8:00 – 8:30 am: [Spofford Room, Building #1, Room #236 (1-236)]
Continental Breakfast provided by the MIT Real-Time Rides Research Team
8:30 – 10:00 am: [Building #3, Room #343 (3-343)]
Topic 4: Role of Technology Firms in Supporting Wider Rideshare Participation & Providing Multi-Modal Travel Information
[Moderated by Jim Morris]
- 8:30 – 8:45 am: (Damien Balsan, Nokia) – Using NFC Phones to Find, Confirm, and Pay for Rides
- 8:45 – 9:00 am: (Rizwan Khaliq, IBM) – IBM Traffic Prediction and the Provision Traveler Information
- 9:00 – 10:00 am: Feedback and Discussion on Topic 4
10:00 – 10:45 am: [Building #3, Room #343 (3-343)]
Topic 5: Role of Employers, Universities & Other Institutions in Support of Ridesharing
[Moderated by Eric Schreffler]
- 10:00 – 10:15 am: (Charlie Crissman, Goose Networks) – Tradeoffs Between Broad Public Programs and Smaller Closed-Loop Programs
- 10:15 – 10:45 am: Feedback and Discussion on Topic 5
10:45 am – 12:00 pm: [Building #3, Room #343 (3-343)]
Topic 6: Value and Opportunities for a Common Database Feed among Providers
[Moderated by Andrew Amey]
- 10:45 – 11:00 am: (Carl Gorringe, 511.org) – OpenTrip: An Open Protocol for the Interchange of Travel Information Among Rideshare Providers
- 11:00 – 11:15 am: (Harvey Appelbe, Avego) – Extending and Applying Open Protocols to Allow Dynamic Travel to Interoperate
- 11:15 – 12:00 pm: Feedback and Discussion on Topic 6
12:00 – 1:00 pm: [Spofford Room, Building #1, Room #236 (1-236)]
Lunch Provided by the MIT Real-Time Rides Research Team
1:00 – 3:00 pm: [Building #3, Room #343 (3-343)]
Topic 7: Innovative Models for Rideshare Service Provision
[Moderated by Eric Schreffler]
- 1:00 – 1:15 pm: (John Zimmer and Matt Malloy, Zimride and ZipCar) – Joint carshare-rideshare concept
- 1:15 – 1:30 pm: (Amol Brahme, iCarpool) – Integration of Real-Time Ridematching with Traditional Carpool and Vanpool
- 1:30 – 1:45 pm: (Paul Minett, Trip Convergence) – Casual Carpooling as a Model for Real-Time Ridesharing
- 1:45 – 2:00 pm: (Rob Content, Community Solutions) – Social and Community Aspects of Ridesharing
- 2:00 – 3:00 pm: Feedback and Discussion on Topic 7
3:00 – 3:30 pm: [Building #3, Room #343 (3-343)]
Workshop Summary and Follow-up Actions: John Attanucci, Rabi Mishalani, & Jim Morris