Ridesharing would have saved the London Olympic organizers a lot of grief, and everybody a lot of money. Usain Bolt travels more than thrice the speed the average car does in London, and yet there are still empty seats clogging up the special fast track traffic lanes all across the city.
In their defence you could argue today’s cool ridesharing apps didn’t exist when the London authorities dreamt up their spaghetti roadscape. But for Rio 2016 there’ll be no excuse. If just 1% of spectators are offered a seat in a car or van, for a ride of just 10 miles, the savings would immediately clock in at over £1 million.
Millions more dollars were invested into the ridesharing market just last week, so it seems only a matter of time before the levee breaks and the car becomes the community owned shared asset it so dearly wants to be.
So at Avego, training is well underway, at both high and low altitude, to make sure we are at the top of our game for the 1st ever Ridesharing Olympics. Hasta La Vista !
I totally agree. A seemingly small behaviour change could produce significant travel time and cost savings.
After all, it is clear that thousands of people each day drive to the olympics venues in the morning, and drive in the revers direction at the end of the day. If they would only collaborate – even a tiny bit – big savings would result.