Intro & Vision

• Introduction• Limit traffic• Reduces emissions• Prime the pump for conservation• Spread resources• Reduce stress

– Drive less– Have company– Reduce expenses

Means

• Lottery Earnings• Endowment / Trust• Financing of Trust• Perpetuity

– Interest– Investment– Involvement

Method

• Non-profit organization to lead effort• Co-op of local businesses to underwrite• Website to coordinate

User Interface

User Interface

The Central ControlThe Central Control

• The User Interface, or UI is the central control of the website

• All information and all messages will be accessible from the UI

The Interface

• The interface is unified with seamless transitions between sections of the site

• The method of navigation between the sections utilizes a tabbed interface

The Benefits of Becoming a user.

Why Become a User?

• The system is entirely free to use.

• A great way to save money on gas, meet new people, and help the environment.

• Signing up as a User automatically qualifies you to become a Rider.

• Potential to receive compensation when signing up as a Driver.

The Benefits of Becoming a user.

Take it for a Test Ride!

• No need to signup to search available ride routes.

• Searching is setup in an easy to navigate and familiar format.

• Just enter a starting and ending address and be on your way!

• Limited route information available when not registered.

• Easy signup access from results or main page.

Logging In

• Login easily presented in upper right corner of each page and turns to logout option after logging in.

• Searches done preceding login are still available upon login.

• Upon logging in, useful tabbed interface gives easy access to all user functions

Routes: Add, Save, and Share!

• Each ride result, after logged in, provides an “Add Ride”, “Save Route”, “Share Ride”, and “Driver Profile” buttons.

• Add Ride adds the ride to the ride list, allows communication with the Driver, and asks for feedback after the ride has been accepted by the Driver and has been taken.

• Save Route saves a route for future information and alerts the rider when a new Ride becomes available on that route.

Routes: Add, Save, and Share! Cont.

• Share Ride allows a Rider to share an available ride with a fellow User to organize a carpool between specific Users.

• User Profile gives the Rider access to Driver information including a description, preferences, and their feedback.

Ride Features

• Gives the Rider a quick overview of a Driver’s options and preferences.

• Smoking/Non-Smoking.

• Music Genres.

• Number of seats available(Decrements by one each time a Rider adds the Ride).

• Overall Driver Feedback Rating.

Ride Repetition

• Upon completing a ride, the Rider and Driver may continue the same ride.

• If both accept, the ride allows for repetition on a weekly or monthly basis.

• Repetition takes into account repetition on days of the week and time intervals.

• Ride Repetition allows for a Rider and Driver to minimize feedback to once a week or once a month instead of once per each ride.

Driver Perspective

Why become a Driver?

Benefits of becoming a driver….

You get paid for your extra car seat….

It’s a great way to save money, meet new people, and help the environment….

Specify the preferences for the type of people you want riding with you…

As a driver you can…

Update your insurance and automobile information right from your profile.

Getting your car repaired? Just become a rider for a few days…

Save long distance routes for seasonal trips.

As a driver you can…

Specify additional route waypoints to include more riders… which equates into more money…

View feedback for potential riders before accepting new riders…

Route Handling

• Utilizes Google's Maps engine• Provides several benefits over just map data:

1. familiar look-and-feel2. less load on servers (overhead = money)3. trivial to expand to new locations4. lots of nifty features

Let's talk about the features...

Route Handling

Direct Route Manipulation(Drag 'n Drop)

Route Handling

Traffic / Time Estimates

Reverse Geocoding (optional)

Route Handling

Ride Verification System

Ride Verification SystemRide Verification System

Ride Verification System

Ride Verification

System

Why a Ride Verification System?

• If you’re a rider, you don’t want to ride with an unsafe driver

• If you’re a driver you don’t want to pick up a rider that’s going to make you late

• What’s the solution?

Feedback

• Publicly display feedback so users are warned of other users who they may want to ride with

• Add feedback information to reporting for employers to see how their compensated drivers are performing

• Require feedback for each ride, so each ride is documented

How it works

• After a ride is completed (the scheduled ride time has elapsed) an email is sent to both parties requesting feedback

• The feedback can be completed through email

• If a driver or rider logs in without completing feedback, the system will inform them that they have required feedback to leave and they will be unable to schedule more rides until this is completed

Leaving Feedback

• For both riders and drivers there are similar feedback questions consisting of four levels

• Only level one is required, each level gets more and more detailed

• Includes a simple yes/no, a rating out of 5, leading questions, and an open text box

Customization

• Initial Site Setup– Enter pertinent information– Establish locale– Set options– Create constraints / limitations

Management

• Reports • User Management

– Approval– Background check– Driver certification– Dismissal

• Site Content– News– Advertisements– Community Links / Message Boards

Management Module

Content Management System

Why it’s needed

• Provides appropriate information to different types of users.

• Allows customization of the system• Contains tools to integrate.• Provides security.• Allows communication between users.

Information? What information?

• This system will store all information in a central location – drivers, riders, corporate sponsors, and administrative users.

• Management has the ability to edit any information in this system.

• Using information stored in the system will be used to build metrics which help monitor efficiency of the system.

How can it customize?

• This system doesn’t have to be limited to it’s initial setting.

• It can be setup to be in any region.• It’s locale can be of any size and shape.• Driver and Rider qualifications don’t have to be

fixed.• Each question of the rating system can have

different weights that factor into a “score.”

How is integration going to work?

• Integration

Why security is a management issue?

• What’s the use of managing a system without security?

• Each user is required to have a password.• Not all users will have the same

functionality.• Confidential information should not be

known to everyone.

Who needs to communicate?

• Corporate sponsors may want to advertise.• They have access to query e-mail addresses

through the system.• They may also have banners allocated on

web pages to show riders and drivers.

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