Zingo Transportation, Inc. was founded in October 2005 by Atlanta entrepreneurs Jim Valentine and Charles Barfield.

Zingo Transportation is a designated-driving

Designated driver

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 service that uses the customer's own car to transport them to their home. Using a collapsible, fold-up motorbike made by Di Blasi, the driver places the motorbike in a bag in the trunk

Trunk (automobile)

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 of the customers car, drives the customer to their destination, and then drives the motorbike to the next location.

Places that Zingo currently operate in include New Orleans, Tampa

Tâmpa

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, Charlotte

CHARLOTTE

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, Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, California

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, Scottsdale

Scottsdale, Arizona

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 and Macon

Macon, Georgia

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See also

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