The cell phone ride hail apps like Uber and Lyft are now reporting great success with actual ride-sharing, under the names UberPool, LyftLines and Lyft Carpool. In addition, a whole new raft of apps to enable semi-planned and planned carpooling are out making changes. The most remarkable number I have seen has Uber stating that 50% of rides in San Francisco are now UberPool.
With UberPool, the system tries to find people with overlapping ride... read more