Lu Bo in Hangzhou city says he would like to provide carpooling when driving back home during the Spring Festival.
"Driving alone back home and taking someone makes no difference in fuel costs. Through carpooling, you'll have someone to talk to on the long way home. What's more important is that many college students cannot get train tickets during the peak travel season so carpooling can solve their problem."
Yuan says although their website has attracted more than 1,000 users so far, it's still not easy to find perfect matches between drivers and passengers. If a carpooling network lacks a "critical mass" of participants, it may be difficult to find a match for certain trips.
Yuan adds he hopes their website can attract more drivers.
"We wish to encourage more people to try carpooling. We also hope we can see regulations and laws about carpooling soon. Increasingly more people will accept carpooling in the near future. Green travel relies on you and me."
Nowadays, many local authorities have introduced programs to promote carpooling. In an effort to reduce traffic and encourage carpooling, some countries have introduced high-occupancy vehicle or HOV lanes in which only vehicles with two or more passengers are allowed to drive. HOV lanes can create strong practical incentives for carpooling by reducing travel time and expenses.
And in some countries it is also common to find parking spaces that are reserved for carpoolers.
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