Tago Rides: Student Carpool

Someone's already going your way. Half-empty cars make your trip every day, driven by students at your own university. TAGO is how you find them, and share the cost of the trip. We're a carpool, not a taxi company. No commission, no booking fee, no service charge — 0%, where rideshare apps take 25–30%. What a rider chips in is capped at the IRS standard mileage rate, the government's own figure for what it costs to own and run a car. Drivers recover a share of costs they were already going to pay. Nobody's making a profit. That's the point. HOW IT WORKS 1. Say where you're going — or post your own trip and let drivers come to you. 2. Match with someone already headed your way: real name, real university, real rating. 3. Scan to start. You and the driver scan the same code — that's how the trip begins. 4. Pay your share automatically. No cash, no working out who owes what. Free to join. Free to post. Free to search. RIGHT NOW, OR PLANNED AHEAD Need to go this minute? Say where you are and where you're headed, and TAGO looks for someone nearby already going that direction. Planning ahead? Post your regular commute once. TAGO keeps looking after you close the app, and tells you the moment someone posts your route. EVENTS & PLACES Concerts, games, airports, the coast, home for the weekend — see what's happening, and who's already driving there. For events and places, the ride home is planned along with the ride out, so you commit knowing how you're getting back. (Your own posted routes and right-now rides are one-way — post the return the same way you posted the trip out.) DRIVER AND RIDER, SAME ACCOUNT Most people on TAGO are both. Driving to Sacramento Friday? Offer your empty seats. Flying home next month? Take one. One toggle, and the app changes with you. CONNECTS TO TRANSIT TAGO works alongside transit, covering the first and last mile where it doesn't reach. When a driver's route passes near a station that gets you the rest of the way, we suggest the hand-off — they drop you there, and you take the train on. TAGO POINTS One point per mile, riding or driving. 100 points takes a dollar off your next trip. Refer a friend and get up to 500. SAFETY Every account starts with a real .edu email. You're rated both ways, so you see someone's rating before you commit. A trip only begins when you and the driver scan the same code. Pick who can see your trip as a trusted contact. Report anything — a person reviews it, every time. ACCESSIBILITY Drivers tell us what their car actually has — space for a wheelchair, a trunk that fits a rollator, room for someone to come with you. Riders say what they need, and we match on facts. Bringing someone? Add a companion to any trip. Caregivers always ride free. WHERE WE OPERATE Live now across Sacramento, the Bay Area, and Southern California. Questions? [email protected]