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.
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Comparison
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Traditional carpool
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Dynamic carpool
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Carpool participants
reduce emissions, save money on gas, tolls, parking and vehicle maintenance
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Yes
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Yes
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Requires a fixed pattern
of travel with regards to timings and location
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Yes
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No
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Requires a long standing
commitment between carpool partners
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Yes
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No
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Flexible to accommodate
un-anticipated changes with regards to commute
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No
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Yes
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Feasible for daily
commute
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Yes
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No – requires user
effort to search and connect with matches daily for every trip
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Predictable and reliable
for daily commute
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Yes
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No – user does not
know ahead of time if a match will be found
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Predictable parking
savings allow benefits such as Carpool Permit to be allotted
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Yes
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No – organization cannot
predict parking savings reliably to allot Carpool Permits
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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