Project Details


AI Repository Project

WSIS Prizes Contest 2020 Nominee

BhaiChara


BhaiChara, A ride sharing application

Description

An android application, that allows the user to search for a ride in a radius of his choosing, providing a cost effective and timely efficient commute.
The goal is to share a vehicle with passengers having same destination and source i.e. employees of a particular company going for their jobs or a people traveling out of station having same route or destination.
This results in less number of cars on the roads with maximum passengers. Hence reducing the overall consumption of fuel, less traffic and reduced pollution.

Project website

http://yasirniaz.com/research


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C6. Enabling environment
  • AL C7. E-business
  • AL C7. E-environment 2020
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
  • Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
  • Goal 13: Climate action
  • Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals

Coverage
  • Asia and Pacific

Status

Completed

Start date

September 2019

End date

August 2020


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Youth
  • Older persons
  • Women
  • Remote and rural communities
  • Students, Commercial organizations

Sustainability

Considering the ever growing population and rise in pollution all over the world, our limited resources are not enough. This project will result in environmental benefits as well as economical i.e. less cars mean less pollution, utilizing the cars at the max capacity. Riders getting a cost effective and timely efficient way of transportation and drivers getting a monetary benefit including the operating costs of this venture.


WSIS values promotion

The beauty of ride-sharing lies in the fact that it taps into an abundant but underutilized resource: the empty seats in cars. These empty seats represent a huge amount of waste in our transportation system but potentially a huge opportunity for improvement. BhaiChara provides a solution for this, also addressing the values of WSIS in our community.


Entity name

The University of Lahore (UoL)

Entity country—type

Pakistan Academia

Entity website

http://uol.edu.pk