What is workplace carpooling?
Workplace carpooling, or commute carpooling, brings together employees of the same organization who share a vehicle to get to work. An employee driver offers the free seats on their usual journey; colleagues whose route and schedule match join as passengers.
Unlike employee transport run by the company (buses, shuttles), it relies on employees' own vehicles. The two work well together: many organizations combine shuttles on the main routes with carpooling for the rest.
Why organizations are interested
- Share fuel costs between colleagues who already make the same journey.
- Ease parking pressure, especially on industrial sites and business parks.
- Offer an option to employees without a car or poorly served by public transport.
- Understand better how employees get to work, site by site.
- Take a concrete step toward fewer solo car trips, as part of a sustainability approach.
Workplace carpooling or public carpooling?
Public carpooling connects strangers, often for long, one-off trips. Workplace carpooling runs in a private network: only the organization's employees have access, journeys are daily and recurring, and the organization sets the rules (who can drive, how expenses are shared).
The principle remains sharing the journey's expenses, not paying the driver.
Setting up a programme in 5 steps
- Map your sites, schedules and teams: where employees work and when shifts start and end.
- Set the rules: who can offer rides, what documents to ask drivers for, how expenses are shared.
- Bring employees into a private space, for example from an HR file and with their work email address.
- Launch on one pilot site or team, with simple communication and a named contact person.
- Track participation and adjust: schedules, departure areas, and how carpooling fits with existing shuttles.
Points to watch
- Schedules: with shift teams, carpooling works best between employees on the same shift.
- Privacy: limit access to employees only and share only the information needed for the journey.
- Expense-sharing rules: they should be clear and known to everyone before launch.
- Adoption: a gradual, site-by-site launch gets better results than a big-bang rollout.
How Ridy helps
Ridy is a Tunisian workplace carpooling platform. Each organization gets its own private workspace: employees offer and join rides that fit their route and departure time, and HR and operations teams manage employees, drivers, schedules, shuttles and rides from an admin workspace. Spreadsheet import of employees and an iOS and Android app make setup easier.
Frequently asked questions
Can the driver earn money with workplace carpooling?
No. Workplace carpooling is about sharing the expenses of a journey the driver already makes. It is not a paid activity.
Do you need many employees to start?
No. A pilot on one site or team is enough to test interest, adjust the rules and prepare a wider rollout.
Does carpooling replace company shuttles?
Not necessarily. They complement each other: shuttles cover the main routes, carpooling covers less-served journeys and off-peak schedules.
Who can see rides in a workplace carpooling programme?
Only the organization's employees. On Ridy, access can be limited to email addresses on the company's domain.