If you’re considering sharing the ride as a means of commuting, there are many benefits to be enjoyed.

Arrive Feeling Relaxed

In 100 years, we’ve gone from horse and buggy to over 204 million cars on America’s roads. Increased road rage and gridlock affect everyone. One of the greatest benefits of sharing the ride to work is taking the stress out of driving. Rather than beginning the day irritated from fighting traffic and searching endlessly for parking, you’ll arrive ready to take on the task at hand.

Save Money!

According to the American Automobile Association, in 2002 the average commuter spends an average $7,754 per year or $21 per day to operate their car. These figures are based on a mid-size car driven 15,000 miles annually and include operating (fuel, maintenance, etc) and ownership (financing, insurance, depreciation)…. Sport utility vehicle and mini-van owners can expect to spend over $9,000 annually.

Carpooling can dramatically reduce these costs and in some cases can eliminate the need for that costly second family vehicle.

Ensure a Healthy Environment for Future Generations

There is another, more tragic cost related to automobile use: degradation of our environment. Every day, millions of vehicles pump pollutants into our atmosphere. Some of these fall to earth, fouling streams and contaminating crops. Others rise into the stratosphere, damaging the ozone layer and causing global climate warming – the "greenhouse effect".

Still more of these pollutants cling close to earth, inhaled with every breath we take. Air pollution is a proven cause in several lung ailments, from asthma to emphysema.

Carpooling reduces the impact of automobiles on our roadways and our environment very simply – by traveling in groups rather than alone, carpooling decreases the number of vehicles on our roads.

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