Ridesharing Corridors

Robert D. Cormia

Foothill College

Ridesharing Culture

Social engineering for a world with fewer cars, less petroleum, and a genuine desire to collaborate

Social Transportation Networks => Tools

Flows of vehicles that have positions and paths

Flows of people that have schedules and destinations

V (P,P) <= Social Transportation Tools => P (S,D)

Ridesharing CorridorsSan Francisco

San Jose

De Anza

Foothill

Skyline Daly City

Palo Alto

Cupertino

Narrative

• Most cars on the freeway are single occupant. Imagine a different paradigm – the intersection of flows of vehicles, with positions and paths => v(p,p), with flows of people, with schedules and destinations => p(s,d), and using social transportation tools (e.g. Zimride™) that merge these dynamic networks. Imagine ridesharing corridors, the merging of trust networks with a ride sharing / collaboration ethic.