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Cars and Smiles

PROJECT

HITCH

CAR POOL APP CONCEPT

SUMMARY

A car pooling app to help reduce carbon foot print. It motivates modern day employees to share rides with colleagues of the same organisation and hence provides security, reduces risk of pooling, reduces on road traffic, resolves parking slot issues and in turn helps save environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

UX Design

Concept

PURPOSE

The transportation sector is a significant emitter of GHGs.  

Globally, the road transport sector is responsible for 74% of global CO2 emissions, while aviation, shipping and railways account for 12%, 10%, and 4% of transportation emissions respectively. Does it make sense that the large majority of people commute to work on their own?

Doing the right thing: carpooling, or car-sharing, is one of the most effective and easiest ways to reduce carbon emissions, traffic congestion and travel costs. By simply sharing your trips with one other person you can cut your CO2 emissions and your out-of-pocket costs by 50%.

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CONCEPT

Carpooling can relatively increase parking space availability, get you faster to your destination using the high occupancy vehicle  lane, contribute to saving money and build good relationships.

HITCH offers a great service that allows you to mix-and-match your ride requests to suit your needs. When you sign-up, you enter your organization and then you enter your commute, the time you want to arrive / leave work, whether you want to travel with someone from your organization... and the site will help you find a ride-share.

These matches might be with other commuters, so you can travel together in one of your own personal vehicles; or, these matches might be with one of their vanpools. Also, they use the database to create new vanpool groups, so go ahead and register so we they can help serve you better.

User always have an option to contribute using his own vehicle or look for a ride. Here the idea is to motivate people to reduce the usage of private vehicles. For that we have a carbon footprint score for each user and they can redeem those score as freebies. A win win situation for everyone and the planet.

MAKING AN IMPACT

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Carpooling allows travelers to share a ride to a common destination and can include several forms of sharing a ride, such as casual carpooling and real-time carpooling. Today, carpooling is the second most common travel mode in the United States after driving alone—although percentages have continued to decline in recent decades. More policy support is needed to reverse this trend and increase carpooling mode share, particularly in an automated vehicle future.

CARPOOLING IMPACTS AND MOTIVATORS

SOCIETAL BENEFITS

Reduced vehicle miles traveled

Reductions in fuel consumption and GHG emissions

Reductions in adverse air pollution impacts on low-income, minority, and other environmental justice populations and

Cost savings for public agencies and employers.

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INDIVIDUAL CARPOOLING BENEFITS AND MOTIVATORS

Enhanced accessibility and economic opportunity for low-income households

Cost savings associated with shared travel costs and

Increased convenience and reduced stress from shared driving responsibilities and travel-time savings associated with HOV lane access.

INNOVATIONS AND TRENDS IN MOBILITY

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MOBILITY TRENDS

Increasing demand and urban congestion, reduced transportation funding, and the critical need to maximize existing infrastructure capacity.

Growing popularity of shared and higher occupancy modes, such as microtransit, appbased carpooling, and others and

Increasing consumer interest in on-demand transportation options.

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DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS

Demographic changes, such as rising life expectancies, people working longer, and Millennials entering the workforce

People delaying life milestones, such as getting married and having children that could have an impact on automobile ownership and use and

Millennials increasingly embracing apps and other technologies.

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EMPLOYER BENEFITS

Reduced need for parking

Increased morale and productivity of employees and

Financial and tax benefits for employers.

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TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS

Growth of cloud computing, location-based navigation services, data sharing, and mobile technologies and

Commodification of passenger services supporting app-based and on-demand transportation options.

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SOCIAL TRENDS

Heightened environmental awareness about emissions and carbon footprint and

Growth of mega regions.

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