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Originally Posted by Haligonian88
I know that car sharing has become very popular in Halifax, but I'm wondering why more people don't carpool. I know there are carpool lots in communities that are a bit further out, but with so many people travelling in the same direction all the time all over the city, what makes people getting into a car with a stranger, or allowing someone in their car so difficult. Is it safety, inconvenience, or payment of the ride? Carpooling used to be very popular but it doesn't seem too common anymore.
Just curious to hear the thoughts on the matter from this group. Would you carpool? Do you? Would it not help the traffic situation significantly if widely adopted?
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I thought about carpooling, at one point, but I found that my colleagues and I simply can't match our schedules - we work flexible hours all over the clock, we run errands on the way home, we go for drinks or eats or walks or whatever after work, or any myriad of other factors. We simply don't travel consistently at the same times every day.
It might work in an office or factory where everyone punches the clock at exactly the same time and heads straight home to the kids. But I don't see a lot of this any more, even among the unionized staff in my field.