iShareMyCar

Developer: Torsten Bitterlich
Category: Travel
Version: 1.0
Release Date: August 17, 2009
Size: 0.6 MB
Rating 10/10

Apple fans are as a whole pretty well informed people. It is impossible to be well informed and not see that we are making a huge negative impact on the earth and our atmosphere with the way we commute from one place to another. American culture has allowed the development of a transportation system that heartily encourages car use and at the same time discourages alternative transportation. While that massive problem can't be changed overnight, our USE of the car-centric system can be changed RIGHT NOW, TODAY, with just a few phone calls. I'm talking about car-pooling.

As I ride my bike past long lines of cars at stop signs and traffic lights, I can't help but see that almost every single one holds one occupant-the driver. I go by a large corporation at the end of the day and see hordes of people coming out and getting into their cars alone. This is a habit that can be easily broken, and by using iShareMyCar you can really take a good long look at how much good you are doing (or really how much bad you aren't doing).

iShareMyCar keeps a complete record of all things carpool. It helps you keep track of who drove, in whose car, how much gas was consumed and how far the drives were. Used as a measuring and comparison tool it evens out the ratio of all of your carpoolers consumption of commuting variables. You can even it all out so there are no free-loaders and everyone carries their own weight. You can add multiple groups and passengers, and see individual stats for each one. When a person starts to get low in the stats, the app suggests that they do some driving in their rides too and quit slacking off. The app gives a total of not only the calculated costs of carpooling, but a calculated savings also, which is significant.

So get out there and start carpooling all you well informed Apple do-gooders. Cut down on fossil fuel consumption and carbon emission. Preserve the conditions of the roads themselves through less use. Relax a few days a week for the commute. Talk to people. Play P2P games on your iPhones. Be well informed and enviro-conscious. And get a bike too (see earlier review). For $0.99 you can keep track of all your travel do-goodings and feel good about yourself.