Das Projekt Mitfahrboerse.at wurde im Jahre 2006 auf www.netidee.at ausgezeichnet und von der IPA gefoerdert.
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Update
2007-05-25 11:10:38
January’s mediahype got the „Mitfahrbörse“ ready to go and led to an enormous response of the media.
The most important result of this phase of trial was that the system proved to be both stable and reliable.
However, quite something has changed in the meantime: As the “Mitfahrbörse” aimed at attracting international attention, we decided to provide this service for various foreign countries as well. Now it is possible to organise trips throughout the whole of Europe. Through the use of a considerable databank it has become possible to reach each and every area within that frame by means of the “Mitfahrbörse”.
In order to get this whole thing going, it was, however, necessary to provide a multilingual interface. Currently a few mouse-clicks are needed to switch between German and English. This makes the use of the “Mitfahrbörse” possible also for people who do not speak German.
Furthermore, we take care that restricted groups of users are enabled to make use of this service without difficulties. Therefore a version of the “Mitfahrbörse” was developed which offers simple navigation and allows the use of the system by text-based browsers.
Among the most interesting innovations are the web-services. By means of these features it is possible, if accorded with the “Mitfahrbörse”-team, to export the functionality of the “Mitfahrbörse” to your own websites and programmes. The simple architecture of the web-services provides an abundance of functions which are easily controlled and implemented. The necessary security for sensible data is, of course, guaranteed. This development enables other users of the platform to implement the “Mitfahrbörse” as an application into their own existent platforms. To give an example: User X might offer for their own community a customised-“Mitfahrbörse”. This individualised system interacts with our databank.
Samples of such platforms have been established by the Austrian “Hochschülerschaft” and the platform www.fm5.at.
However, it has to be mentioned that there is no sheer abundance of users who override the servers. In succession to the hype in January the number of users decreased continuously. As a consequence the framework of the whole project shrank proportionally. Unfortunately we lack adequate financial resources to initiate a proper campaign in favour of the “Mitfahrbörse”. Therefore we have to rely on banners, flyers and media work as for example a co-operation with “The Gap”. Nonetheless, no region in Austria can currently be reached by that means in order to supply an optimal quantity of users for the system.
Whether the project succeeds or fails is primarily dependent on the popularity of the platform. Please be so kind as to implement the following banner into your homepage, so that hitch-hiking becomes a concept of our forefathers. Viva la Mitfahrbörse