Car sharing is becoming more popular as people return to their routines and can help reduce the cost of daily journeys. WAIIS has developed features to make occasional trips easier between people heading to the same destination and looking to make better use of vehicles already on the road.
Car sharing connects users with compatible starting points, destinations and schedules so they can share a vehicle and split costs such as fuel, tolls and parking. September, when regular journeys to workplaces, universities and other parts of cities resume, is an especially suitable time to use this option.
Spain’s DGT focuses on cars carrying just one person
According to figures cited from the DGT, between 80% and 85% of vehicles on the road carry just one person. The average occupancy of private cars in Spain is around 1.7 people, while shared journeys can bring that figure close to four.
Platforms such as WAIIS make use of these available seats and connect people making similar journeys, helping to reduce the number of vehicles needed to cover the same route.
Benefits for users and society
Sharing a car can cut the cost of a journey by between 30% and 60% by splitting expenses such as fuel, tolls and parking. Higher vehicle occupancy can also help reduce traffic jams, fuel consumption and polluting emissions.
In this context, WAIIS is one of the shared-mobility initiatives making this way of travelling easier, particularly for regular journeys that resume when September routines return.
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