65 million users already use BlaBlaCar, but the biggest problem had been, that, besides about 80% of all travelling is made by car, there was a big distrust in taking anybody into their cars. So Nicolas Brusson, co-founder and CEO of BlaBlaCar, saw his biggest task in increasing trust through a trustworthy product.
“If you take a passenger with you, you can earn 20 Euro or more – so you can earn money for something you would do anyway”, explains Brusson the success of the concept. Russia, France, Brazil and Germany are at the moment the biggest successes for BlaBlaCar – and they show the global success of the company.
Trust and Transportation
Moving with moovit
Moovit is today already the world’s leading mobility app – by NOAH Berlin 2021 it expects to have more than one billion users. The key to this success is the global work of many volunteers. And the future is bright, because it lies in public transport. But how can you increase the use of public transportation?
Nir Erez, CEO and Founder of moovit, shows a case study concerning Boston. In Boston, still many cars were used by private persons, even when other possibilities would have been available. First step for Erez is always: look at the data. When people use cars because there are no other options – just offer them new options!