With a growing population in Dunedin, there are more cars travelling on our roads. Most cars on our roads are single occupancy, driving side by side into the city in the morning, and out again in the afternoon.
By carpooling with others in your neighbourhood who work near you, you can help to reduce congestion and make our transport system more efficient and operate more smoothly.
Carpooling can also significantly cut down your cost of driving and parking, as you will be sharing the cost with your fellow carpoolers. The more people who travel together, the cheaper it gets for the individual.
Sharing your ride can also be a fun and sociable way to start and end your working day.
How to carpool
The first step is to find people to carpool with. If you already know people who are keen, start by discussing it with them.
Once you’ve got your group sorted, make sure you exchange cellphone numbers so you can contact each other if plans change.
Staying safe
If you are carpooling with people you don’t know:
- Meet potential carpooling partners in a public place before carpooling with them to see if you will be happy to travel together.
- Tell someone else who you carpool with and how to contact them.
- If you don’t want to reveal where you live, arrange to be picked up and dropped off somewhere nearby.
- If you don’t want to walk home from a drop-off point in the dark, make arrangements in advance so that you don’t have to.