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• Greenhouse: Carpool Duty Made Easier

  With gas prices pretty firmly stuck around the $3 mark in many places, and families facing tighter schedules and tougher commutes all the time, carpooling is an attractive — and green – option. The more people you carry, the more efficient that gas you burn becomes.   And if you're driving a big status-symbol vehicle anyway, why not put all that space to good use? A new website offers parents the chance to coordinate carpools with each other based on each driver's individual needs and create a driving schedule based on that. It works somewhat similarly to a social networking site... Read More... Posted Feb 06 2008, 09:53 AM by Amy Kuras with | with no comments Filed under: kid activities, greenhouse, carpool, Divide The Ride

• Teeny Tiny, Itty Bitty Tatas

  A car company at the New Dehli Auto Expo in India lifted its shirt earlier today to expose one perky, proportioned, pert little Tata. The unveiling got the attention of high-level executives. Cheapskates around the world are certainly aroused. Today, everybody is talking about Tatas. They are teeny tiny, itty bitty, suuuuuuuuper cheap ... Read More... Posted Jan 10 2008, 04:04 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: city parenting, cars, environmental issues, transportation, carseats, city living, envirinmentalism, kids activities, environmental impact, family car, environmentally friendly transportation, cities, carpool, small cars

• Carpool Pimpin': Hello Kitty Rims That Prove You're As Cool As You Really Are

  We hear it all the time: How can a styley, self-preserving parent haul their kids and all their kids' crap around with out going over to the dark side of the dual-sliding door mini-van? These rat-packy kids and car manufacturers must be conspiring to make it tough for us to find a way to maintain our practicality and punch without having fourteen cup-holders, two DVD players and a glove box bigger than my bathroom. To some, the SUV is the solution. To others, the defiantly couture station wagon answers the dilemma. Maybe, just maybe, the answer isn't in the car. Maybe it's in the rims. Read More... Posted Oct 04 2007, 06:02 PM by Jessica Ashley (Sassafrass) with | with no comments Filed under: minivan, carpool, family ride