Are we people hesitant to adopt it ??
Having lived and worked in singapore for many years now. At peak hours it takes longer time commute to work. During this time, the fuel is simply consumed out at Traffic signals and people like me experience to much of crowd in all of the public transport options.
So the result of avoiding carpooling :
1.Fuel is burnt unnecessarily . People are in a hurry to leave and their vehicles are in start mode at traffic signal and thats when fuel consumption is at its peak
2.Due to fuel wastage, there is an increase in demand for fuel
3.Fuel charges per person becomes very high .
4.Unnecessary slow moving traffic or heavy traffic
Advantages out of Car Pooling:
1. Fuel cost can be shared and in that way fuel cost per person reduces
2.Traffic Jam and slow moving traffic reduces and public can get some breather during their travel during peak hour in mrt and bus.
3. Efficient usage of fuel at traffic signals
4.Getting to know people better (Human relations improve)
I don't know if this can ease or solve a bit of the is the problem
Personally I use public transport to travel to the maximum level and some time gets frustration and feel how i can i contrubute to ease the issue , so made me write this in this foroum to check
We know there are challenges faced but definitely it must have a solution .So lets discuss the challenges and not personal opinion with all due respect to all sg forum users.
It's very common in EU. Even the German train company, Bahn has a well managed system.
I think there are some car sharing clubs currenly working on it in sg. Car sharing can be either a car owned by the company and a bunch of ppl go rent it and share it or it could be one is sharing his own car with others like they would happen to going in the same direction/the car owner is currenly not using the car so it is left there for some time and others can borrow it for a ride. Personally I think car shairng has good social and environmental impact, though it requires some incentives to really get ppl invovled in car sharing, make it something cool.
p.s. I remember watching this video that mentions cars as a safe place for ppl working in the city. It is like home, a private place to take a break from a long day of work. That's part of the reasons why some ppl are not so keen in sharing their cars. So I guess there are all these human emotional factors to consider when promoting car sharing. I think I watched the video somewhere in this website http://audi-urban-future-initiative.com
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definitely cheaper to pool but timing wise could be a issue.
yes carpooling is good
but advertising here is not good
pls contact our Admin for ad space (link at bottom of page)
Totally Agree, advertising on forum without the permition of the owner isn't a good idea
think most still prefer to pay for more privacy....
ok noted and already contacted the Admin .. hope to get some reply soon
I don't mind car pool.
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car pooling is good but how to manage individual's timing?? sure got problem one....
i think is good.