Google and Carpooling

Google Takes on Carpooling With Waze Spinoff App

Marielle Mondon | July 8, 2105

A new carpooling app from Google made its debut in the form of a small pilot test in Tel Aviv this week. RideWith is a spinoff of the Google-owned Israeli traffic app Waze, and is designed to help users meet up with a driver who has a similar commute. In the interest of time, money and potentially the environment, passengers can pay drivers who are already taking similar routes.

Source: http://www.networkworld.com/article/2944533/microsoft-subnet/google-gets-into-ridesharing-biz-with-wazes-carpool-powered-ridewith-app.html

<more at http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/google-waze-carpool-app-test; related link: http://arstechnica.com/cars/2015/07/google-owned-waze-launches-ridewith-carpooling-app-on-android/ (Google-owned Waze launches “RideWith” carpooling app on Android
Israel-only "pilot" app offers carpooling suggestions based on data, charges for rides. July 6, 2105)>