which account for three-quarters of all trips), a bicycle is ideal -- and is healthier, too. Alternatively, commuters can sign up to a car club or lift-sharing scheme such as liftshare, which has almost 110,000 members.

Department for Regional Development (DRD) has today launched a website to allow potential car sharers to find travel partners in a bid to reduce commuter traffic on Northern Ireland's roads.

The website has been developed as part of the DRD's Travelwise NI campaign, and will enable individuals to log on and register free of charge to find car share partners.

A new website will attempt to pair up people who register with individuals who make a similar journey at the same time.

Email details will be provided to successful matches and it is then up to them to make suitable arrangements.

An initiative encouraging "online matching" for drivers wanting to car-share with fellow commuters has been launched in Belfast.

YOU don't have to ditch your car to help the environment. Keeping your speed down reduces emissions, making sure your tyres are properly inflated is more fuel efficient, and offering lifts helps reduce traffic. Visit www.liftshare.com to find potential drivers and passengers online.

MAKE SOME CAR BUDDIES

You could save up to £1,000 on transport costs every year by car or liftsharing, according to the organisation liftshare.

It has been announced that Britain will get its first motorway car-share lane next year. The scheme involves a mile-long stretch of the M606 southbound on to the M62 in West Yorkshire.

It is predicted that car sharers will save eight minutes in average journey times in peak periods when the new lane becomes operational next year, with other vehicles on the M606 and M62 also benefiting from quicker travel times.

FRIENDS of the Earth Cymru is urging people to make 2006 a green year... and here's how to do it... Share the school run or walk/cycle your children to school. liftshare helps you find other parents to share the school run (www.school-run.org).

For four weeks we are promoting alternative ways of getting into work to cut greenhouse gases and save on the rising cost of petrol.

liftshare, Britain's biggest organisation set up to encourage motorists to offer and take lifts with others so they use cars less often, has doubled the number of people signing up

High petrol prices are prompting British motorists in their thousands to open up their hatchbacks and share car journeys with neighbours and colleagues.

..It might also be worth looking into car pooling (see www.greenridde.com) or car sharing (www.liftshare.org). Failing that,there's always a bike...

More than 1,000 employees in Surrey have signed up to an innovative car-sharing scheme being run by the council.

www.liftshare.com and ferry company www.thamesclippers.com were two of the most clicked links from the Transport for London website, as commuters sought alternative ways to get home.

Car drivers will be encouraged to share journeys by registering on the regional car share database swwitch2share.com.

A one-stop website to promote car-sharing across the Greater Bristol area was launched earlier this month.

liftshare.COM say changing motorists' attitudes and ending the culture of single-occupied vehicles would go a long way to solving the country's congestion problem.

A new report, published today by liftshare.com and Transport 2000 to coincide with National liftshare Day, reveals that car-sharing could significantly reduce congestion and emissions of carbon dioxide.

Local people are being encouraged to save money and cut pollution by joining Peterborough City Council's innovative car share scheme for National liftshare Day on Tuesday (14 June).

A one-stop website to promote car-sharing across the Greater Bristol area is being launched on Tuesday 14 June to celebrate National liftshare Day.

A PRIZE draw designed to encourage people to use bikes instead of cars has been devised by local transport charity Little Red Bus in conjunction with property management company Hornbeam Park Developments.

A newly formed organisation comprising a number of companies in the Dyce area was launched today with the aim of helping to address traffic congestion and other transport problems in Dyce.

Many offices have begun to make changes in the way they use resources and discard their waste, but few have a sustainable plan. Though a comprehensive strategy is the ideal to aim for, you can begin to make a real difference with a few small but significant decisions.

COMMUTERS are to be matched up on the Internet in an attempt to limit the volume of cars pouring into Hull, days before the city council closes a major route.

Norfolk company liftshare.com has won an award for its innovative use of technology.

liftshare.com has been selected, out of 27 entries, as the 'Example of Excellence' for the Shields Environmental Award 2004. The award, sponsored by Shields Environmental Plc, was presented by HRH, The Prince of Wales, President of Business in the Community, as part of Business in the Community's Awards for Excellence.

News that the government is expected to announce trials of dedicated motorway lanes for cars with more than one occupant has sparked criticism.

ABERDEENSHIRE Council launched a car-sharing scheme for employees last week.

Torbay and Devon County councils have launched a major new service aimed at cutting road congestion and pollution, while saving money for drivers and protecting the environment.

A new service aimed at reducing the number of cars on Devon's roads, protecting the environment and saving money is to be launched by Devon County Council. The council has commissioned a brand new website-www.carsharedevon.com - which will provide users with a countywide on-line database of potential car sharers. Working in partnership with Plymouth City Council and Torbay Council, the website aims to maximise people's travel options.

Councils across the South West are joining together in a new scheme to reduce the number of cars on roads, cut pollution and protect the environment.

A revolutionary initiative aimed at reducing traffic congestion and pollution across South Devon is being launched...

North-east firms are being urged to rise to the challenge of tackling traffic congestion in the region and adopt car-sharing schemes. Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce wants businesses to take the lead in promoting new ways for staff to travel to and from work.

A Gloucestershire-based car sharing scheme has been commended by the organisers of a national transport award.

AN INNOVATIVE new car-sharing scheme was launched in York today to reduce congestion and secure the city's greener future.

You can now ditch your car, but still enjoy the freedom of four wheels, says Simon Birch

Ever thought about sharing your car journey to work? Thousands of people already do it: informal networks operate all over the country as workers cut the costs of driving into town for work.

You might even be setting off this morning for the Stop The War march in London in someone else's car. Hundreds of people have tapped into liftshare.com to find people living close to their home who can give them a ride.

A new car-share scheme is being launched for people travelling to East Midlands Airport.

It was suggested for both passengers and staff because almost 80% of airport employees drive to work alone.

If so, then maybe you don't know anyone who takes the same journey as you.

Or maybe you aren't aware of all the benefits of car-sharing. Although the main advantages are obviously environmental, you can save yourself considerable amounts of money.

WHEN Ali Clabburn dreamed of getting Britain car-sharing he had no idea how hard it would be. But now, nearly two years after launching the world's first online car-share facility, www.liftshare.com, he has thousands of people logging on to get cheap, environmentally-friendly lifts throughout the country.