Aren’t we
get tired of traveling everyday whether we go to work, malls or to our best
friend’s place? Aren’t we got fed up of the traffic that we encountered every
day? Are we all losing our patience especially when we are late going to school
or to work? Headaches starts kicking in when you have to add up a little more
amount on your travel expenses because of a gasoline prices hike that was
announced by Mr News reporter last night when you are watching your favorite
news channel. This is where Rideshare came in to solve your traveling
concerns. So, what is Rideshare
Rideshare is
a kind of service that is already popular and offered around the world. It aims
to diminish vehicle trips, traffic congestion and automobile emission by
sharing of vehicles by passengers. Rideshare will be called Rideshare if a
motorized vehicle is involved and being used for a trip such as carpool,
vanpool, transit or any public transport. It has different names such as
Transportation Demand Management, Alternative Transportation, Active
Transportation and Mobility. Yet, people are used to call the service using the
name of the company such as Uber or Lyft.
Real-time
ridesharing is one of the services offered by Rideshare which began in early
1990s wherein they faced issues in launching the project such as developing
user network and means of communication but later on solved with the help of
big technology companies. Real-rime ridesharing is a kind of service that
offers one-time shared rides on very short period of notice. It uses a modern
technology such as GPS navigation to determine the route or location of the
driver and arrange the service, Smartphones for passengers to request a ride
from their location and the most common, social networks for trust and
accountability records between the driver and passengers. Examples of Real-time
ridesharing are the infamous Uber and Lyft and they are both provided by the
Transportation Network Companies.
Rideshare is
being promoted to better utilize the use of empty seats in most passenger cars,
it will reduced your headache in budgeting the cost of fuel and transport.
Unlike taxis, it serve areas that are not covered by public transportation.
Just like
other services, rideshare encounters controversies as well such as lacking
adequate regulation, insurance, license and training. In fact, Uber is now considered illegal in
Berlin and to other European cities on 2014 because the company did not comply
with German laws on the carriage of passengers.
Despite
of the controversies and doubts it faced and still facing right now, it still
holds the trust of 20% passengers who are still willing to use the service at
least once a week according to 2010 survey held at University of California in
Berkeley. In fact, it was more way popular than transit or non-motorized
commuters.
If you want
to save money for fuel and not to be stuck in traffic especially when you are
already 5 minutes late to your work or to school and your car suddenly stop and
not working then go ahead and grab your smartphone and dial the number or type
a message and sent it to the Rideshare service on your area to save your day!