Yideshare
Yideshare
A ridesharing website and app for Yale students to promote the reduction of carbon emissions
A ridesharing website and app for Yale students to promote the reduction of carbon emissions
Project type
Project type
My role
My role
Timeframe
Timeframe
Collaborative passion project
Collaborative passion project
UI designer
UI designer
Jan 2025 - present
Jan 2025 - present
Problem
Problem
According to the EPA, "A typical passenger vehicle emits about 4.6 metric tons of CO2 per year." That’s equivalent to 4 and a half 27 foot tall telephone pole or a filled up balloon with a diameter of 10 yards. How can we reduce the number of cars on the road?
According to the EPA, "A typical passenger vehicle emits about 4.6 metric tons of CO2 per year." That’s equivalent to 4 and a half 27 foot tall telephone pole or a filled up balloon with a diameter of 10 yards. How can we reduce the number of cars on the road?
Context
Context
My sister, who goes to Yale University, proposed this idea of a carpooling app where students can ride with other students to the same destination. Everyone leaves to the same handful of airports and train stations so why not split an Uber with someone and save some gas?
My sister, who goes to Yale University, proposed this idea of a carpooling app where students can ride with other students to the same destination. Everyone leaves to the same handful of airports and train stations so why not split an Uber with someone and save some gas?
Research + Process
Research + Process
Initial Idea
Our idea didn't change much from our initial sketch. The idea was simple: find someone with a similar journey as yours and connect with them.
Initial Idea
Our idea didn't change much from our initial sketch. The idea was simple: find someone with a similar journey as yours and connect with them.
Inspiration to Wireframes
I took heavy inspiration from BlaBlaCar and Airbnb. I really liked Airbnb's searchbar and BlaBlaCar's dashboard.
Inspiration to Wireframes
I took heavy inspiration from BlaBlaCar and Airbnb. I really liked Airbnb's searchbar and BlaBlaCar's dashboard.
Version 1
Working with student developers, we wanted to create a working website as soon as possible. I started with a very simple design with minimal features to make it easier and faster to code.
Version 1
Working with student developers, we wanted to create a working website as soon as possible. I started with a very simple design with minimal features to make it easier and faster to code.
Version 2
Version 2
Need a separate button to create a post
Simply saving a post might be confusing - unable to tell if a ride is filled
Add a in-app messaging feature
Is the landing page necessary?
Need a separate button to create a post
Simply saving a post might be confusing - unable to tell if a ride is filled
Add a in-app messaging feature
Is the landing page necessary?
Mobile v1
Mobile v1
We wanted to add a social media aspect where students can follow friends and see their rides.
We wanted to add a social media aspect where students can follow friends and see their rides.
Version 1 Revised
Version 1 Revised
Too make life easier for the developers, we…
Got rid of the profile page and added a My Rides and My Bookmarks page
Instead of Requesting Rides within the site, users will have to message the person outside the site
Requesting Rides was also changed to Ride Details where users can just see the note
User can see how many seats and bookmark a ride on the post
Too make life easier for the developers, we…
Got rid of the profile page and added a My Rides and My Bookmarks page
Instead of Requesting Rides within the site, users will have to message the person outside the site
Requesting Rides was also changed to Ride Details where users can just see the note
User can see how many seats and bookmark a ride on the post
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What the actual website looks like:
What the actual website looks like:
Next steps
Next steps
As the developers continue to make Yideshare a reality, the next phase of the project would include:
iterating on the mobile version
adding features that were scrapped due to time
conducting usability testing to make Yideshare more accessible and widespread
As the developers continue to make Yideshare a reality, the next phase of the project would include:
iterating on the mobile version
adding features that were scrapped due to time
conducting usability testing to make Yideshare more accessible and widespread