BlaBlaCar, the world’s leading ridesharing service, is a trusted community marketplace that connects drivers with empty seats to passengers looking for a ride, so that they can share the cost of the journey.
By Alec Dent, BlaBlaCar. Presented at Crowdsourcing Week Global 2016. Learn more and join the next event: www.crowdsourcingweek.com
3. Challenges of increased mobility
(stats since the year 2000)
More Congestion
+423 MILLION
vehicles worldwide
More Pollution
+10.9 BILLION
tonnes CO2 per year
16. Strangers
Facebook Contacts
Colleagues
Friends & Family
Levels of Trust
1.0
2.5
3.6
4.7
Neighbors 3.1
2015 Trust Survey conducted by BIPE for BlaBlaCar // 18 289 BlaBlaCar members surveyed over 11 countries
17. Strangers
Facebook Contacts
Colleagues
Friends & Family
Levels of Trust
1.0
2.5
3.6
4.7
4.3D.R.E.A.M.S. Profile
Neighbors 3.1
2015 Trust Survey conducted by BIPE for BlaBlaCar // 18 289 BlaBlaCar members surveyed over 11 countries
21. Optimising Idle Resources
1.7 people
per car
in Europe
2.8 people
per car
in the BlaBlaCar
community
1 million tonnes
less CO2
In the past 2 years
✓ Less emissions
✓ Less congestion
✓ Shared costs
22. We create mobility
28%passengers would not have
travelled or would have driven
alone if BlaBlaCar wasn’t
available.
Strong positive externalities:
✓ We create additional mobility
in Europe
✓ We progressively take drivers
off the road
23. We fundamentally change
travel behaviour
Year 1
10%
50%
30%
70%
Year 2 Year 3
% of drivers whom
are also passengers
60%of BlaBlaCar members who
discovered the service as a
driver end up also using it as
passengers
24. Global energy savings
500,000
tons oil equivalent
In 2 years, BlaBlaCar ridesharing saved
Enough energy to
light Los Angeles
for 1 year
=
25. Increased Access to Mobility
say BlaBlaCar is a more
affordable mode of
transport than previous
alternatives
54%
£5
More Affordable
£52
“feel more mobile”
80%
Underserved Routes
Oxford
Cambridge
direct connections
26. BlaBlaCar
Delta
Airlines
129M
~160M
2014 2015 2016 2017 2014
At the current growth rate, BlaBlaCar will transport
more people in 2 years than the biggest US airline
~80M
40M
20M
100%
Growth YoY
Travelerstransported
Source: BlaBlaCar database, US Dep’t of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics
via http://skift.com/2015/03/26/nearly-850-million-passengers-boarded-u-s-flights-in-2014/
13 countries
19
countries