Should carpooling/ride sharing be encouraged to reduce congestion on the roads?

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Bonus discussion points:
- is public transport reliable in your town/city?
- should bus and train times be more frequent to encourage PT usage?

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It would also have huge environmental benefits as well.

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Public transport is ok here if you’re in the inner city. Otherwise... people sharing rides is an excellent idea/choice, could cut down on the need for 2 cars with couples and have a great environmental impact.

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I don’t care 🤷‍♀️

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Yes, right now in my city it’s highly encouraged by having a lane dedicated to people carpooling and we have dedicated parking spaces as well. 
Public transportation is also highly encouraged, we have a train that goes from both major cities and buses as well. The train runs about every 5-10 mins and buses range from 15mins-30mins. The only time it’s hard is when you live pass the places surrounding the city. 
We also have bikes you can rent. Overall I think we’re pretty good at encouraging people to reduce traffic.

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I live in Atlanta and traffic is horrible. And our PT system could be soooo much better. Like we have like 4 different ones that I know of. I feel like if we have one unified system that went out further it would probably help improve traffic.

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Public transportation is a no go here.  There's  only a handful of  places to take it.  And our buses are stuck in the same traffic or worse.

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I do think it should be. I did try with one girl, she has kids I do not and on a night shift she had to leave early because her son was ill (fair enough) but I would have been stuck at work post night shift if we did car share. Public transport does not go near my work it would be 2 trains and a bus nd I would still get to work late. So I will stick to driving my own car to work.

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Everyone should be encouraged to do what works best for them.  Public transportation does not exist in my town.  I drive 2 hours for work, and even if it was available, I wouldn't use it.

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Yes, but I think investing more into public transportation systems would be a lot better. 
The city I commute to for college has a horrible public transportation system, where continuously raising the fares won't do any good. We literally had a train explode due to it malfunctioning, and they were lucky no one got hurt. I've been on that same line before and have experienced smoke suddenly filling the cars. I know someone who was on another line and a window straight up fell off the car when it was moving.

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In my city, we have a massive transport and infrastructure problem. Most people drive to work, so single use cars are a massive issue (environmentally as well as population-wise), and in addition to that, the rail network can’t cope with the amount of commuters. There hasn’t been one day since the new train timetable was introduced last year without major delays or cancellations.
Carpooling won’t fix the problems Sydney is facing. We need to upgrade our transport system massively to cope with the population boom we will face during the next 20 years. We need to replace our heavy rail system with an underground metro, as well as build 3 rail lines to the new airport.
But, alas, the State and Federal Governments are too foolish to see what needs to be done.

Should carpooling/ride sharing be encouraged to reduce congestion on the roads?

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