Idea: Realtime Car Pooling

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October 15th 2009

by vinayak
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(38047) Realtime Car Pooling

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Traffic congestion and pollution is a big problem. Public transportation projects like Metro Trains/Monorails cost a lot of money. My idea is to create a realtime car pooling exchange that works on similar lines as a stock exchange. This realtime carpooling exchange would allow people to form ad-hoc car pooling groups instantaneously. Payments for rides would happen using software and mobile phones.

Detailed working: Any member wanting a ride would be able to send his/her details like - location, desired destination, time of the ride, and the amount he/she is willing to pay - to a central server using a simple SMS from his mobile phone. Any member driving a car with spare capacity in the same area would receive the details and decide whether they want to accept the bid. Order matching and deals would happen the same way as they do in a modern stock exchange - in seconds and securely.

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Dedicated to: the traffic jams of new delhi

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	by Proz (New Delhi, India) June 23rd 2010 since: 06/23/2010, Brain-fu: 196 Excellent idea. You can post this project idea and view other academic project ideas and projects at http://www.projectzone.co.in	Report Abuse


	by nixophone (Mumbai, India) November 17th 2009 since: 11/17/2009, Brain-fu: 148 This is actually a pretty clever Idea, Even i have been considering this for a long time. The implementation of this system would depend on the ability to monitor the transport and also how the members honor the pick up and drop timings. The idea to have an Ebay style strike system is probably a good way to go about it. Possibly if this system could be hooked up to Gps in realtime it would also be able to suggest to potential passengers which route to take to ensure getting a ride. This could really save up a tonne in fuel costs and pollution	Report Abuse


	by jut_45 (Barcelona, Spain) November 10th 2009 since: 11/10/2009, Brain-fu: 196 related idea: as government to support this marketplace - http://www.ideas4all.com/ideas/1080-internal_car_share_database	Report Abuse


	by jut_45 (Barcelona, Spain) November 10th 2009 since: 11/10/2009, Brain-fu: 196 How do you make sure the deal is respected? All participants may lie to avoid complying: - Car owner could say he went to pick up the traveller and could find no-one, when he never used his car. - Traveller could say he went to the rendez-vous and found no-one, when he never moved out of his hosue This is a major obstacle. Would a reputation mechanism serve, in eBay style?	Report Abuse


	by kgs (Bangalore, India) November 9th 2009 since: 12/06/2008, Brain-fu: 113120 Good idea to save from pollution, vote++	Report Abuse