[Rambition]

20 years ago, I lived in a house that had a city implemented carpool pickup spot in the East Bay - every morning carpoolers would line up and wait for a rid into SF to get through via the carpool lane, back when the toll was only $2.

Since it was city property, I don't believe my parents got anything out of it, and we couldn't park in front of our house Mon - Fri mornings, my brother did have the enterprising idea of selling coffee in the mornings, much like a lemonade stand with a forced audience.

Seems like there was a demand for this type of service 20 years back though, interesting to see it is still an issue that companies are looking to solve today.

[mikeyouse]

That still happens very widely, it's a bit more formalized today:

http://sfcasualcarpool.com/

Paying is optional, usually the passengers throw the driver a dollar or two, but it's pretty widespread:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?vpsrc=6&ll=37.84829...

[prawn]

I'm surprised that shopping centres/malls don't support these sorts of things outside peak hours. When people are dropped back at the end of their day, they could do some last minute shopping, or grab coffee or whatever.