GreenPool: Instant Carpooling

GreenPool design philosophy lies on resolving four critical problems in Conventional carpooling methods:
(1) Flexible timings – Permanent/conventional carpooling is not viable in today’s demanding working environment
(2) Lower Trust levels as none of the platform has good background verification for users
(3) No Good system in place which will provide dynamic matches for every ride that anyone want to share
(4) Cumbersome settlement process leading to breaking of carpools

Design principles adopted in GreenPool are:
(a) Stringent 5 stage verification in Registration process for both Car owners & Rider
(i) Corporate Email ID
(ii) Corporate ID through HR
(iii) PAN Validation
(iv) Social Networking profiles like Facebook or LinkedIn
(v) Driving License/Car Registration verification
(b) On the fly matching of rides based on preferences including Workplace, Residential community, Gender, origination, destination, time of travel
(c) Feature to show the "Trust meter" based on back ground checks, social network profiles
(d) Ability to view the profiles & choose, send tracking URL to family/friends
(e) Convenient settlement process – Green Money(online Wallet) is a road map item
(f) Keep a track on the Green Miles (shared distance), Green Points, account statements are roadmap items
(g) Ratings of rider/driver to help people choose the right riding partner every time
(h) Entity based solution to help corporate endorse/recommend Green Pool

Key drivers influencing carpooling as a sustainable way to commute:
(a) Escalating fuel cost
(b) Increasing awareness on the necessity to reduce carbon foot print & higher pollution levels
(c) Increasing traffic congestion & higher stress levels due to driving on daily basis
(d) Shortage of car parking space in Large Organizations
(e) Increasing Toll cost as more & more highways are being converted to toll roads
(f) Enforcement of carbon foot-print audit putting pressure on large companies, globally, to advise their employees to carpool
(g) People behavioral change to move out of the virtual networking to real networking where they can interact with people face to face

Caution :Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life