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Carpooling extended

25 February 2009

Cars

A new and improved carpool matching service allows Monash students and staff to share one-off trips as well as regular journeys.

The service enables anyone to offer or seek rides to and from all the Victorian campuses as well as those in Malaysia, Italy and South Africa.

Students and staff can also find arrival and departure times up to an hour before and after the times they have entered, and search by postcode or suburb.

The system can be accessed through my.monash portal or the Facilities and Services website.

Transport Officer for the Office of Sustainability, Stefan Siebel, said staff and students would be able to find carpool mates in their area through a more targeted search within the university community.

"We believe this real-time matching is a very useful addition to the type of regular carpool commuting that has been happening at Monash for decades now," Mr Siebel said.

"Live carpooling allows for much more flexible travel behaviour and encourages people to think about their transport choices more consciously rather than just jump into their cars and go places on their own.

"In return you get free campus parking spaces and you can even share your petrol costs with your rideshare mates."

Monash currently provides more than 600 dedicated carpool spaces at Berwick, Caulfield, Clayton and Peninsula campuses.

Permits can be obtained from Security and Traffic offices after registering at the Facilities and Services carpool website.