ECO FLORIDA magazine-2

ECO
RIDES
ISSUE
Ridesharing is the simple act of filling empty
seats by pairing drivers and riders who share
common origins, destinations, or stops in route.
It sounds simple, offer a carpool to a friend or
neighbor who is going somewhere near your
destination. But this simple practice has a
powerful benefit that goes beyond doing
someone else a favor.
When trips are pooled, people split costs, easy
traffic, lighten the load on infrastructure, and
may reduce commuting stress, while curtailing
emissions per person. The latter contributes
enormously to the climate crisis, and it is for
them that it must be implemented immediately
everywhere. Macro changes in areas such as oil
prices and city layout will certainly play a role in
the future of ridesharing, but the key to success
is to become increasingly dynamic, flexible and .
profitable, so that it can be offered and people
adapt to this.
In Florida, more and more cities offer the method
of ridesharing with electric vehicles, where
people from the community can go to their jobs,
to the market or to the parks together with their
neighbors without using their own vehicles,
significantly reducing emissions of CO2. Babcock
Ranch is a new green and sustainable city
created in Florida and thanks to its example,
cities that have not been created as green are
copying their methods of public transportation,
such as Lake Nona in Orange County, with the
implementation of electric vehicles. for their
communities, friendly and sustainable, thus
contributing to the reduction of the effects of
climate change.
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ECO
FLORIDA
April 2021