Hitch Hiking Revamped
Project Logistics
Timelime
2 weeks
My Role
UX Designer
Our Team
Conor Wylock
Jaime Huang
Project Overview
College students around the United States attend college far from home, with many in remote locations and generally inaccessible by public transportation. As a result, many students have difficulty securing a ride between school and home, in effort to make it home during school breaks.
Our team researched how college students currently arrange travel back and forth between college and home, with the goal of improving the experience of finding a ride via a responsive website.
The Challenge
Many college students have difficulty traveling between school and home during breaks because they don’t have access to a car and have different exam schedules to plan around. As a result, students get stressed out trying to figure out how to get home while also studying for exams.
How might we help college students, who do not have cars, schedule travel between home and school without taking away from their study time?
Our Solution
Introducing Hitch,
a responsive website that helps college students catch rides home.
Our Features
Search for Rides
Students can search for rides based on their pick-up and drop-off locations are well as a date that works with their exam schedule.
View Available Rides
After putting in their search criteria, they will get a list of potential carpools to join, which they can sort by price, date, or distance from their destination.
Carpool Information
Once they select a specific ride, they can view the ride logistics, confirmed passengers, and driver information. They also can contact the driver and request a ride.
Driver’s Information
Students can get familiar with their driver by viewing their bio, a recent review, and the carpool amenities. The green checkmark indicates they are verified and go to the same school.
Our Features in Action
Click play to view the mobile web prototype.
Click play to view the desktop web prototype.