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December 19, 2005

A&M Rideshare System

This is an interesting idea outside Texas A&M's bookstore. The placard looks like it's been in use for some time. The cameraphone picture is poor, so I'll explain, but its purpose is self-evident to the average passer-by.

Texas A&M's Rideshare Board, showing map of US divided into 8 regions, a smaller scale map of Texas divided into 14 regions, and bins for those seeking and offering rides to each region.

If you have room in your car, you can jot your information down your information on a scrap of paper and drop it in the bin associated with your region of Texas or the country. Riders can do the same. If a match already exists, then the second person can simply take up the other person's information, thus the bins are self-clearing. If several scraps of paper, for, say, rides to region 1, are still in the bin, then it's fairly obvious that another request for a ride to that region may be wishful thinking.

Do other colleges do this and I've just lived a sheltered life? It seems to effective to have not caught on elsewhere.

Posted by Niels Olson at December 19, 2005 5:03 PM

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