Successful Risk Management for Rideshare and Car-Pool Matching Programs

This digest contains a report prepared under TCRP Project J-5, Legal Aspects of Transit and Intermodal Transportation Programs, for which the Transportation Research Board is the agency conducting the research. The report, which has the same title as this digest and is authored by Russell Leibson and William Penner, is organized as follows: (A) Introduction; (B) Public and Private Rideshare Programs; ( C) Legal Liability; (D) Statutory Limitations on Liability; (E) Insurance; (F) Strategies to Minimize Potential Tort Liability; and (G) Conclusions. A bibliography is included and Appendix A presents a chart which summarizes state laws affecting rideshare arrangements.