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1. Coofle VIP club Denmark member questionnaire for 13 to 17 year olds
Danish title: “Coofle VIP klub Danmark medlems spørgeskema for 13 til 17 årige” about the Future Coofle Realtime Ridesharing App
Danish original: https://forms.gle/5C1vmgwAzxntcrJC8
English Translation: https://forms.gle/etc27yDt4p4bHvzt7
2. The Coofle Driving Friends App
English speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jq1vcMzt6c
Danish Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYS9LlFQyXk
3. The municipality try again: New Ridesharing offer
Original Danish heading: “Kommunen forsøger sig igen: Nu kommer nyt tilbud om samkørsel” brought in Vejle Amts Folkeblad 21 jan. 2016 kl. 16:43
https://vafo.dk/hedensted/kommunen-forsoeger-sig-igen-nu-kommer-nyt-tilbud-om-samkoersel-2022-12-8
English translation
Hedensted – There were high expectations for the ridesharing scheme GoMore when Hedensted Municipality launched the initiative for the municipality’s citizens in April last year.
But after eight months with very few users of the offer, Hedensted Municipality had to admit in November that it was not the successful scheme it had hoped for.
However, that is not stopping the municipality from trying out a ridesharing scheme again. It has just taken the first steps into a pilot project called “Young Village Lift” (Ung Landsbylift).
- This time, we have tightened the target group, so that we are now primarily looking for young people aged 14 to 17. We are doing this based on the fact that many young people in smaller villages today have problems with transport when they go to and from leisure activities and work, says Liselotte Hillestrøm (S), chairwoman of the leisure and community committee in Hedensted Municipality.
She explains that they will initially select three sports clubs, all of which are located in a village that is affected by poor public transport options.
- As some places choose to cut back on bus routes, the situation for young people is getting worse. We would like to help change that. We also wanted to do that with GoMore, but the set-up itself was not that targeted and not attractively user-friendly, says Liselotte Hillestrøm.
She explains that the app Coofle from GreenDriveThinking is what they are now looking at.
- In principle, anyone can register as a driver in Coofle. But the basic idea is that members of an association are registered. Young people and drivers are then put together in safe groups, so that the young people, together with their parents, can approve who they can drive with, says Liselotte Hillestrøm.
- It is a smart system, and drivers do not have to remember to activate the app or enter their turn. When using a smartphone, the young person’s location will be registered. Unlike GoMore, it all happens automatically.
Read much more about the project in the newspaper on Thursday – including what it costs and how Hedensted Municipality will finance it.
4. The young will find their transport rides on their smartphone
Original Danish heading: “Kommunen forsøger sig igen: Nu kommer nyt tilbud om samkørsel” brought in Vejle Amts Folkeblad 15th September 2016 kl. 14:38
https://vafo.dk/hedensted/unge-skal-finde-deres-lift-paa-mobilen-2022-12-4
English Translation:
HORNSYLD – When you’re in eighth grade and live in the countryside, it’s not always easy to get to and from school and your leisure activities.
- I’m very dependent on my parents. Everything is far away, says Emma Pedersen, who lives a bit outside Stouby and is in eighth grade at Skolen i Midten.
On Wednesday, she and the rest of the school’s eighth grade gathered to learn about each other’s transportation challenges, but also to take stock of a digital program that may be of great help in the future.
(Photo text) Marianne Hansen introduced students from Skolen i Midten to the mobile app Coofle and the Young Villagelift project. The entrepreneur hopes that more schools will show interest in it. (Photo: Mette Mørk)
Want to make it easier
Coofle is the name of the program for mobile phones that the company Green Drive Thinking presented to the students.
It is a program that is intended to be a smart and easy way for young people to find and get a lift from schoolmates’ parents, grandparents and other adults in the local area. The idea behind the program is that adult drivers and young passengers are part of so-called safe groups, so that young people do not have to ride with strangers.
- Young passengers will be able to get a lift on routes that the drivers already drive. It is very beneficial to society, says Olav Lange Hansen, who, together with his wife, Marianne Hansen, is behind the program, which has not yet been fully developed.
The development is still ongoing, and if Hornsyld and other local villages are to benefit from it later, a third of the town’s adults must first register in the program.
Otherwise, the lifts will be too far apart, is the assessment of the entrepreneurial couple from Vester Nebel.
Among the students at Skolen i Midten, there is interest in getting “the adults” on the app.
- Yes, definitely, says Emma Pedersen, who is driven several kilometers every day by her mother just to get to the bus that can take her to school in Hornsyld.
Her schoolmates agree.
- It would be nice if you could jump on an app and find a lift when your parents can’t drive, says one of them, Natasja Hermansen.
5. Archive of Letters of support
To whom it might concern
“…worked together … since 2016…incomparable knowledge of real-time involvement and up-start of… when it comes to knowledge about mobilization and involvement… I give Olav Lange Hansen my best recommendations”
Niels Agerholm, Head of Division of Transport Engineering, Aalborg University
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Ridesharing can help make more children active!
“…an easily accessible model for establishing ridesharing in a community.
…a significant contribution to getting even more children to practice sports…”
Per Nedergaard Rasmussen, DGI Facilities & Local Development
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Letter of intent for the project “Young Village lift”
“… it is at present to be regarded as a strong intent of support from Coop to actively participate in the realization…”
Association Director Benedikte Marie Kaalund, Coop Amba
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Letter of support
“… In conclusion, we fully support their efforts as they seek external funding and/or partners in order to engage in local, national and international projects…”
The Danish Road Administration, Karsten Kirk Larsen, Head of Department
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Letter of support for GreenDriveThinking (Norway)
“… they address the adoption challenge that is required for “Spontan samkjørsel” (spontaneous ridesharing, red) to become a real success with substantial impact on Norwegian Economy and welfare – and global environment…”
Arrild Eggen, project manager, Norwegian Public Roads Administration
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Letter of support (Germany)
“…different age groups are being addressed, thus working with the traffic issues not only in the short term, but…”
Dr. Oliver Fuchs, Office for Regional Development Leine and Weser Region
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Support for Green Drive Thinking (Canada)
“…It is grass roots programs like this that truly make a difference in our society. I am especially encouraged by your focus on GHG reduction as this is a problem that all nations must tackle together if we’re going to ensure a safe and prosperous future for our children…”
Doug Smith, P.Eng. Assistant Director, Sustainability Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
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Letter of support – GreenDriveThinking (Denmark)
“… projects that are facilitating behavioural change are needed…”
Jorn Pedersen, Mayor of City Kolding and Chairman of The Technology and Environment Comitee, Local Goverment Denmark
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Letter of Support (Denmark)
“… further collaborate, not only by exchanging experience and knowledge, but also…”
Martin Pape, Traffic Representative, Kolding Municipality
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Letter of support (Denmark)
“I’m excited to express my support for the School Book project initiated by GreenDriveThinking…”
Trille Nicolaisen, Politician, Kolding Kommune, Denmark
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Letter: Establishment of a pilot project “Young Villagelift” (Denmark)
“…therefore, from us here we send a strong appeal to Vejle Municipality to enter into the establishment of a pilot project…”
Anni Assenbjerg, Local council Vejle Vesteregn
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Insero Horsens letter of Interest (Denmark)
“Specific co-operation opportunities have been identified within national, EU and other international programmes…”
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Letter of support (Denmark)
“… the people behind have my very strong support and commitment to contribute to success”
Klaus Haltrup, owner Gordios Business Building
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Letter of support (Norway)
“… too many projects in the mobility domain invest in tangible elements and technology solutions only… GreenDriveThinking has a balanced approach…”
Kristian Amlie, Mobility consultant at KAM-EL, Bergen, Norway
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6. GreenDriveThinking on WayBackMachine
https://web.archive.org/web/20161012145603/http://greendrivethinking.com/blog/