Find Local Rideshares Quickly Via Mobile Phone

In spite of rising energy prices, many car drivers in large cities still ride alone. The OpenRide mobile ridesharing service aims to save them money while reducing the amount of traffic and thus the burden on the environment. At the IFA international consumer electronics exhibition in Berlin (September 4 to 9), Fraunhofer researchers presented a prototype of their open infrastructure for organizing spontaneous ridesharing opportunities.

There is one striking fact about rush-hour traffic