[HN Gopher] Show HN: Work Carpools
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Show HN: Work Carpools
Author : WestCoastJustin
Score : 8 points
Date : 2022-09-01 19:20 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| endisneigh wrote:
| Seems like a strange thing to pay for, nice app tho.
| WestCoastJustin wrote:
| Ah, yeah. This is meant for companies to pay, not individual
| people, then the company would roll this out as a carpooling
| initiative. So, companies would pay a small monthly fee. Maybe
| I should make that more clear. Thanks for the feedback.
| WestCoastJustin wrote:
| Hey, been working on this for quite a while and looking for
| feedback.
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| It's meant for co-workers that are interested in carpooling
| together, to and from the office, where only people from the
| company can join. You can quickly discover who passes who on the
| way to work, and find carpooling suggestions. You'll see matches
| grouped into three buckets: people you pass, people that pass
| you, and people that live nearby. Hopefully there will be options
| for both drivers and riders. Also, as new people join you'll get
| notified via email about new carpooling suggestions.
|
| My main todo right now is marketing. Probably some demo videos
| and maybe a demo map on the website. It's sort of a problem since
| 80% of the cool stuff is hidden behind a signup. So, I'm hoping a
| demo video/demo map will move that public so people have
| incentive to try it out.
|
| If you have any questions happy to answer or contact me at
| justin@workcarpools.com
| hbcondo714 wrote:
| Carpooling works! but it is just one variable in the commute
| equation. Take my current route[1] in Southern CA where I just
| happen to have a co-worker live close to me. We drive together in
| her car for about 30 miles to work which starts with 20 minutes
| driving congested surface streets just to get on the freeway. We
| then need to transverse multiple lanes and freeways to get in the
| carpool lane which is also congested. About an hour later of stop
| and go traffic, we arrive at work. Due to different work and
| personal schedules, we may not leave work at the same time so she
| will leave with her car and I will take a lyft back home. That
| costs me $40 to $60 one-way and still involves waiting for the
| driver. Of course it doesn't help the freeways are under
| construction[2] but when completed, I'm hopeful things will
| improve.
|
| [1]
| https://www.mapquest.com/directions/from/us/ca/90804/to/us/c...
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| [2] https://octa.net/Projects-and-Programs/Under-
| Construction/I-...
| WestCoastJustin wrote:
| Yeah, this is a good point. What happens if you get stranded or
| something. I haven't figured that out. One solution might be to
| give you more suggestions of who lives nearby so that you could
| ask someone else if your ride falls through.
|
| I actually have not solved the schedule problem either.
| Basically just telling you who passes who and let everyone
| figure it out. Maybe I'll add a quick schedule prompt or
| something for folks who work different hours (to filter on or
| something).
|
| Thanks for the feedback.
| hbcondo714 wrote:
| Thanks for reviewing so quickly; this now reminds me of
| Waze's Carpool app[1] which includes scheduling. I tried to
| use it in addition to county carpool / vanpool[2] and
| Enterprise's service[3] but had no matches with riders who
| live in my area.
|
| [1] https://www.waze.com/carpool/
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| [2] https://www.octa.net/Vanpool/Overview/
|
| [3] https://www.commutewithenterprise.com/
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