BlaBlaCar , the world's largest car-sharing social network, has just announced an agreement with the technology giant Google to make car-sharing trips on the platform appear among the transport options proposed by Google Maps to its users. This collaboration agreement, effective today in 4 countries (Ukraine, Belgium, Poland and Spain), reiterates BlaBlaCar's commitment to bringing car-sharing to all citizens and reinforces Google's strategy to offer its users the most common options for travelling between two points.
After the train, the bus, the car and even the bicycle, the option of travelling by car between cities is finally available on Google Maps . In fact, BlaBlaCar trips are now included among the travel options recommended by Google's map service.
From now on, Google users searching for a route on Maps will be able to see the option of travelling by carpooling, as well as other means of transport recommended by this server. Users interested in taking a trip and carpooling who have the BlaBlaCar app on their smartphone will be redirected directly to the BlaBlaCar results page for the desired route, while those who do not have the app will be redirected to the AppStore or Google Store to obtain it.
Car sharing: a democratized way of getting around
The collaboration between Google and BlaBlaCar is universal and is expected to bahamas phone number soon extend to the 22 countries in which the company is present . Thanks to the integration of the BlaBlaCar car-sharing system into Google Maps, a greater number of people will now have access to the services of the platform, which is increasingly popular and already has 45 million users worldwide (3.5 of them in Spain). In fact, in less than 10 years, this practice has become a new reflection of society's movement.
Jaime Rodríguez de Santiago , BlaBlaCar's general manager for Iberia, said: “We are very pleased to announce this collaboration with Google, which represents a further step towards the mobility of the future, placing car sharing in the same place as trains and buses. From now on, both users who have trusted us for years - currently 3.5 million in Spain - and those who have never tried car sharing will be able to discover the journeys offered by BlaBlaCar from Google Maps, offering them a more affordable and accessible option.”