Initiatives Carpool

typical park-and-ride sign in united states, 1 located @ interchange between interstate 79 , pennsylvania route 488 in portersville, pennsylvania north of pittsburgh. such services used encourage carpooling.

many companies , local authorities have introduced programs promote carpooling.

in effort reduce traffic , encourage carpooling, governments have introduced high-occupancy vehicle (hov) lanes in vehicles 2 or more passengers allowed drive. hov lanes can create strong practical incentives carpooling reducing travel time , expense. in countries common find parking spaces reserved carpoolers.

in 2011, organization called greenxc created campaign encourage others use form of transportation in order reduce own carbon footprint.

carpooling, or car sharing called in british english, promoted national uk charity, carplus, mission promote responsible car use in order alleviate financial, environmental , social costs of motoring today, , encourage new approaches car dependency in uk. carplus supported transport london, british government initiative reduce congestion , parking pressure , contribute relieving burden on environment , reduction of traffic related air-pollution, in london.

however, not countries helping carpooling spread: in hungary tax crime carry in car cost share (or payment) unless driver has taxi license , there invoice issued , taxes paid. several people fined undercover tax officers during 2011 crackdown, posing passengers looking ride on carpooling websites. on 19 march 2012 endre spaller, member of hungarian parliament interpellated secretary of state x practice replied carpooling should endorsed instead of punished, care must taken people trying turn way gain untaxed profit.