Ridesharing platform Ummadum

Short description:
ummadum - an innovative toolfor reducing traffic in municipalities
Country: Austria
Region: Tyrol
Keywords: smart mobility, ridesharing, regional economy
Applicable in rural, non-city areas?: Yes
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Affecting (Scale): Local Region
Timescale (start/end date): 01/2020 - ongoing
Evidence of success:
ummadum is installed in the 4 municipalities of the Pitztal. Some people in the communities are using the ridesharing platform already. Due to corona crisis, the platform is limited at the moment
Detailed information on the practice:
Ummadum supports municipalities to reduce traffic. Less traffic means less CO2 and harmful emissions. The municipality provides ummadum points digital with the ummadum portal. Citizens can use the provided points to drive together. This is how municipalities motivate and promote the idea of driving together.
Website URL: https://ummadum.com/
Short description of territory, where best practices are implemented:
it is implemented in the 4 municipalities of Pitztal.
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Resources needed:
Ummadum app; points for "paying" the driver; people who share rides; local stores, in which you can change the points into goods
Key conditions for success:
Communication; open minded people; similar movement paths
Key steps for activity implementation:
finding communities and companies which are interested in ummadum; analysing the moving patterns; communicate the new app to inhabitans
Difficulties encountered/ lessons learned:
Corona crises are tough challenges for ridesharing paltforms. In this time ummadum added new services to the app. People were not so motivated to use rideshares.
Name/Author: Julia Scharting
Organisation: Standortagentur Tirol GmbH
E-mail address: julia.scharting@standort-tirol.at