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HOW IT WORKS
WELCOME
Welcome to the Golden Bay Carpool Website
- a place where we can share rides and help save the planet
together!
(Well... the part of the planet we live in, anyway!)
This is an experiment in changing attitudes to personal travel.
Consider this: If we take 4 people in our car instead of just 1, we are effectively reducing our car's fuel consumption by a factor of 4. (It also means that 3 other cars are not on the road, which has to be a good thing!)
This website is complementary to Derry's wonderful Petrol-Saving scheme, (where we sit on a designated seat and wait for a ride). The website is just a little more formal, because the ride is arranged beforehand. (Some people might prefer the security of knowing that someone will almost certainly come along to pick us up!) The down side is that we need to be a bit more organised, and work out our travel arrangements a day or two in advance...
Ok, so let's all sit down and think about where we may be going in the next week or so, and FILL IN THE FORMS! - it's fun! (Why not do it EVERY week?)
If you're going somewhere and you'd like to share the ride with someone else, just fill in the appropriate FORM.
There are two different Forms:
- ONE-OFF RIDE FORM for a one-off trip to town, to the beach, over the hill, etc.
- CARPOOL FORM for the trips you do regularly e.g. every Monday (to work, etc.)
In each case you can either OFFER a Ride/Carpool, or REQUEST one. Details of your Ride/Carpool will list automatically on this website in the LISTINGS below. (Note that your E-Mail and the Birthday you give will NOT be listed!)
This website is updated once a day (between 3pm and 4pm) so you may need to wait until tomorrow to see your posting.
If you look at the listings and find that someone is going your way, please phone them and arrange the ride.
When you've filled your car, or found a ride, please REMOVE your listing from the website by filling in just the YELLOW section of the RIDE or CARPOOL form. (You'll need to know the BIRTHDAY you supplied when you made the listing, in order to remove it. This is to prevent vandals from removing all the listings!) One-Off Rides will disappear automatically when their date passes.
There is an expectation that the passengers will contribute around $1.00 per 10k of travel. This is NOT a payment for the ride, merely a voluntary contribution towards petrol costs. (You can just pop it in the glovebox or leave it with the parking-meter money if you like...)
ONE-OFF RIDES: Submit a RIDE Listing
CARPOOLS: Submit a POOL Listing
"The need is not really for more brains, the need is now for a gentler, a more tolerant people than those who won us against the ice, the tiger, and the bear. The hand that hefted the axe, out of some blind allegiance to the past, holds the machine gun lovingly. It is a habit man will have to break to survive, but the roots go very deep."
by Loren Eiseley
This is an experiment in changing attitudes to personal travel.
Consider this: If we take 4 people in our car instead of just 1, we are effectively reducing our car's fuel consumption by a factor of 4. (It also means that 3 other cars are not on the road, which has to be a good thing!)
This website is complementary to Derry's wonderful Petrol-Saving scheme, (where we sit on a designated seat and wait for a ride). The website is just a little more formal, because the ride is arranged beforehand. (Some people might prefer the security of knowing that someone will almost certainly come along to pick us up!) The down side is that we need to be a bit more organised, and work out our travel arrangements a day or two in advance...
Ok, so let's all sit down and think about where we may be going in the next week or so, and FILL IN THE FORMS! - it's fun! (Why not do it EVERY week?)
THIS IS HOW IT WORKS:
If you're going somewhere and you'd like to share the ride with someone else, just fill in the appropriate FORM.
There are two different Forms:
- ONE-OFF RIDE FORM for a one-off trip to town, to the beach, over the hill, etc.
- CARPOOL FORM for the trips you do regularly e.g. every Monday (to work, etc.)
In each case you can either OFFER a Ride/Carpool, or REQUEST one. Details of your Ride/Carpool will list automatically on this website in the LISTINGS below. (Note that your E-Mail and the Birthday you give will NOT be listed!)
This website is updated once a day (between 3pm and 4pm) so you may need to wait until tomorrow to see your posting.
If you look at the listings and find that someone is going your way, please phone them and arrange the ride.
When you've filled your car, or found a ride, please REMOVE your listing from the website by filling in just the YELLOW section of the RIDE or CARPOOL form. (You'll need to know the BIRTHDAY you supplied when you made the listing, in order to remove it. This is to prevent vandals from removing all the listings!) One-Off Rides will disappear automatically when their date passes.
There is an expectation that the passengers will contribute around $1.00 per 10k of travel. This is NOT a payment for the ride, merely a voluntary contribution towards petrol costs. (You can just pop it in the glovebox or leave it with the parking-meter money if you like...)
ONE-OFF RIDES: Submit a RIDE Listing
| No. |
Date |
From |
To |
Return? |
Type |
Contact |
Comments |
| R20 |
22May |
Takaka |
Nelson |
Yes |
requested |
Heather Wallace 5258298 |
ride to airport for 2pm dep. Ret 31st 2.40pm. Either way helpful. thanks 525829 |
CARPOOLS: Submit a POOL Listing
| No. |
Every |
From |
To |
Return? |
Type |
Contact |
Comments |
| P44 |
Sat |
Christchurch |
Takaka |
No |
requested |
gilly 0211615750 |
looking for life from christchurch to goldan bay please. |
| P56 |
M-F |
Pakawau |
Collingwood |
Yes |
offered |
Aussie Paul |
I go to Tinky's every day at 4.30 for a couple of beers then back at 6.30 |
| P87 |
M-F |
Motueka |
Nelson |
Yes |
requested |
Lorraine 022 65 96 104 |
Checking availability or regular commute so can apply for Nelson job. |
| P106 |
M-F |
Collingwood |
Takaka |
Yes |
offered |
Sarah 02108664012 |
Most days. Leaving Collingwood 11.30am, returning 5.30pm. |
| P107 |
Mon |
Takaka |
Motueka |
Yes |
offered |
Aeven 027 834 3245 |
Leavng town 7.10pm to Mot, returning Tuesday midday |
| P108 |
Tue |
Nelson |
Takaka |
No |
offered |
Aeven 027 834 3245 |
Leaving Nelson about midday. |
| P109 |
Tue |
Takaka |
Nelson |
No |
offered |
Aeven 0278343245 |
Leaving 7am Tuesdays |
| P110 |
Wed |
Nelson |
Takaka |
No |
offered |
Aeven 0278343245 |
Leaving Nelson mid morning |
| P112 |
Mon |
Rockville |
Takaka |
Yes |
offered |
John Donovan 0275248698 |
Arrive takaka around 5pm. Return to Rockville 7:15pm |
| P113 |
Fri |
Takaka |
Richmond |
Yes |
requested |
Paris Papadopoulos 0273174243 |
preferably after school and returning on Sundays |
| P115 |
Fri |
CentralTakaka |
Nelson |
Yes |
requested |
Alice 0274723896 |
Depart after midday, return on Sunday. |
| P116 |
--- |
Takaka |
Christchurch |
No |
offered |
Ben MacGibbon 021917706 |
Looking to get a 2to3 boxes of lemons to Chch on fortnightly basis: Feb-Apr. |
| P117 |
Wed |
Pohara |
Motueka |
Yes |
offered |
Erin Hawke 211220258 |
Leaving Pohara 6.30am, arriving in Mot 8am. Return Thursday leaving Mot 5.15pm |
"The need is not really for more brains, the need is now for a gentler, a more tolerant people than those who won us against the ice, the tiger, and the bear. The hand that hefted the axe, out of some blind allegiance to the past, holds the machine gun lovingly. It is a habit man will have to break to survive, but the roots go very deep."
by Loren Eiseley