Ridesharing Corridors Robert D. Cormia Foothill College
May 11, 2015
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.