PlanetTran’s Mission
On New Year’s Day, 2003, while reading a book about environmental entrepreneurship, I wondered why hired vehicles such as taxis and limousines still were based on traditional platforms: Crown Victoria, Lincoln Town Car, mini-vans, etc. The only innovation of late has been to make the platforms larger by switching to SUVs. Why are livery fleets, the largest class of public vehicles on city streets, comprised mostly of large, inefficient, gas-guzzling beasts?
With that question, PlanetTran was born. The vision: an urban transportation infrastructure that utilizes the most efficient transportation technology available. The mission: start a livery service based exclusively on the hybrid electric/gas Toyota Prius, the most technologically advanced vehicle on the road.
I hope you share this vision of smarter urban transportation services, and will make a reservation with PlanetTran today!
R. Seth Riney, Founder
PlanetTran
greenbird said,
February 11, 2009 @ 10:33 pm
Well I am glad there is a blog devoted to this subject. Certainly I was dismayed to see so many SUVs on the TV during the inaguration. I was wondering if you had considered offering carbon offsets to people on your website as an additional way of lowering the carbon emsissions of your customers. If you register as a partner of the Carbon Advice Group – carbonadvicegroup.com – you can put up links and carbon footprint calculators on your site and even earn some of that profit too! As can anyone who signs up as a partner. They have really good projects as well.
Have an eco-day!