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A social network for carpooling

Authors:

Maria Luísa Matos,

Adolfo Guimarães,

Hendrik MacedoAuthors Info & Claims

EATIS '14: Proceedings of the 7th Euro American Conference on Telematics and Information Systems

Article No.: 10, Pages 1 - 6

https://doi.org/10.1145/2590651.2590662

Published: 02 April 2014 Publication History

Abstract

The larger amount of motor vehicles produces many problems to cities around the world as poor urban mobility, environment concerns and people's health. The encouragement to use alternative means of transport, such as bicycles or subways is one of the steps to solve the problem. Another way is to encouraging the optimal usage of private automobiles. In Brazil, for instance, several studies show an underused space in cars and great potential for the use of carpooling and carsharing. Unfortunately, there is not such a unified technological mean to properly support these alternatives. In this paper we propose and implement a social network to support the use of carpooling. We show that there is a favorable context for the use of this social network with the specific purpose to share rides among users. We describe the architecture of the system and implementation details. We present results about systems's accessibility and its acceptability by people around the globe.

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A social network for carpooling
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EATIS '14: Proceedings of the 7th Euro American Conference on Telematics and Information Systems

April 2014

174 pages

ISBN:9781450324359

DOI:10.1145/2590651

Co-chair:
Claudio Cubillos
Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso, Chile
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Cristian Rusu
Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso, Chile
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Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania

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Pandey MSaini ASubbiah KChintalapudi NBattineni G(2022)Improved Carpooling Experience through Improved GPS Trajectory Classification Using Machine Learning AlgorithmsInformation10.3390/info1308036913:8(369)Online publication date: 3-Aug-2022
https://doi.org/10.3390/info13080369
Ciasullo MTroisi OLoia FMaione G(2018)Carpooling: travelers’ perceptions from a big data analysisThe TQM Journal10.1108/TQM-11-2017-015630:5(554-571)Online publication date: 13-Aug-2018
https://doi.org/10.1108/TQM-11-2017-0156
Cruz MMacedo HMendonca EGuimaraes A(2016)GO!CaronasProceedings of the 2016 8th Euro American Conference on Telematics and Information Systems (EATIS)10.1109/EATIS.2016.7520120Online publication date: 1-Apr-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/EATIS.2016.7520120
Cruz MMacedo HGuimaraes A(2015)Grouping Similar Trajectories for Carpooling PurposesProceedings of the 2015 Brazilian Conference on Intelligent Systems (BRACIS)10.1109/BRACIS.2015.36(234-239)Online publication date: 4-Nov-2015
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