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What if you carpooled to work? “I only pay 30 euros per month”

2024-02-02T11:30:54.041Z

Highlights: Every morning, Marion gets into the car of another driver, Amandine, to go to work. At the end of the day, she makes the opposite journey, still in a vehicle that is not hers. Exasperated by the surge in fuel prices, this Amazon employee has started carpooling daily for several months. “And since then, it’s been all good for me and… the planet,” she smiles, happy “that there is one less vehicle on the road”


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It's now a habit.

Every morning, Marion gets into the car of another driver, Amandine, to go to work.

At the end of the day, she makes the opposite journey, still in a vehicle that is not hers.

Exasperated by the surge in fuel prices, this Amazon employee, responsible for training the American giant's delivery people, has started carpooling daily for several months.

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“Before, I took my car to go to work, half an hour from home,” explains the woman who lives in the suburbs of Valenciennes (North).

I had more than 300 euros per month for full tanks of gasoline.

It was no longer possible,” she sighs.

By public transport, it would have taken him “nearly three hours round trip”.

She therefore tried BlaBlaCar Daily, the application dedicated to everyday travel.

“And since then, it’s been all good for me and… the planet,” she smiles, happy “that there is one less vehicle on the road.”

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