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It helps if car sharers like each other

Ensuring carpoolers are compatible is key to success of ridesharing schemes

Mark Moran
13 July 2017
The University of Waterloo encourages carpooling
The University of Waterloo encourages carpooling

 

Ensuring that would-be carpoolers are riding with people they like could potentially decrease car use by nearly 60%, research from a professor at the University of Waterloo in Canada has found.

The research, published in Transportation Research Part C, used social media analytics, algorithms and computer simulation to match would-be carpoolers with people driving to work.

“Usually carpooling is about just matching people depending on geographical location and time of schedule,”...

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