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Waze Wants To Be a Carpooling Matchmaker

July 5, 2019/

Commuters use the carpool lane at the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge approach Monday, Nov. 19, 2001, in Oakland, Calif. New data released Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2001 by the Census Bureau include a detailed look at commuting patterns in U.S. cities with more than 250,000 residents. Though the numbers show a few clear patterns, including Californians' love-hate affair with their autos and the burden New Yorkers bear, they accumulate about four entire days more travel time each year than workers in Chicago, the city with the second-longest commute. The reasons for carpooling in these two cities are very different. In Oakland, the chronically clogged Bay Bridge lies between commuters and their San Francisco offices. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Google’s wayfinding company wants to help drivers and riders find each other on its navigation app—and ease traffic congestion along the way.

Bearing free lunches and promotional goodies, teams from the Google-owned company have been making the rounds at workplaces and campuses around the country to nudge young people into sharing rides on the way to work.

 

 

Andrew Small

 


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