carpool

UK/ˈkɑːpuːl/US/ˈkɑːpuːl/

nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,504 of 15,258leans spoken

Other forms: carpools

A carpool is an arrangement to share one car for regular journeys. Join a carpool.

It cuts cost and traffic at once, which is why some cities give a whole lane to it. A carpool fails on flexibility rather than on money, since one late person spoils it.

Definitions of carpool

1nouncarpoolAn arrangement to share one car for regular journeys.B2+
“The carpool ran for six years and saved everybody a fortune.”

carpool is an arrangement.

Where it comes from

Car plus pool, in the sense of a shared resource.

From car + pool.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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carpool in the wild

By having more people using one vehicle, carpooling reduces each person's travel costs such as: fuel costs, tolls, and the stress of driving.
Carpool
In 2009, carpooling represented 43.5% of all trips in the United States and 10% of commute trips.
Carpool
Slugging, also known as casual carpooling and flexible carpooling, is the practice of forming ad hoc, informal carpools for purposes of commuting, essentially a variation of hitchhiking.
Slugging
The essence of the systems is the use of a meeting-place to form carpools, without any advance contact between the participants.
Slugging
GO buses serve 15 bus terminals, as well as several local stops which include carpool/park and ride lots established by the Ministry of Transportation along Ontario highways.
GO Transit bus services

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