Rides · Carpools · Freight — one network
The trips are already happening.
Along matches you with people already headed your way — by car, train, bus, tram, bike, scooter, even on foot. You pay for the detour — not the drive.
Your week · synced from Google Calendar
Your week is worth $53, Dan.
Four trips you planned anyway have open space — by car and by BART. Two requests are waiting. The route stays yours — we only fill the empty part.
Calendar trips
Pulled from calendar events with a place and a way to get there. Toggle what you're offering.
Quick questions from your calendar
When an event doesn't say how you're getting there, Along asks — one tap, done.
Requests along your routes
Each one shows the only two numbers that matter: the detour and the pay.
Calendar sync
Along reads places and times — and asks when something's unclear. Nothing else leaves your calendar.
Distance from home, transit options nearby and your past choices tell Along whether a trip is likely by car, transit or bike. When it can't tell, it asks you first.
Your limits
Matches outside these are never shown to you.
Insurance rides on every match: damage covered to $500, passengers covered by our commercial policy while sharing.
Earned this month
CO₂ avoided
vs. dedicated trips for the same loads
Detours driven
average +7 min each — all inside your limit
Thursday · Dan K. → San Jose Diridon
Dan is 4 minutes from your pickup.
Live tracking starts the moment the detour starts — before that, Dan's position stays private and you only see the ETA.
Arrives at pickup
Drop-off San Jose Diridon · 6:55 PM
Trip timeline
Tracking begins with the detour — Dan's own route stays private.
Dan confirmed your seat.
Dan left Downtown Berkeley on his own route — position private.
From here you follow the car live on the map.
A QR scan confirms you're aboard.
Payment releases on arrival.
How Along works
Four steps. No shift, no dispatcher.
Every car, train, bus, tram, bike, scooter and walk already has a route. Along fills the empty part of it — the seats, the trunk, the pannier, the half-empty rucksack.
We spot trips you planned anyway
Connect Google Calendar. The Thursday drive, the daily train or bus commute, the bike ride across town, even a booked flight — Along sees the route before it happens, and asks one quick question when an event isn't clear.
Requests find your route
Riders and packages along your path show up with the detour and the pay: +6 min, $9.50. Take it or ignore it.
One added stop, your navigation
Pickup and drop-off are inserted into your own route — never outside the detour limit you set yourself.
QR handover, automatic payment
A scan confirms pickup and drop-off. Payment lands on arrival. Damage covered to $500, trips tracked live.
What a fare is made of
You pay the detour — never the drive.
A dedicated vehicle bills you for the whole trip. Along splits the fare into exactly two parts: a share of space that was empty anyway, and compensation for the minutes of detour. That's the whole price — no surge, no dispatch fee, no driver on the clock.
Who rides along
No car. Big dresser.
Maya buys a dresser in ten minutes and used to lose a Saturday getting it home. Now it rides in a trunk that was driving past anyway — $14 instead of a $52 courier.
Driving there either way.
Dan drives Berkeley → San Jose twice a week regardless. His empty back seat and trunk now cover his gas — without the trip turning into a job.
400 transit trips a year.
Ben rides the same BART line twice a day with a half-empty rucksack. Small parcels on his own route pay for the ticket — and the same works on any bus, tram, ferry, bike, scooter or walk. Even a spare kilo in a carry-on flies along.
Trust, on every match
ID verified
Every account passes an ID check before its first match — riders, senders and carriers alike.
Damage covered to $500
Parcels and bulky items ride insured; passengers are covered by our commercial policy while sharing.
Live trip sharing
Every trip is tracked from pickup to drop-off — and the live route can be shared with anyone you choose.
QR handover
A scan confirms both ends of every handover — payment only moves once pickup and drop-off are confirmed.
Ratings both ways
Carriers rate riders and senders too. Good company stays on the network; bad actors don't.
Your limits rule
Max detour, passengers vs. packages, bulky or not — matches outside your limits are never even shown.
Fair questions
Isn't this just Uber with extra steps?
No — there are no professional drivers and no dispatch. Every trip on Along already exists before you search: someone's commute, errand or meetup. Along only fills the empty part of it. If nobody is going your way, there is no trip to sell you — that's the point.
What if no one is on my route?
Post the request anyway. Carriers — drivers, commuters, cyclists — whose calendar shows a matching trip get alerted, and you're notified the moment someone accepts. Most East Bay corridors already have daily coverage in our demo data.
How is the price set?
Two parts, always visible before you book: a space share for the seat or trunk that was empty anyway, and detour compensation calculated from the extra minutes. Carriers on their exact route (a train commuter, a bus rider) charge no detour at all.
How do handovers work on a train or bus?
Parcels are handed over at the station or stop — QR-scanned on both ends, about 90 seconds each. The carrier never leaves their own route; the sender and recipient come to it.
When can I actually use this?
Not yet. Along is a UC Berkeley student project (Engin 170D, Summer 2026) and this site is a UI prototype — all people, trips and prices are illustrative. The concept targets an East Bay pilot in Fall 2026.
Built at UC Berkeley
Team Apex — five students, one network
Along is a course project in Technology Leadership Entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley, Summer 2026. Everything on this page is a prototype: no rides happen, nothing ships, no payments move. We're building the case that the cheapest, greenest vehicle is the one already driving past.
The trips are already happening.
We pay the detour, not the drive.
Pilot: East Bay · Fall 2026