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Congested and Polluted, Mexico City Embraces Carpooling

2013-02-08 17:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: In a megacity like the Mexican capital, plagued by air pollution and traffic jams, carsharing and carpooling initiatives offer obvious advantages in addition to the economic benefits enjoyed by users. Two of the most popular new initiatives of this kind are Aventones and Carrot, small companies founded by young recent university graduates. Aventones takes its name from "aventn", the Spanish word for hitching a lift. The company's creation was spurred by "the excess of traffic and the inefficient...

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