Carpooling for ride hailing services
A modern way to carpool efficiently and voluntarily
After close of work it has become a habit to carpool with colleagues heading to the same direction. One day we are heading home and a lady starts to speak up on how tiring and uncomfortable it is to carpool in Nigeria.
- Taxi owners overload their cars
- Pickup and drop passengers along the way leading to increased commute time
- Drivers also follow populated roads due to the high demand of passengers on those roads. Instead of following less populated roads which could decrease commute time.
As a product designer bells began to ring in my head about a possible solution as a feature which could be incorporated into the services of already existing ride hailing services.
Use Case: James is heading from Kubwa to Area 1, and has started his ride. Janet is somewhere along James route and has initiated a ride order heading to Area 1.
The app prompts Janet asking if she would like to split a ride is she agrees to, James receives a prompt and if he agrees to split the ride the driver is notified and starts to head the Janet. In the end James and Janet get to split the ride equally
Carpooling would help provide comfort, affordability and lesser commute time to riders
Ordering a Ride: Riders would be able to order rides as usual
Carpooling: This is optional for the first rider, while the ride is in progress a prompt comes up initiated by the second rider asking if the first rider wants to split the ride. If the first rider agrees the original ride fare is spit into two.
Drivers: The original fare increases a bit to make up for the fuel cost it could take the driver to navigate to the second rider. Once the first rider agrees to split ride, the driver is prompted letting them know of the new changes to destination and pricing.
Even with the increased pricing both riders still get to pay a much lesser fee than would have been paid originally.
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