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Chanel

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I read this this morning and checked out the site. One testimonial is from a woman who found someone who lives on her block and works in the same building, so she no longer has to get up early for the subway or take a cab to work. I thought of Colette, who also mentioned a while back that she doesn't take a cab to work anymore.

The question is, great idea, but as a woman travelling alone...would you?

Share Your Drive With Your Ride Amigo

March 30, 2009 Written by Tracy Hepler

Driving in Los Angeles for most people is inevitable. Our metropolis of suburbs spreads out from the mountains to the sea and everything else in between. Plus, in our current economic state of affairs, many of us cant afford the luxury of only taking jobs that are either walking or biking distance away.

Even if transportation via car is an unfortunate reality many of us must accept, no matter what your situation, there are ways to improve it. One of these is to sign up with Ride Amigos.

Using its free online Ride Matching tool, Ride Amigos allows you to post your desired destination and arrival time and then helps pair you up with anyone else on the same route. It also lets you know the amount of CO2 youre keeping out of the air by ride sharing (by going with friends from West Hollywood to Santa Monica, you keep nine pounds of CO2 out of the atmosphere.)it-only-la-trafficarticle-150x150.jpg

The other obvious advantage of Ride Amigos is the amigo aspect. Isolated in our cars for hours each day can be lonely (and at least for me, sometimes NPR just isnt enough). You could potentially make a new best amigo you might have never have known otherwise cooped up all alone in your car.

To be a Ride Amigo, the rule is simple: Act like an amigo. How?

Be Honest: Dont lie or post phony things about yourself online.
Be on Time: Be respectful of your ride amigos schedule. Being late is a no no!
Communicate: Once you connect online, confirm with each other personally.
Plan Ahead: Pick obvious meeting locations so that you dont get lost, etc.

Ready to find your next amigo? Visit www.rideamigos.com and get started.

Heres to a long and lasting friendship to transport you!




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A total stranger like that I would need to meet first. I did carpool at one job, but it was with a coworker, so I already knew him. It certainly was cheaper and easier in some ways (he lived a little farther away so when he picked me up, his car was nice and warm), but I'm not really a morning person and having to converse at 7:30 am was a little wearing.

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They have people here who do what is called slugging to work. Basically people who like to drive to work everyday go to the park and ride in their neighborhood and pick up strangers in line waiting for the bus and drive them to downtown and use the HOV lane. On the way home these sluggers just get in line for the bus and ride it back to the park and ride.

I don't think I would ever feel comfortable just picking someone up from a bus stop to ride with me nor would I ever get in a car with someone else. My intern did this a few times during busy season (driving people) and everything turned out ok.

I don't know if I would be comfortable hooking up with someone over the internet to carpool with either. There are a lot of wackos on the internet who seem normal at first and then change. I think I'd do the carpooling to work with someone I knew or was acquainted with but not a stranger.

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I think I'd only do it if it was someone that I knew, or at least a friend of a friend. I'd want a personal recommendation instead of a stranger off the Internet. As it is, I only live a few miles from work and I work odd hours, so the convenience of coming and going as I please is worth the gas.

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I car pool with my younger brother (we work together) and it does save us both money and time. I don't think I would feel comfortable doing it with a stranger. That thing Aurora described where people pick stranger up at bus stops sounds really dangerous to me.

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No carpooling with a stranger for me.  Also, even if I knew the person, I wouldn't enjoy being stuck at work without a car and/or worrying about arriving/leaving on time.

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