I have come up
with a solution for the difficulty of getting around college towns without a
car and returning home for the holidays without having to pay an expensive bus
or plane ticket. Many students like myself are sick of relying on roomates busy
schedules, waiting for the RTS bus, getting frustrated when the bus does not
come on time, paying 90$ for a red coach bus home, and even getting ubers to go
grocery shopping! My solution is an advanced carpooling app that let’s you plan
trips with peers, they can be scheduled weeks in advanced, like a ride back to
your hometown hours away. Or, it can be a carpool ride scheduled on the same
day to a place in Gainesville, a place hard to get to without an uber, car, or
having to wait forever for a bus. The app lets you easily search for people
going to the same destination as you on the same day and time. It would also
make you create a profile with a picture and bio to allow you to see who the
driver and other passengers would be.
Nicole, this idea is great! I think that this idea would be so heavily demanded, especially if you marketed it on the UF Rides Facebook page. I especially like how you also tailored it towards more everyday uses, such as grocery shopping trips. As an out of state student, I know a lot of people from up north that do not have their car with them and, if they do and they are living on campus, they worry about moving their car in fear of losing their spot. I think this would be an especially great idea if you marketed it specifically at UF for trips to the Oaks mall, Target on archer, and other sites that are too far to walk.
ReplyDeleteNicole, I think your idea can make a lot of money. Just like you said UF is a very small college town and majority of people do not own a car. However, for a small fee people can catch a ride with someone else going to the same place. This could definitely take people away from Uber and other ride services.
ReplyDeleteHey Nicole, I like this idea a lot! I am a junior now and did not have my car for the first two years, so I know how much of a struggle this is for literally thousands of students. This is awesome because it offers options, whereas right now people like yourself are forced to build your schedule around other people's availability. It could even be something pitched to Uber that they could add as an extension to their app!
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