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'''Rideshare''' systems can be used as an alternative to real [[hitchhiking]].
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'''Ride sharing''' is different from hitchhiking. Hitchhiking is done on the roadside (or gas stations) without organising rides beforehand, while ride sharing is typically agreed via websites and mobile apps. Travellers are usually paying for the ride either for driver's profit or to share the gas expenses.
  
== One Time Ridesharing Projects ==
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Read more about ride sharing [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Ride_sharing at Wikivoyage]
=== Global ===
 
* [http://www.carpoolworld.com Carpool World] [[Earth|World]]
 
* [http://www.shareyourride.net Share Your Ride] [[Earth|World]]
 
  
=== Africa ===
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== Links ==
* [http://findalift.co.za Findalift] [[South Africa]]
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Please link only non-profit or open source ridesharing here.
* [http://www.coorsa.com Coorsa] [[Algeria]]
 
* [http://www.tunisiecovoiturage.com Tunisie Covoiturage] [[Tunisia]]
 
* [http://www.covoituragetunisie.com Covoiturage Tunisie] [[Tunisia]]
 
* [http://karhbetna.com Karhbetna] [[Tunisia]]
 
  
=== Americas ===
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* [http://libretaxi.org/ Libretaxi]
* [http://www.hitchplanet.com HitchPlanet] [[Canada]]
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* [https://arcade.city/ Arcade City] - Blockchain based rideshares
* [https://www.rdvouz.com/ Rdvouz] [[USA]]
 
* [http://www.carpoolingnetwork.com/ The Carpooling Network] [[Canada]] - [[USA]]
 
* [http://www.erideshare.com  e-Rideshare] [[USA]]
 
* [http://www.kangaride.com Kangaride/AmigoExpress] [[Canada]]
 
* [http://www.allostop.com Allo-stop] [[Quebec]]
 
  
=== Europe ===
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== See also ==
* [http://www.blablacar.com Blablacar] [[Europe]]
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* [[Future of hitchhiking|Future of Hitchhiking]]
* [http://hitchhikers.org Hitchhikers.org] [[Netherlands]] - [[Europe]] (inactive)
 
* [http://ride4cents.org/ Ride4Cents.org] [[Europe]]
 
* [http://www.samakning.se Samåkning.se] [[Sweden]] - [[Northern Europe]]
 
* [http://www.gomore.dk/ Gomore.dk] [[Denmark]] - [[Europe]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
=== Oceania ===
 
* [http://www.coseats.com/ coseats.com] [[Australia]]
 
 
 
== Train Ticket Sharing ==
 
 
 
* [http://www.kelbillet.com/ kelbillet.com] [[France]]
 
* [http://www.voyages-sncf.com/billet-train/horaire voyages-sncf.com] [[France]]
 
* [http://www.trocdestrains.com/ trocdestrains.com] [[France]]
 
 
 
== Structural Car-Pooling based ==
 
* [http://www.erideshare.com eRideshare]
 
* [http://www.ridester.com Redester]
 
* [http://www.carpoolworld.com Carpoolworld]
 
* [http://crashatmine.org/wiki/Survey_of_carpool_services A survey of carpool services]
 
 
 
== Rideshare applications ==
 
* [http://carpooling.com carpooling.com] connects drivers and passengers so they can share their rides. Drivers can post empty seats and passengers can book a seat online like a bus or a train ticket. Access to user profile info and user ratings ensure a pleasant ride for all. Application is available in 45 countries on iPhone and Android in 7 languages.
 
* At [http://crashatmine.org/wiki/Rideshare Crash at Mine] there are plans to create a free open API for rideshare websites and a system for RSS streams based on this. There's also a [http://crashatmine.org/wiki/Survey_of_carpool_services nice survey of carpool services].
 
* [http://carticipate.com/about Carticate] is an application for the iphone that allows you to connect with other drivers. It is a 'location based mobile social network for ride sharing, ride combining, and car pooling', or also 'carticipation.' Launched in August 2008.
 
* [http://www.avego.com Avego] is an application that runs on mobile devices and matches drivers and passengers who are going the same way. "Avego Stops", the best places to pick up and drop off riders. It also wants to connect it with a social networking website. Launched in September 2008.
 
* [https://www.rdvouz.com Rdvouz] a ride sharing website that shows all the currently passing by you. Also has a smart alerts system that will email you everytime a person passes by you and a place you want to go. Launched in November 2014.
 
* [http://zimride.com/home.php Zimride] combines the technology of Google Maps with the social networking power of Facebook to find rides for people at 25 public and private institutions across the [[United States of America|United States]]. Zimride is now taking their rideshare algorithm to Zipcar to make hitching a ride even more efficient ''[http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/009760.html source]''.
 
* [http://ridejoy.com Ridejoy] "social transportation" website that helps connect drivers and passengers doing long distance rideshare. Pulls in information from Facebook like photo, age range, work/education history, and mutual friends so ride matches feel more comfortable with each other. Launched Summer 2011.
 
* [http://cabbage.mobi Cabbage] Cabbage is an android and iphone application that allows users to act like "drivers" or as "passengers" and participate in a real-time marketplace. Additional carpooling and ridesharing features and extensions are being developed. Cabbage launched in 2013
 
* [http://sharemyfare.com sharemyfare.com] is a new global ride-sharing application that connects fellow travelers around the world to share their rides and the fare with the motto : "Find, Connect. Share." It comes in iOS and Android as apps, as well as a device-agnostic mobile version and in 8 languages. They provide a free corporate version too for companies to manage internal ride-sharing on business trips, and while their employees are commuting to work. Sharemyfare launched in 2013.
 
* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hitchhiker Hitchhiker] is an Android ridesharing app allowing drivers to create their 'drive offers' and passengers to create their 'ride requests'. When an effective match is found the users are notified. Users sign in to the app using Facebook or Google+ thus no registration is required. Operating the app is pretty easy and understandable. Other key features: built-in chat using push notifications, offers and requests visualized on map, user rating. Hitchhiker launched in 2014.
 
 
 
== Rideshare Aggregators ==
 
* [https://www.toeverywhere.net toEverywhere] a ridesharing aggregator that shows you all the places you can so from any where they collect data from, shows you all the people passing by you around the world. Launched in March 2015.
 
 
 
== News ==
 
* ''12 November 2008''. The ridesharing website PickupPal was struck down by a Canadian court in a case brought against them by bus giant Trentway-Wagar. The company took PickupPal to the Highway Transport Board complaining that it was against the law. [http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/12/canada-fines-company-for-advocating-carpooling/ link]
 
* ''17 December 2008''. The [[United States of America|US]] based company Dell started a ride-share experiment for their employees. In cooperation with the Rideshare website Ridesnearme.com they set up an application which is basically a mash-up of Google maps with employees submitting their home locations. Employees can use this to better figure out which coworkers to commute with and the most efficient routes. [http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/direct2dell/archive/2008/12/17/dell-s-mashup-experiment-green-employees-google-maps-carpooling.aspx link]
 
* Although still evolving as a real resource for riders, Twitter is being touted in some circles as the next big thing in realtime ridesharing. Known to fans as twitchhiking, this form of ride-sharing asks travelers to rely on the social networking site's popularity as well as the kindness of fellow tweeters. ''From: Product Service Systems: The Future of Mobility Services'' [http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/009760.html link]
 
 
 
See also the [[Future of hitchhiking|Future of Hitchhiking]]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 16:43, 1 July 2017

Ride sharing is different from hitchhiking. Hitchhiking is done on the roadside (or gas stations) without organising rides beforehand, while ride sharing is typically agreed via websites and mobile apps. Travellers are usually paying for the ride either for driver's profit or to share the gas expenses.

Read more about ride sharing at Wikivoyage

Links

Please link only non-profit or open source ridesharing here.

See also