I tried it out the other day, and actually found a ride! Not the mention Jason from ridejoy poked me right away for feedback. They're really friendly, and seem attentive! Best of luck :)
We've had a few of these types of things up here in America's hat, they seem to end up sued/legislated out of existence by the various transport groups. I know a few of the student unions ended up taking their rideshare boards offline. Shame, they were handy.
I made a ridesharing application(http://www.ridezap.com) this summer! Sadly it hasn't really caught on among my friends.
I really hope this takes off, I feel like there is a true hole for ridesharing in the US. I feel like this is a good application and I feel that they are making rapid progress(I saw large improvements in just a week!). It needs a little more polish and they should be able to catch up with ZimRide(http://www.zimride.com).
In the UK there's liftshare.com, although I think they do a lot of their business via companies wanting to reduce their carbon footprint by introducing car-sharing schemes for their employees.
Yeah, we've seen people take the enterprise rideshare approach and while that's great way to generate revenue, we're focused on building a company for the long term that really facilitates rideshare to anywhere for anyone.
I'm also wondering what laws their citing. There was a case in Canada that had to do with public transit laws but I'm curious to know what rules the US has about this.
Let us specify destinations in terms of Airports. I put in SFO and I got an awkward address instead. Using this for rides to and from airports would be godly, since parking there is often overpriced.
By awkward address, you mean "International Terminal G (EMB), 275 S Airport Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94080, USA"? Just checking. We'll add support for place names at some point. Thanks!
There's a bunch of those services in Germany, too. Then again, I think car sharing has been a bit popular in Europe in general, as cars per capita might be a bit lower, gas prices are higher and not everybody has a car suited for longer routes.
People do give rides all the time :) we're helping people form carpools, in the legal sense. Millions of carpools already happen each day among people with shared destination/interests, and the insurance laws around that are pretty well established and reasonable. (Note that we cap payments at AAA carpool reimbursement rates. You can't start a taxi/limo service.)
As far as safety goes, the key is you're not going to message anyone you feel uncomfortable with. If you login, you can see their photo, age range, work/education history, # of fb connections, and mutual friends. Many people rideshare on Craigslist right now anonymously, and there haven't even been any crazy stories there.
Of course. Modern startup thinking seems to be "we'll get a fireproof door once the wood one has burnt down".
Only with this one it's not likely to be your possessions like it is with AirBnB, more likely to be you. Imagine the driver taking you down a quiet road to where his friends happen to be waiting.
Also, since you're taking passangers, do you need a taxi licence or liability insurance as a driver taking passangers for payment?
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I really hope this takes off, I feel like there is a true hole for ridesharing in the US. I feel like this is a good application and I feel that they are making rapid progress(I saw large improvements in just a week!). It needs a little more polish and they should be able to catch up with ZimRide(http://www.zimride.com).
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http://www.ridejoy.com/portland
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Best of luck to you guys! I'll give it a try next time I'm in the US.
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(Established players in Germany: http://www.mitfahrzentrale.de/, http://www.mfz.de, http://www.mifaz.de/, http://mitfahrclub.adac.de/, http://www.mitfahrgelegenheit.de/; One new startup I'm aware of: https://www.flinc.org/?l=en)
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As far as safety goes, the key is you're not going to message anyone you feel uncomfortable with. If you login, you can see their photo, age range, work/education history, # of fb connections, and mutual friends. Many people rideshare on Craigslist right now anonymously, and there haven't even been any crazy stories there.
Take a look for yourself, here's a ride: http://www.ridejoy.com/rides/595-portland-to-seattle-on-octo...
We do think about safety a lot and will keep working on helping with that. Drop me a note if you have suggestions on how we can improve. Thanks!
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Only with this one it's not likely to be your possessions like it is with AirBnB, more likely to be you. Imagine the driver taking you down a quiet road to where his friends happen to be waiting.
Also, since you're taking passangers, do you need a taxi licence or liability insurance as a driver taking passangers for payment?