Hitchhiking Hitchhiking Backpacking is a term used to denote a form of low-cost international travel. The name comes from the backpacks that budget travelers generally carry in the interests of mobility and flexibility. ...more on Wikipedia about "Backpacking (travel)"
Carpooling is shared use of a car, in particular for commuting to work, often by people who each have a car but travel together to save costs. There are sometimes special facilities for carpoolers, including high-occupancy vehicle lanes specifically for cars with multiple riders. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carpool"
Hitchhiking (also called lifting, thumbing or hitching, Thumb up a ride) is a form of transport, in which the traveller tries to get a lift (ride) from another traveller, usually a car or truck driver. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hitchhiking"
A liftershalte (in the Dutch language) is a spot (halte means stop, like in bushalte), marked by an official sign, where a hitchhiker (lifter) can easily be picked up by car drivers. In the Netherlands these spots can be found at the following places (in 2005): ...more on Wikipedia about "Liftershalte"
Slugging is a form of commuting used in the Washington, D.C., area (mostly among commuters who live in Northern Virginia) that essentially combines a variation of "ride-share" commuting and hitchhiking. Like most metropolitan areas, the traffic in Washington is notoriously troublesome during the morning and evening rush hours. To help relieve some traffic volume, Virginia and other states in the area created "High Occupancy Vehicle" (or HOV) lanes that provide separate roadways for vehicles carrying three or more passengers. A situation came about whereby drivers wanted to use the HOV lanes but either didn't know any coworkers who lived nearby, or didn't want to get involved in a complicated arrangement that forces three or more people to coordinate their work schedules. ...more on Wikipedia about "Slugging"
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