Making commuting easier

Making commuting easier
Maya Girish & Sindhuja Balaji
Bangalore has reached dizzying heights of air pollution and carpooling seems to be the only way out...

Imagine getting out of your nice, cosy bed and contemplating a beautiful drive to work, revving up that engine with the AC on and exploiting your four wheeler to the fullest...not! You open your blinds and stark reality hits you! Yet another day, yet another traffic jam to battle with This is where carpooling steps in as your saviour. CommuteEasy is an online registration service which advocates carpooling for easy travel.
Carpooling began as an experimental venture in the 80s in the USA. It is an effective solution to alarming levels of air and noise pollution.
Bangalore has reached dizzying heights of air pollution and carpooling seems to be the only way out.
CommuteEasy brings to you easy carpooling solutions! It is an online pooling initiative that aims to make your daily commuting easier by connecting you to commuters. The primary advantages of carpooling are that it decongests traffic, lowers stress, pollution and travelling costs, increases productivity and morale and expands your social network.
However there are certain etiquettes which need to be followed. Most importantly you need to decide on a vehicle; you have three option. “Use your own vehicle, rotate between members or contact an agency.” “Be a stickler for time as it is imperative in such an initiative.” “The route of commuting should be agreeable to all and a week’s notice must be given before backing out.” These are some of the more important ones.
Carpooling is really catching on to the masses and there is an elaborate network of 3025 registered users. Commute Easy is starting a corporate carpooling service to ensure punctuality, hence better quality of work. The next time your assailed by a pang of traffic blues you know who to contact : www.commuteeasy.com!