- Carpool participants save money by sharing the cost of
driving one car. Driving one car saves on gasoline, tolls,
parking and vehicle maintenance.
- Carpool lane available.
- Carpools decongest roads.
- Carpools reduce pollution and
carbon dioxide emissions thereby reducing global warming.
- Carpools reduces driving-related
stress for participants who are not driving on a specific
ride. The participants take turns sharing their vehicles and
driving with others.
- Carpools may provide social connections in an increasingly
disconnected society. New online carpooling services are
offering new ways to make social connections through discussion
sites and custom ridesharing services.
- Some larger carpools offer "sweeper services" of late
pick-up options for people having to stay longer at work. One
form of backup is a "guaranteed ride home" arrangement with a
local taxi company.
- There are designated carpool lanes on highways (usually
called High-Occupancy Vehicle, or HOV lanes), which may make
travel faster. Some businesses offer premier parking for
carpoolers, and finding a spot to park one car is always easier
than finding a spot for more.
- In the "dynamic
ridesharing" concept the system does one-to-one matching
automatically, and all that both, the driver and passenger have
to do is accept the match done by the system.
Disadvantages
- Drivers carry the additional burden of potential legal
action from passengers in case of an accident.
- When carpooling, it becomes difficult to run errands on the
way to and from the common locations.
- Tends to be complicated to reliably organize and is
difficult to maintain, due to changing travel patterns and
needs. One approach to remedy this problem has been implemented
by the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; signs mark
locations outside of their metro stops and large bus stations
where drivers can share rides with other passengers in an
orderly fashion.[1]
Carpool
1. Go to RideSearch.com
2. Register
3. Post Flyers
4. Send Emails