Editing Rideshares (section)

== Overview of rideshare services ==

*[http://www.ecolane.com/ Ecolane] - Demand-responsive transportation software.  Geared towards corporate and other larger clients, this is an excellent example of using software to optimize transportation efficiency.  While Ecolane's super-connected and super-automated approach is too far for CS to reach at this time, it presents an approach CS can begin striving to achieve in the future.

*[http://alternetrides.com/Home_Rides.asp?logoff= Alternet Rides] - Friendly but kind-of janky rideshare site; can organize rideshares around events.

*[http://www.spaceshare.com/ SpaceShare] - Green travel and rideshare for conferences and festivals.  A terrific example of ridesharing organized around events.  Their buzzword: "environmental networking."

*[http://www.craigslist.org/ Craigslist] - Don't know what needs to be said on this one.

*[http://www.hitchhikers.org/ hitchhikers.org] - Web portal on which drivers with empty spaces in their cars can add a ride and passengers can search for rides. All over the world. Use the small tab in the upper right of page to select which world region you wish to ride in

*[http://www.nuride.com Nuride] - A company selling car pooling management to companies and local government. Check the [http://209.242.151.6/nuride/NurideMarketingVideo.wmv video]

*www.digihitch.com -- offline since  ~2012

*[http://www.cooreea.co.nz Cooreea] - A New Zealand based rideshare/freightshare website. A collaborative transport network that provides a secure environment to find and provide rides. The difference to most rideshare sites is that it has a trust rating for users (like Ebay and TradeMe) and it also offers a space for people to list things (like their extra luggage or sporting equipment) they would like to find a ride for or have picked up somewhere. For example a bicycle or surfboard they would like to use in a different part of the country but have difficulty taking there themselves.

*[http://pass-europe.eu/ pass-europe.eu] (same as [http://www.roadride.eu rodaride.eu]: shares information in RSS as [http://www.roadride.eu/rss/rides.xml rides.xml]. The licence of the published information is [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ Creative Commons By-Attribution Share-Alike]. Very reasonable and well written [http://www.pass-europe.eu/therms.pl?lang=EN terms of use].