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Google’s Waze Expands Carpooling Service in the US

11Oct By Gauri SinghNo Comments

USA

Google’s Waze Expands Carpooling Service in the US

With the community-based GPS Navigation App called Waze, Google will start to offer its pay-to-carpool service throughout the US. This is a step towards reducing the commute-time congestion for which the app has been basically designed. This expansion is built upon a carpooling system that Waze began testing two years ago. Initially, it began in northern California and Israel before gradually extending it into Brazil and parts of 12 other states. Now, the service will be made available to all the users in the US. "We don't want to be a professional driving network," Waze founder and CEO Noam Bardi said. "We see ride-sharing as something that needs to become part of the daily commute. If we can't get people out of their cars, it won't be solving anything.” For the purpose of giving som...

Orahi Launched New Features For Carpooling App

19May By AnkitaNo Comments

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Orahi Launched New Features For Carpooling App

Orahi, a carpool app provides carpooling service that offers Home-Office-Home for corporate employee only. The new app comes with an enhanced user experience and features things like listing, single click ride, auto fix option, live map, default chat group, women only group and intra company ride. These features are user friendly and define the essence of carpooling. The listing feature allows members to view the profile of other members and make an informed decision whether or not to travel with them. Car owners or passengers can send and respond to requests by swiping left or right. Single click ride option provides the travellers an option to book a ride with frequently travelled co-passengers and car owners at a single click. Auto fix feature allows the members to fix and start t...

Parth Patel – An IITian behind birth of Carpooling idea in Mumbai

3Jan By sharadNo Comments

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Parth Patel – An IITian behind birth of Carpooling idea in Mumbai

About Parth Patel and the reason behind this idea? Hi, I'm Parth Patel, co-founder of Zupp - an intra-city carpooling mobile app for daily office commute. In 2011, after graduating from IIT Delhi, I joined EY in Mumbai. Since I was accustomed to a hassle-free campus life, the menace of daily commute in Mumbai caught me unawares. At first, my good landlord allowed me to use his car for daily office commute, as his kids were all settled abroad and the car was just catching dust. I drove to office for first couple of days, but found it harder each day to find a parking spot. Eventually I was forced to shun the idea of taking my own car and instead started hailing taxis. I traveled daily from my home in Bandra West to the EY office in Dadar West. I had to wait for at least 15 mins before ...

Now Delhi Office Goers Can Also become Uber Driver

16Dec By AnkitaNo Comments

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Now Delhi Office Goers Can Also become Uber Driver

People in Delhi spend 90 minutes on average commuting to and from work each day. That’s eight hours a week getting to and from work–and a whopping 17 days a year! It’s a chronic waste of people’s time, and a drain on productivity. What’s more, the resulting traffic and pollution undermine everyone’s quality of life. Looking that Uber launched its carpool service in Delhi on Wednesday, 16 December. People going to the same place at the same time–including commuters driving themselves to work–will now be able to share their journey for the first time. Getting more butts into fewer cars is an important step towards reducing congestion and pollution in the capital over time. For passengers it works as follows: Select the uberGO option in the app and enter your destination. Choose w...