Carpooling and car-sharing

Carpooling

In order to promote carpooling at EPFL and to make better use of our parking spaces, the EPFL Sustainability Unit and EPFL Innovation Park have restored the Fairpark website to connect drivers with one another.

Some 81% of people who commute to EPFL by car are alone in their vehicles. According to our transportation survey, carpooling would be the preferred alternative when drivers don’t have access to a personal vehicle.

Carpoolers to EPFL will need to work out how to share commuting costs among themselves. Neither the MyCamipro payment app nor the Fairpark website can be used to manage payment-related issues. Carpoolers may decide that a non-monetary form of compensation is more appropriate, like buying the driver a meal, a for example.

If a driver cancels within 12 hours of departure, passengers may request a refund. The refundable amount per journey is capped at CHF 20 per person (up to CHF 60 per month).

Useful links

• Fairpark platform
• User guides for Fairpark: web page (PDF, 2 MB) and the mobile app (PDF, 1 MB)
• Refund conditions (PDF, 77 KB)

Mobility car-sharing

We have several “Mobility” car-sharing stations on our Lausanne campus that are available 24/7 for both professional and personal use. Members of the EPFL community are eligible for a free four-month trial subscription along with other special offers.

• Personal subscriptions
  Take advantage of a free four-month trial subscription and an annual subscription price of CHF 70 instead of CHF 129. Register for free on myCamipro.
• Professional subscriptions
  Get a transferable Mobility business card for an annual price of CHF 90 by sending a request to the Security and Operations department. Allow 14 days for your request to be processed.
• Stations
  Several Mobility car-sharing stations are available on our Lausanne campus: at Esplanade, Rivier, Quartier Nord and EPFL Innovation Park.
• You can learn more about Mobility here.