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'''Rideshare''' systems can be used as an alternative to real [[hitchhiking]].
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'''Ride sharing''' is different from hitchhiking. Hitchhiking is done on the roadside (or gas stations) without organising rides beforehand, while ride sharing is typically agreed via websites and mobile apps. Travellers are usually paying for the ride either for driver's profit or to share the gas expenses.
  
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==Ridesharing Projects==
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Read more about ride sharing [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Ride_sharing at Wikivoyage]
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* [http://www.mitfahrgelegenheit.de| Mitfahrgelegenheit] <small>[[Germany]] - [[Europe]]</small>
 
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* [http://hitchhikers.org Hitchhikers.org] <small>[[Netherlands]]- [[Europe]]</small>
 
  
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===Social Network based===
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== Links ==
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Please link only non-profit or open source ridesharing here.
  
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* [http://libretaxi.org/ Libretaxi]
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* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hitchhiker Hitchhiker Carpooling] or visit [https://www.facebook.com/hitchhikercarpooling Hitchhiker Carpooling] Facebook page
  
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===How to name this?===
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== See also ==
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* [http://www.myoto.be Myoto] is a system in [[Belgium]] with special cards for hitchhikers. Drivers can then easily recognize the hitchhiker as part of this service. <small>See also this [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group_read.html?gid=12&post=1842856 discussion]</small>
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* [[Future of hitchhiking|Future of Hitchhiking]]
  
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==Rideshare applications==
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[[Category:Ridesharing]]
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* At [http://crashatmine.org/wiki/Rideshare Crash at Mine] there are plans to create a free open API for rideshare websites and a system for RSS streams based on this. There's also a [http://crashatmine.org/wiki/Survey_of_carpool_services nice survey of carpool services].
 
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* [http://carticipate.com/about Carticate] is an application for the iphone that allows you to connect with other drivers. It is a 'location based mobile social network for ride sharing, ride combining, and car pooling', or also 'carticipation.' Launched  in August 2008.
 
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*  [http://www.avego.com Avego] is an application that runs on mobile devices and matches drivers and passengers who are going the same way. "Avego Stops", the best places to pick up and drop off riders. It also wants to connect it with a social networking website. Launched in September 2008.
 
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==News==
 
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* ''12 November 2008''. The ridesharing website PickupPal was struck down by a Canadian court in a case brought against them by bus giant Trentway-Wagar. The company took PickupPal to the Highway Transport Board complaining that it was against the law. [http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/12/canada-fines-company-for-advocating-carpooling/ link]
 
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See also the [[Future_of_hitchhiking|Future of Hitchhiking]]
 
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Latest revision as of 10:47, 18 November 2022

Ride sharing is different from hitchhiking. Hitchhiking is done on the roadside (or gas stations) without organising rides beforehand, while ride sharing is typically agreed via websites and mobile apps. Travellers are usually paying for the ride either for driver's profit or to share the gas expenses.

Read more about ride sharing at Wikivoyage

Links

Please link only non-profit or open source ridesharing here.

See also

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