NuRide offers an innovative twist on the played out carpool setup. NuRide recognizes that it's oftentimes easier for people to travel solo, but it's also quite harmful to the environment. NuRide proposes that people should be rewarded for helping to keep mother earth safe, and for contributing to the traffic congestion and air pollution reduction we all so desperately want. NuRide has found that even "a 10% increase in ridesharing decreases congestion delays by 50%"- amounting to a lot of time saved if we all participated in the carpool trend. The NuRide Network allows people to plan ridesharing trips and earn rewards points for every trip they take. To participate all you have to do is log onto NuRide.com and plan your next trip according to the date, time, destination, and other criteria-it's free to try so if you don't like it you never have to do it again. You can also choose if you want to ride with friends or meet someone new, and you'll never get into giving or taking a ride with someone if you don't want to. For every trip you take you earn NuRide miles that go towards gift cards and other goodies from NuRide sponsors like Old Navy, Segway, and T.G.I. Friday's.

NuRide has revamped the played out practice of carpooling by making it a rewarding experience with the potential to save the environment and make new friends. NuRide knows that sometimes all we need is a little extra incentive-kudos for them for creating new value for a tired (and yet worthwhile) practice.