What is Carpooling?
Carpooling is when more than one person rides in a vehicle to a destination. Carpooling choices include:
  • Sharing a ride to work with someone that lives close to your home.
  • Carpooling with other parents taking your children to school or after-school activities.
  • Carpooling to meetings and to lunch with co-workers instead of taking separate vehicles
Carpooling just one day per week can still save miles on your car and keep some money in your pocket.


What is Vanpooling?
A vanpool is like a carpool, only bigger. Groups of 7 to 15 people who share a similar commute agree to ride together in a van on a regular basis, drastically cutting the cost of their commute and eliminating the stress from fighting traffic every day.


The Benefits of Carpooling/vanpooling
  • Saves you money in gas and car maintenance
  • Helps alleviate traffic congestion
  • Prevents excessive vehicle wear-and-tear
  • Reduces our dependence on fossil fuels
Starting a carpool doesn't cost a thing
If the driving is rotated equally, no money needs to change hands. You only pay for gas and parking on the days you drive. If one driver does more driving, other passengers may chip in to help cover gas and parking.

Carpooling saves you money!
Taking into account the costs of gas, repairs, parking, and insurance, the American Automobile Association estimates that driving just one mile in your vehicle costs more than 56 cents. Experts estimate that you can save as much as $3,000 a year by carpooling, not to mention hours of your time as well as your peace of mind. You'll also help save the planet by reducing the amount of traffic on our roads, as vehicles account for a significant percentage of air pollution and energy consumption.

How much can you really save carpooling/vanpooling? Calculate your savings!

Find a carpool/vanpool match with our free service
If you need a carpool match just call 210-CARPOOL or sign-up online.
Your privacy and security are protected. All you have to do is call the people on your matchlist to start or join a pool!

What if ... ?
What if I have appointments? No problem; schedule your appointments on non-carpool days. Sharing the ride for even two or three days a week still saves you a bundle.

What if I have to work late or there is an emergency? Contact Commute Solutions for details on the guaranteed ride home (CARE) program. Or, join a morning-only carpool and take public transit or a later carpool in the evening.

What if I don't like the people I carpool with? There are all kinds of carpools. Contact us and request another matchlist to find carpool partners more to your liking.

Natural Resources Outreach
Brenda Williams
Projects Manager
Alamo Area Council of Governments
8700 Tesoro Drive, Suite 700
San Antonio, TX 78217
(210) 362-5200

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