It’s unfortunate that it takes a disaster the scale of Superstorm Sandy to get people to consider ridesharing. It’s also unfortunate that when they need to get somewhere after a tragedy, they don’t have quick options at their fingertips.
An article in Mashable details how drivers needing to get into Manhattan are now scrambling to find people to ride with them in order to meet Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s new rules requiring a minimum of three passengers per vehicle entering the city.
With the transit system still filled with debris and water from the vicious storm earlier this week, Mashable reports that Craigslist is becoming a hot spot for people to post their ridesharing needs. One person who asked for passengers to ride with him at the site said, “As for choosing Craigslist, it was honestly the first option that came to mind.”
It’s pretty sad that some great ridesharing apps haven’t taken off. I fear it’s often simply because it hasn’t occurred to people to think that there may be apps to cut down on their drive-alone time.
Some great applications mentioned in the article include:
If people know that they have options at hand to input where they are and where they need to go into their smart phones at any moment, ridesharing has a real chance to become as popular as it once was over many past generations.
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