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Chicago, IL

Creating a flexible and affordable carpool solution for busy parents with active children.

• Mission: Offering a flexible, affordable carpool solution for busy parents, helping them manage transportation needs for their children’s school and extracurricular activities.  
• Community Engagement: Creating a trusted network of parents to share rides, fostering connections within local communities and alleviating transportation challenges.  
• Safety Commitment: Prioritizing security through thorough background checks for drivers and a closed group system, ensuring families feel confident and safe in their carpool arrangements.  
• Market Opportunity: Expanding from a local carpool solution to a nationwide service, targeting community organizations and charter schools for broader impact.  
• Sustainability Impact: Reducing traffic congestion and carbon emissions by promoting shared rides, supporting eco-friendly transportation alternatives for families.  
• Platform Innovation: Empowering families to easily coordinate and customize carpool routes, with a user-friendly system for setting locations and managing rides.  

PiggyBack Network is a hyper-local family-driven carpool solution designed to alleviate the stress that busy parents face in managing their children’s transportation needs. The platform enables parents to connect with one another, facilitating shared rides to school and extracurricular activities, thereby reducing time spent in traffic and drop-off lines.

By creating a community of parents who can coordinate rides, PiggyBack Network aims to provide a flexible, affordable, and safe transportation alternative. The company is focused on establishing itself as a trusted name in youth transportation solutions, with aspirations to expand its services to community organizations and charter schools nationwide.

Additionally, PiggyBack Network emphasizes safety through thorough background checks for drivers and a closed group experience, ensuring families feel secure in their ride-sharing arrangements. With a mission to improve access to transportation and enhance the overall quality of life for families, PiggyBack Network is committed to leveraging technology and community engagement to achieve its goals while aligning with broader sustainability initiatives.

Company Info

PiggyBack Network provides a safe and reliable carpooling service for families to share rides for their children’s activities.

PiggyBack Network is a transportation service designed for families, focusing on facilitating carpooling for children and their activities. The platform allows parents to connect with one another to share rides, making it easier to manage school runs and extracurricular commitments. Users can set their locations, design routes, and either offer or request rides within a local network. The service emphasizes safety, requiring background checks for all members and promoting a closed group system where parents can meet before rides. PiggyBack Network aims to alleviate the challenges busy families face in coordinating transportation, while also fostering community connections. The initiative is built on the belief that equitable access to transportation can enhance opportunities for children and families.