Share a Ride
Share a Ride - Make a Friend - Save Fuel and Expenses
Carpooling and Car Sharing are the most effective ways to significantly save expenses and reduce gasoline consumption. It is like changing a car from 25 miles per gallon to 50 or 75 miles per gall (per person)!
- Less stress commuting to and from work or school
- Financial savings when costs are shared
- Reduces need for parking
- Increases free time for riders
- Reduces pollution and greenhouse gas emissions
- Reduces traffic congestion
- Reduces energy consumption
Check out our on-line carpool matching system and student ride sharing system to start reducing your fuel consumption and costs.
Another alternative - Share a car with our new Zipcar initiative! Go to www.zipcar.com/clarkson/ to become a student or employee member of Zipcar and borrow one of the Zipcar SmartWay fuel efficient vehicles to provide transportation for the occasional errands to Massena or weekend away.
A $4/gallon on gasoline -
- The cost of your commute from Massena to Clarkson
$1,500/y !!
(Assumption: 48 work weeks, 5 trips per week, 40 miles per day, fuel economy - 25 MPG)
- The cost of your weekend trips home to Syracuse each semester:
$240 !!
(Assumption: 5 trips home per semester, 300 miles round trip, fuel economy = 25 MPG)
And that is only the fuel cost! When you factor in insurance and wear and tear on your vehicle, the cost increases 3.5 times these values ($0.56/mile)
