Tag Archives: Ridesharing

New rideshare services match commuters using Facebook, text messaging, GPS, and iPhone 3G. What’s next? Devices that provide not only real-time information (about traffic and approaching buses, for example), but also anticipate a commuter’s travel patterns and suggest personalized transportation alternatives. That’s the vision, at least, of transit scholars at the University of South Florida. I spoke with John Zimmer, founder of rideshare startup Zimride, as well as a pair of urban transportation researchers from USF a for this post on Sierra magazine’s Green Life looking at the growing number of ventures hoping to reinvent carpooling. The article also appeared (through syndication) on The Huffington Post.