Actually, the ride board has been on the web since about March 2006. That was when I wrote the authentication interface (username/password verification) for it. To keep track of any abuses (like testing random passwords to see which was right), I had it send me an email message each time it was used. In the past two and a half years, it hasn't been used enough to be a good way to match up a rider with a driver to any particular location on any particular date. It's going to require a LOT of promotion of this online service before there is a worthwhile probability of finding a match for any travel plans. (By the way, I don't get any information except the Anumber used - I don't know who is planning on going where or when).

Back when the rideboard was on the wall in the hallway of the TSC, it seemed like there were lots more paper tags than I see on the electronic board now. Maybe we need to put a big advertising sign in the hall where the rideboard was, or maybe it's been gone from there for too long for anyone but us old coots to remember it.

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