What is "ridesharing"

n. A form of transportation, other than public transport, in which more than one person shares the use of a vehicle, such as a van or car, to make a trip.

Ridesharing may refer to

• Carpool, the sharing of car journeys so that more than one person travels in a car
• Real-time ridesharing, a form of commercial taxi-like service in which vehicles operated by independent contractors are booked over the internet using a third-party matchmaking application
• Peer-to-peer ridesharing