Peer-to-peer ridesharing

Peer-to-peer ridesharing can be divided along the spectrum from commercial, for-fee transportation network companies (TNC) to for-profit ridesharing services to informal nonprofit peer-to-peer carpooling arrangements. The term transportation network company comes from a 2013 California Public Utilities Commission ruling that decided to make the TNC revenue model legal.^[1][2]

Essentially all modern peer-to-peer ridesharing schemes rely on web application and mobile app technology.

List of transportation network companies

• Lyft
• Uber X
• Sidecar
• Wingz
• Summon
• Taxify
• Haxi
• Didi Chuxing

See also

• Hitchhiking and slugging, also known as casual carpooling
• Peer-to-peer economy
• Traditional carsharing, which allows consumer to access automobiles for self-driven journeys and can be provided by a for-profit corporation, a nonprofit corporation or a cooperative.
• Peer-to-peer carsharing, a lately-developed variation where the car owner makes a little money, and wide areas can be provided with the service due to the crowdsourcing nature of the individual car hours / car days.

References

1. ↑ Geron, Tomio (9 Sep 2013). "California Becomes First State To Regulate Ridesharing Services Lyft, Sidecar, UberX". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-01-22. 
2. ↑ Yeung, Ken (19 Sep 2013). "California Becomes First State To Regulate Ridesharing Services Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, Wingz and InstantCab". TheNextWeb. Retrieved 2016-01-22.