Car pooling is the process of sharing an employee's car by going in pairs with another colleague who travels the same way to work and splitting the bill at the petrol pump with some even choosing to share the car with the other person.
Not only will car pooling help to save the planet, but say you work in London then it could save you a lot of money too. So why not start your car pooling today?
Not convinced? Well here is a list of benefits, thanks.
1) See whether your local council or government runs car pooling initiatives. You might be able to source a private vehicle to commute to and from work with a colleague and take pressure off the London bus system. You may not have a fellow passenger for the whole trip to London as if you don't have to pick your car pooler friend up until part-way through which means for some people it will hardly be any extra effort. This makes car pooling to your London office a no-lose situation!
2) Other ways to get involved with car pooling include advertising for London commuters on the internet which is cost-effective and could find you someone quickly without the trouble of submitting newspaper adverts in the London paper. If the people you work with are eager to try car pooling it may be of use to chat to your management staff who might wish to add cash bonuses for staff wishing to share thus making it easy to get your car pooling idea off the ground.
3) Firstly, to get your car share started you'll have to figure out which way you're going to take to get to work and which route to London is best in order to collect your passenger so you don't end up driving far more than you usually would.
4) In 2003, our company chose to move to a London serviced office that was found on the powers that be thought that it was a great chance to start a company-wide scheme of car pooling so that colleagues can share driving responsibilities. Staff across the company managed to spare money that would have otherwise ended up with travel companies or London bus services were it not for an attempt to make car pooling the norm - allowing colleagues to spend time with people outside of the office.
5) If you get bitten by the car sharing bug and want to do more and you need to drive quite a way to London you may even consider allowing tag along passengers and in this case they would only pay for the distance they travel. Don't enter into car sharing without being vigilant of your personal safety and you must be cautious when inviting strangers into your vehicle - why not try taking another colleague along for assistance when you leave to collect your new car pooling buddy.
So if you want to make an impact on the environment and you'd like to lessen the pressure of your fuel bills as well as doing a favour for your fellow workers car pooling to London is your number one choice!
An introduction to the benefits of car pooling for workers in London