Since the city of Toronto has no luck selling commuters on the idea of carpooling, in their infinite wisdom they have decided to repackage the idea and try to sell it to the public under a different name – Hoverport. When I first heard the name I thought that they had proposed a new hovercraft system for the water to take the place of a ferry. But, I was wrong. The Hoverport System is a subscription-based carpool.

An annual membership would cost approximately $250.00. A commuter would drive to a parking lot where he/she would either pick up other passengers or leave the car and be picked up. There is no mention of the parking fees for the commuters who leave their cars in the parking lot. Free parking is probably not in the cards, so in addition to the membership fee, the non-drivers will also be paying a daily rate parking fee. This doesn’t sound like a very good deal to me. What do you think? Would you try the Hoverport System?