Big Green Taxi

October 24, 2008

You want to change the world a little bit?  Next time you need a car service in Boston or San Francisco (why be anywhere else?) try hailing a Planet Tran Prius. Planet Tran is an all hybrid car service in operation since 2004. For the geeks out there, there's tech galore in these babies beyond the  hybrid engines and regenerative breaking systems. The Boston Globe covered the GPS-based schedule optimization and in-car wifi aspects nicely here last year.

In addition, other great social responsibility aspects of PT are:

• PT drivers are employees get a regular paycheck along with benefits (i.e., they'll take tips, but won't go hungry without them)
• PT clients get Impact Reports that show the carbon savings of each trip and multiple trips over time

I have an friend at Forrester Research who covers Corporate Social Responsibility - he's going to love this.

Comments

[stomv]

My wife rides PT all the time -- if she's got a very early/late flight she'll arrange a ride. She also uses a PT-like service to get from the train station in Manhattan to her company's offices in New Jersey. In NY, the green cars are the same price as black cars!

Making things even better, the NYC Taxi & Limo Commission unanimously approved regulation that requires all black cars coming online Jan 1 2009 or later to get 25 mpg; 30 mpg after Jan 1 2010. Of course, NYC yellow cars are already on the way to high mpg.

NYC is leading the way on green city regulations, and we can only hope that cities like Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco -- as well as Houston, Atlanta, and Richmond -- follow suit.

[Alexander Hamilton]

You should write another speech and title it "Dawn of The New Energy Order"

[Alexander Hamilton]

You should write another speech and title it "Dawn of The New Energy Order"

[Andy]

Stomv and Mr. President,

Appreciate your follow-up and calls to action. You'll see they were heard loud and clear.

[Ajlouny]

Good direction of going green, win win situation.