Today, few people do not discuss the painful topic of urban traffic paralysis. Hundreds of ideas are generated on how to get rid of them, starting from the demolition of shawarma kiosks along the roads and ending with the construction of autobahns on the roofs of high-rise buildings (no joke). But for some reason, few people remember about such a rather elegant and socially useful method as carsharing (carpool, carsharing). And in a simple way — give a ride to a neighbor, if you are on the way. In the megacities of China, this is almost the main way to combat traffic. In the USA, separate lanes are allocated for drivers with fellow travelers. In Europe, the carsharing boom also begins, which was stimulated, including by the famous Eyjafjallayokudlya.
As stated by the developers podorozhniki.com , with the mass use of such a useful social tool as carsharing, up to 30% of cars can be removed from the roads during rush hours.
But in fact, very many will agree with the fact that in most cases it is simply not reasonable to drive more than a hundred horsepower for one person over and over again. Most drivers drive alone, while thousands of passengers tormented by minibus crush are moving in the same direction. In order to somehow fix the situation, a service with a funny name appeared podorozhniki.com .
Actually, I want to tell you about this.
In general, everything is simple and convenient. I registered, created my routes and clicked search. If there are no fellow travelers right away, then as soon as they appear, the system will notify you by email, and the fellow travelers themselves will get to you in the "Us on the way" section. You can immediately contact and arrange joint trips.
Creating routes is extremely simple. All the user needs is by going to the "Create + find" section:
1. Indicate who he is – the driver or passenger 2. Specify the beginning and end of the route or mark it on the map
3. Specify route details (days of the week, time, comments)
Next, the system will analyze the route and display a list of the most suitable fellow travelers or, as I said, notify you by email as soon as they appear.
a Feature of the service that all works based on Google Maps API (in the near future to have the option of selecting between Google and Yandex maps), and the routes are analyzed precisely according to the coordinate curves. Therefore, the search for a traveling companion is always accurate and correct. And it doesn't matter how the user named the beginning and end of his route. The system will always accurately find a fellow traveler, even if he is traveling from a neighboring block or street, and his route is only 60% similar to yours. In general, check. The service is very young, but there are already quite a few routes.
You can search for fellow travelers both for trips around the city (to work, study) and for long-distance trips. Drivers who drive the same routes every day can also alternate, performing the role of a driver alternately.
The developers also report that they are already in the development of an application for social networks and for mobile platforms in order to make the service interactive and truly alive: went outside, poked on the map in the phone to the place where you need and immediately see who is going along the same route and can throw you. But this will really work only when the service becomes really massively used.
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