How big is carpooling market?

3 points by rutvik2601 13 hours ago

Is there still a demand of carpool as there are no apps that competes with Blablacar globally in their recent round company was valued over 3 Billion. What would we an ideal carpool app that can solve long distance travel problems?

farseer 34 minutes ago

Carpool is perhaps the only means of commute that offers no timing flexibility. Unlike public transport or driving/cycling alone. I would think, its a rather small market preferred by people with shift jobs or state/federal employees who don't can't stay a minute below or above their office hours.

siamese_puff 10 hours ago

We should spend more time and energy improving pedestrian and cycling infrastructure and stop the growth of urban sprawl which makes you incorrectly think you need to solve this problem. A great book on this topic - Carmageddon

  • ls-a 9 hours ago

    No I want a car

    • muzani 8 hours ago

      You can have one. You just don't have to drive it every day.

sloaken 9 hours ago

I think it is a great way to save money and help the environment.

The big problem I see is security / trust. But you have that risk with rideshare.