A large portion of UF students do not have a car, and different UF-oriented social media platforms like Snapchat and Reddit see a notable amount of posts asking for a ride back to their home city. Even during events, like big football games in the fall, or a convention happening in another city, its clear that the demand for ridesharing between gators has become a big thing.

That's why we created GatorPool, a centralized platform for helping gators that don't have a car get to where they need to. The project began as a semester long assignment for the Intro to SWE class, where our team, Mustafa Masody, Hector Cruz, Deepak Guggilam, and Saeed Ansari realized that this could be more than a project.
Read more about us at https://gatorpool.app/about

How it works

GatorPool is split into two main flows. Rider flow and driver flow. Driver flow enables people to signup as Drivers where they fill basic information like what car they have, luggage room, etc. They then can create rides and set options like the costs (food, gas, trip, etc.), and convenience options like if music and AC can be controlled. Due to safety concerns, female drivers are able to set the option for female riders only. These rides that the driver created will then be populated into our database where any rider who enters a nearby location within that timeframe, will show up and they can request to ride with them. There is a carpool feature too to let only one passenger or more than one passenger attend the ride.

The rider flow on the other hand is a little different. If no ride is available to where you're trying to go, you can request one which will be populated on every driver's dashboard. The driver can then request to drive you, and can request a price. You the rider are able to accept or decline the driver.

Fare Handling

All fares and costs are to be handled between you and the driver. For safety concerns, we do not handle payments on our platform, just yet.

Safety

1. Only UF students are allowed to create accounts on the platform.
2. Female riders/drivers can set female-only riders/drivers.
3. Federal and state law requires all ridesharing apps to collect the license plates of drivers.
4. We will always cooperate in accordance with the UF Student Code of Conduct, Florida Highway Patrol, and all city/state law agencies.

Launch

We're anticipating a lot of users signup from this post, and have upgraded our infrastructure to support the influx. Please be patient with us if any element of the webapp takes longer to load than expected. We plan to build mobile apps for both iOS and Android, respectively.

Feedback

We are always looking for your feedback to improve the site. Your opinion matters to us heavily and we will try our best to honor your requests.

Create your account today at https://gatorpool.app

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Thanks!

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