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Nokia Research has published a short paper by Stephan Hartwig and Michael Buchmann
on how mobile communication services can become a next generation
ride-sharing tool, with a potential to mitigate traffic- and emission
problems in the 21st century.There are 500+ million privately owned passenger cars
worldwide, thereof 236 million in the US. These cars travel in the
magnitude of 5 trillion km per year. Let’s assume 2 empty seats per car
and a small hypothetical value of only 5 cent per km and per seat, the
potential value of empty travelling seats amounts to 500 billion €.The memo points out that current low popularity of car
pooling results from technical constraints rather than lack of
attractiveness of ride-sharing as such, and explores how mobile
communication services can cross-link supply and demand of these empty
seats.Download paper (pdf, 363 kb, 11 pages)
About The Author
Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
