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Carpooling is a great way to save money, make your automobile last longer, relieve daily driving stress, and do something good for the environment. 

It’s flexible too, so you can carpool when it’s convenient for your schedule.  Just ask the 4,000 commuters in the hundreds of registered carpools that are operating all over Maine!

Getting into a carpool or starting your own real easy.  LOG ON TODAY! It only takes a few minutes.  Let our new, interactive ridematching system quickly find you a carpool partner.

Simply tell us where you live, where you work, and what your work schedule is, and let our ridematching system do the rest!  In no time you’ll get a confidential on-screen list of registered carpoolers who best match your commute situation and needs. 

Our commuter database is growing all the time, so even if we can’t find a match for you today, one is sure to be just around the bend.

New carpools (and vanpoolers, transit riders and bike commuters) are eligible for the Emergency Ride Home Guarantee, a free or reimbursed ride home in the event of an unplanned workday emergency, using a local taxi or Enterprise rental car.  But you must contact us to activate this benefit, so do let us know if you've started carpooling (or vanpooling, riding transit, or bike commuting) to work!

Plus, all new carpoolers (and vanpool, transit & bike commuters) are automatically entered into prize drawings for gift certificates for dining, shopping, entertainment, groceries, fuel and more. 

And remember, for each person that you refer that registers with GO MAINE, you automatically win a free pair of movie tickets.

And be sure to check out GO MAINE's 7 Rules of the Road below that make establishing a carpool real easy!

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Commuting out of state?

Maine commuters traveling out of state for work may want to register with NH Rideshare and MassRIDES for added benefits and to increase carpool possibilities.

Top 7 Rules of the Road

Establishing a carpool is easy when your carpool group follows these simple rules of etiquette:

1. Getting to know you.  Before you do anything else, meet your carpool partners and agree on the basics: How many days you plan to carpool per week, where you'll meet before and after work, what time you'll meet, who will drive and on which days, how long you'll wait for other carpoolers, and what about caffeine, fuel and bathroom stops?

2. You don't have to be joined at the hip.  Just because you want to carpool doesn't mean you have to do it everyday. Some of the most successful carpool we know share the ride only one or two days a week. That gives everyone involved a couple of days to themselves to run errands

3.  Share and share alike.  Decide how to split the costs.  Some carpools divide everything – driving and expenses – evenly.  That may not always be possible.  Make sure it’s a good deal for everyone involved.  GO MAINE estimates the average cost of driving to work is about 48 cents per mile of gas, oil and routine maintenance cost.  Base reimbursement on this simple formula:  Take 48 cents per mile, factor in tolls, parking and other expenses – then split the cost among everyone in the carpool.

4.  Plan ahead.  Good planning is the key to a good carpool.  Think ahead to events that could influence the lives of your fellow carpoolers.  Consider scheduling ahead for vacations, business trips – or the day you have to leave work early to see your 4th grader’s school play.  It’s only good mannenrs to give your partners the information and time to make other plans.

5.  Watch the upholstery.  It may sound trivial, but it’s best to set a policy on eating, drinking and smoking in the car.  It’s even good to agree upon a radio station.  That gives everyone one less thing to worry about when your carpool hits the road.

6.  Flexibility is a carpool virtue.  No matter how well you plan, sickness, family emergencies and work can throw off your carpool schedule.  Be flexible.  Have fellow carpoolers’ phone numbers handy, and be sure to have a contingency plan.  And rest assured – GOMAINE Emergency Ride Home Guarantee will get you home if your carpool partner has an emergency during the work day.

7.  R-E-S-P-E-C-T.  Like Aretha Franklin says, respect is essential – including for your carpool. Treat fellow carpoolers with courtesy, and everyone’s bound to enjoy the ride home.