Pick Up Pal

Looking for ways to reduce your driving and share the cost of gas through carpooling? Check out Pick Up Pal.

This service let's you find a ride, bid on a ride and get paid to drive. There's no cost to join and you can even use it instead of a courier service for packages. The little ticker at the bottom lets you know how many CO2 emissions are being avoided through ride sharing.

According to the website, here's how it works:

Step 1

• A Passenger tells us where they want to go.
• Drivers tell us where they are going.
• We match up Passengers with Drivers who are going the same way.

Step 2

• We inform Drivers of potential pickups. They can make an offer to the Passenger based on how much they want to charge for a ride and the Passenger's feedback rating from other Drivers.
• We inform the Passenger that Drivers have offered rides. The Passenger reviews the offers and chooses the driver with whom they want to ride based on price and Driver rating.
• When a Passenger accepts a Driver's offer, we contact the Driver and issue them both a "ticket to ride" with all the necessary information.

Step 3

• Passenger pays the Driver the agreed amount in cash (or otherwise, if agreed upon) at the end of the ride.
• The Driver keeps the cash.

Step 4

• After the ride, we ask the Passenger and the Driver to provide feedback on each other and their PickupPal experience.
• We update the Passenger's and the Driver's profile.

The Warped Tour used it to set up an eco-ride share system, so did the Dave Matthews Band and Coachella, along with a host of other events and festivals.

So check it out, save (or make) some money and spare the atmosphere some CO2. Plus, you never know, you might make an actual pal!