New Green Carpool Service Matches You Up with Rides to Concerts

Summer is the season of concerts, and all of us driving separately to get there isn’t exactly green. The folks at Reverb, who are already known for helping bands cut down their carbon footprint, have teamed up with PickupPal, a carpool service, to help people share rides when going to a concert.

From Mashable:

The partnership between PickupPal and Reverb won’t go live until next week, but PickupPal has already provided carpooling options for the Coachella Festival, and will be doing the same for the upcoming Virgin Mobile Festivals in Canada.

PickupPal provides a venue for passengers to match up with drivers to get around, giving the driver a small commission for their services. You submit a ride request to the PickupPal site and interested drivers offer rides. You check out their profile and make a decision based on reviews and the price. Afterward, the driver pays a small commission to PickupPal via PayPal.

It’s a pretty cool new way to get around, and all the better when going to concerts – hell, you can drink all you want and don’t have to worry about how you’re going to get home. My only concern is, do they let you search by drug preference? I mean, I don’t want to ride back home after a show rolling on E with a bunch of tweaked out speed freaks.

Link [Mashable]
Photo credit: Universal Pictures

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