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We are pioneers in promoting alternative transportation. Our services are available for regional deployment by public transportation agencies or TMAs which help employers in your region significantly promote alternative transportation. Our services include all modes of alternative transportation including traditional carpool, dynamic carpool, vanpool, bike and transit. The services we offer include benefits management such as carpool permit, GRH, bike lockers, carpool incentive, vanpool incentive and more. We enable organizations to effectively track usage and deliver these benefits to their members. Our breakthrough technical solutions enable new scenarios for end users and dramatically boost the number of users engaging in alternative transportation for their needs.


We are keen in partnering with transportation planners, regional governments and transportation management agencies on broad solutions to reduce emissions, traffic congestion and substantially promote alternative transportation. www.iCarpool.com is state of the art and currently works across USA, Canada, Europe and Australia. We already have a substantial presence in all states of USA and Canada. Our system aligns well with goals of Transportation Planners around Air Quality Management, Alternative Transportation, Performance of Employers in reducing Single Occupancy Vehicles and Reporting targeted towards transportation.


Please click here to contact us and learn more about how we can help meet your goals.


What is dynamic carpool?


What if a situation required an employee to work late on a day causing her to miss the ride back home? What options will the employee have if she does not want to wait for the scheduled public transportation? What options does the employee have if her travel needs change during the day at short notice?


Traditional carpool for daily commute requires a fixed pattern of travel and is achieved with a long standing agreement between carpool partners about timings, pickup and drop-off location. Carpool partners in traditional carpool usually commit to carpool for a timeframe of months or years. Services offering to match traditional carpool partners are usually either internet based “online” services accessed through the computer browser with email notifications, telephone based, bulletin board or manual.


Dynamic carpool (also called real-time carpool) is essentially carpool on-demand, at any time, to any place and is achieved with an instant agreement between the carpooling partners valid only for one trip. Carpool Partners in dynamic carpool commit to carpool for one trip. Services offering to match dynamic carpool partners have to work instantly regardless of location or device.


Dynamic carpool solutions use advanced technology such as mobile applications, SMS and GPS. Dynamic carpool does not eliminate the need for traditional carpool – both have advantages and disadvantages – both complement each other to overcome majority of disadvantages associated with carpool.


Comparison

Traditional carpool

Dynamic carpool

Carpool participants reduce emissions, save money on gas, tolls, parking and vehicle maintenance

Yes

Yes

Requires a fixed pattern of travel with regards to timings and location

Yes

No

Requires a long standing commitment between carpool partners

Yes

No

Flexible to accommodate un-anticipated changes with regards to commute

No

Yes

Feasible for daily commute

Yes

No – requires user effort to search and connect with matches daily for every trip

Predictable and reliable for daily commute

Yes

No – user does not know ahead of time if a match will be found

Predictable parking savings allow benefits such as Carpool Permit to be allotted

Yes

No – organization cannot predict parking savings reliably to allot Carpool Permits


iCarpool’s dynamic carpool solution combines with traditional carpool


iCarpool’s dynamic carpool solution works through Mobile Phones, SMS, email notifications and computer browsers. This gives users true flexibility in finding matches for their immediate trips, regardless of location or device. iCarpool combines traditional carpool with dynamic carpool to give its members the best of both worlds.


iCarpool allows members to set up traditional carpool or vanpool with all its benefits – and on days when the travel requirements change un-anticipated (for example an employee has to work late) – the member could use dynamic carpool to match with carpool partners instantly and find a ride back.


Please contact us to learn more about how iCarpool can help your needs for transportation management.


Phone – (425) 369 6136 (9AM to 5PM PST)
Email us - bizdev@iCarpool.com


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