Thursday, February 12, 2009
Brian Bass was filling up his car with gas and was watching the numbers steadily grow. He came up with an idea for a carpooling website after his patience hit the limit.
Bass created Ridesearch.com, which is a website that connects people with similar commutes with each other. However, instead of making a website with ads for carpooling, he decided to make it more friendly.
Dude, where’s my car?: Save some dough and wear and tear on your car by searching for a carpool online.
“We’re more of a social network,” Bass says. “By being social, people get to know one another before ever setting foot in a car.”
Therefore, you won’t have to wonder who you’ll be riding with because you can communicate with them extensively beforehand.
If you are looking for an environment where you can only place ads, then Erideshare.com is just that. Craigslist.org also has resources for carpooling ads under “rideshare.”
Carpooling saves money in this stagnant economy because you are sharing costs with others. If it makes economic sense for you to give up some of your flexibility in order to save some cash, then you should consider carpooling.
Wei Wu, assistant professor of psychology, prefers carpooling for a variety of reasons. She says it saves her money, cuts greenhouse gases and gives her someone to talk to.
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Green it!
I like to use GishiGo (http://www.GishiGo.com) because it helps me filter out the pain in azz people who cancel last minute and the weirdo who use fake identity like on those social network websites such as Craigslist and MySpace.
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