AAU Carpool
Solving real-life problems for students
I noticed that many of the students at our school (AAU) live far awat from the campus. Some of them takes as long as 1.5 hours to go to school, therefore…
AAU Students need a carpool system because a lot of them take a long time to commute by publics transportation
User Survey:
How long is your commute time?
Do you want to carpool with students?
70% of students want to carpool with students
User Interview:
Key points from Interview with student 1
She needs the app have some built-in safety features
She would like to travel with people she can trust and be comfortable around
Key points from Interview with student 2
Currently she drives to school and pays $26 per week for parking
She wants to carpool with people to spilt the gas and parking, as long as it does not extend the travel time too much
Key points from Interview with student 3
Currently she takes uber or bart to school and pays $8.5 a day, and it can take her as much as 2 hours to get to school
She would like to find a new commute method to save time and money
60% of people use more than 30 minute to go to school
User Needs and solution
User needs a time-efficient way to commute to school and be on-time for their classes
User needs a cost-friendly way to commute to school , so that they can save money
User needs a time-efficient wUser needs a safe and comfortable way to commute to school , and maybe even make new friends along the way
Pair with partners according to their class schedule
Receive reminders and itinerary
Give the rider an estimate of the trips cost
Verified AAU students only
Driver and passenger needs to approve each other
Built-in emergency contact button
Able to add friend and chat
