Carpool Now App

Carpool Now is on-demand carpooling. A commuter opens the app, and the system matches a driver and a passenger in real time, produces the route, and handles pickup and drop-off confirmation. It was free to use.

We delivered the full build on both iOS and Android inside a single program year. The backend runs on PostgreSQL with PostGIS for the spatial work, exposed through a REST API, and it was integrated with the region's master ridematching database so the app drew on the same commuter records as the rest of the program instead of building a private pool of users.

That integration was the real requirement. Standalone carpool apps fail on cold-start supply. Wiring the app into an existing regional database gave it a population on day one, and it set up the later integration of Carpool Now with the program's other mobile products.

The app ran in production for eight years, through 2025, when the program retired it as its mobile lineup consolidated around the next generation of Commuter Connections apps.