Intelligent Carpooling System

Abstract

Mobility is one of the most basic features of our modern society. People and goods move around the entire Earth in a continuous and broad attempt to fulfill economic, safety and environmental goals. The Mobility Management or Transportation Demand Management is a collection of strategies for encouraging more efficient traffic patterns towards achieving specific planning objectives. For example, people can choose to switch from peak hours to non-peak time, or to cycle instead of using the car. Administrative regulations could introduce incentives or reimbursements when alternative commuting modes are used. Governmental policies could include fuel tax increases or pay-as-you-drive freeway taxes or car insurances. The goal of this chapter is to present several alternative travel modes, their social impact and their utility. As an example, we present two applications for shared-use mobility in the metropolitan area of Bacău, Romania. The applications integrate diverse computing languages with platforms, standards and technologies. The experimental results are encouraging, allowing us to consider that seamless integration of hybrid management systems for transportation could have tremendous economic and social impact at global scale.