Everyone complaints about traffic, yet many people commute in car with only a single person inside. Why not car-pool? Then complaint about traffic and lack of government infrastructure, which is true but still people actively are contribution to it.
because if you want to join someone's car, you should walk till the person's route.
a lot of ppl treat carpoolers like cab drivers and say come here i am standing here.
Exactly. When I enrolled myself on a carpooling platform, people who booked seats asked me if I could come to their location rather than them reaching the pickup point on time. And when I denied, they would simply cancel and take a refund. Although it's a no loss for me since I used to drive alone before that, I was amazed by the fact that some people look at me as their cab driver.
can't say about everyone, but I did this. i book rides based on if routes overlap
The correct solution for this is for tech parks to offer transportation services for all the companies that operate out of them.
Say for example, we have many companies in Manyata Tech Park in BLR. Now, not all of them provide transportation facilities to their employees. A lot of people come by their own vehicles.
If the tech parks themselves offer their own transportation services and companies can opt in on a per person basis, the ones who subscribed to it can be grouped into clusters based on the area they live. This way, irrespective of the company one works at, if 20 people from the same area work at Manyata Tech Park, they can all be transported in one TT or a mini bus. An edge case that I'm discarding is that I've assumed that everyone works at almost the same time and leaves at the same time.
Now that takes off 20 vehicles on the road and replaces it with one mini bus.
Isn't that a great way ? But no. Tech parks won't do that because they earn more from their vehicle parking charges than this transportation service + parking infra maintenance is extremely low compared to transportation services
they can have multiple login / logout cabs. use small ones if less people, use mini buses when good number of people. although I don't think companies will agree, there might be lot of switches within the techpark lol. and what about parking charges? are tech parks here charging companies for parking??
I think a company called COCO is solving for this, they run traveller to ETV, anyone can book and board, not sure about other tech parks
I saw some car owners are also bullshit. They are using carpool to just earn money. I met a person he books for 3 pm and leaves when his car is completely filled. He shifts time every 15 min. He is simply behaving like cab drivers. Everyone is not same.
Also in morning if he doesn’t find members he will cancel as there is hybrid model.
He probably "is" a cab driver if he cancels when unable to find riders.
Low trust. Saying it out of experience. Having offered carpooling and used carpooling myself, it can be very shady at times. People have fake profiles, platforms don't verify them and just allow them to book rides right away by just casually throwing in a "Not Verified badge". And sometimes, when I had booked a seat in a Creta car, the person arrived in a Santro with a completely different number plate. Very shady honestly. And platforms don't allow last minute cancellations and even if they do, they take a big cut as cancellation charges.
I now either drive alone by bike or car.
can u give example of fake profiles? what would a person gain by creating fake account on ride sharing app
Did you talk to the person before the ride?
I took premium membership at SRide to offer car ride. As I am flexible with timings I sent request to 20+(all genders) as the route matches . To my surprise no one showed interest. Even after offering free ride, i don’t see people showing interest. 1-2 messaged that they got bike or other mode of transport but most of them don’t like to have dependency for commute
that's sad
What is your route?
There were a few instances in BLR where women/scammer created fake profiles, get into the rides and then threatened the car pool drivers with fake allegations if they don't transfer money. There's also govt statement on not using personal cars for ride sharing for money, which kinda make ride sharing a gray area.
I use QuickRide for carpooling every day, and it has been a convenient option. If I get a ride directly from my starting point to my destination, it's perfect. Otherwise, I take a cab to the pickup location. Without that, it becomes too hectic to manage. I faced many challenges in the initial days trying to understand how the system works. I'm truly grateful to the ride givers who patiently waited for me to reach the pickup points. Overall, I believe carpooling is the best option—if you get a suitable ride
good to hear. thanks
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