Ridesharing

Project Description

In 2006 and 2007, IMR researchers, in conjunction with the 511 Regional Rideshare Program, developed and implemented an on-line survey of 511 program registrants to evaluate the rideshare program.  511 is a free phone and Web service that provides up-to-the-minute information on Bay Area traffic conditions, incidents and driving times, schedule, route and fare information, instant carpool and vanpool referrals, bicycling information and additional transportation-related information.

511 Rideshare used the survey results to determine the effectiveness of the program in encouraging individuals to switch from driving alone to using commuter alternatives, particularly carpooling and vanpooling. The survey also asked questions about participants' experience with the 511 Rideshare Program, as well as their opinions about carpooling and vanpooling.

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Major Ridesharing Websites

Zimride

http://public.zimride.com/

Avego

http://www.avego.com/

Nuride

http://nuride.com/nuride/main/main.jsp

Goloco

http://www.goloco.org/greetings/guest

The Carpooling Network

http://www.carpoolingnetwork.com/

Greenride

http://www.greenride.com/Solutions/Connect/Description

Jack Bell Ride-Share for BC

https://online.ride-share.com/en/my/

Smart Commute: Carpool Zone

https://www.carpoolzone.smartcommute.ca/en/my/index.php

RideShark

http://rideshark.com/

Ridenow: Casual Carpool News

http://www.ridenow.org/carpool/

Slug-Lines

http://slug-lines.com/

511

http://511.org/

RideshareOnline.com: WA, ID

http://www.rideshareonline.com/index.htm

Michigan Rideshare

http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/1,1607,7-151-9615_11228---,00.html

CarpoolTool: Canada

http://www.carpooltool.com/en/my/

Carpool.ca: Canada

http://www.carpool.ca/welcome.asp

ITS Decision

iCarpool

http://www.icarpool.com/en/MainPage.aspx

erideshare

http://www.erideshare.com/

New Jersey Ridesharing

http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/commuter/rideshare/

Washington State Ridesharing Organization

http://www.wsro.net/

Maryland Ridesharing

http://www.mtamaryland.com/resources/transitlinks/mdridesharing/

Hawaii Rideshare Programs

http://state.hi.us/dot/publicaffairs/rideshare/index.htm

Meadowlink Commuter Services: New Jersey

http://www.meadowlink.org/

New Hampshire Rideshare

http://www.nh.gov/dot/nhrideshare/about.htm

Mid-Valley Rideshare: OR

http://www.mvrideshare.net/

Commuter Choice Maryland

http://www.commuterchoicemaryland.com/ridesharing/index.cfm

RideShare Delaware

http://www.tmadelaware.org/rsd/guidelines/

Commuter Connections: Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia

http://www.mwcog.org/commuter/Bdy-TDMRide.html

CommuteSmart.info: CA

http://www.commutesmart.info/

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority Vanpool Program

http://www.mta.net/riding_metro/commute_services/vanpool/default.htm

VPSI, Inc.

http://www.vanpoolusa.com/Home/index.asp?OID=261

Ridesharing Research

Innovative Mobility Research

http://www.innovativemobility.org/publications/Ridesharing_in_North_America_
Past_Present_and_Future.shtml

UC Berkeley Transportation Sustainability Research Center

http://www.tsrc.berkeley.edu/Resources/Resources_files/Ridesharing%20
in%20North%20America_Past%20Present%20and%20Future.pdf

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

http://ridesharechoices.scripts.mit.edu/home/