Malta Carpool

Why do it

Why You Should Offer a Ride

You're making the trip anyway. The seats next to you are already paid for. Here's what happens when you fill them.

01

Save on rising fuel costs

Take a weekday commute from Marsaskala to Sliema. Share the fuel with the people riding along, and your own bill drops every month.

Passengers sharing the fuel

Fuel for the month
€55.15
588 km of driving
Your share
€27.58
split 2 ways, you included
You save
€27.58 / month
about €330 a year

Estimate: Marsaskala to Sliema and back, about 14 km each way, 21 weekdays a month, a car using 7 litres per 100 km in traffic, and petrol at €1.34 a litre. Each passenger's part is capped at their fair share of the fuel, and you can always choose to drive for free.

02

Cut your carbon, a tonne at a time

Every passenger who leaves their own car at home takes a whole car's worth of emissions off the road.

One passenger on that commute, for a year

≈ 1 tonne of CO₂

not released, because one car stays parked.

That's as much CO₂ as 41 trees soak up in a whole year. Take three passengers and it's a small forest of 123.

Estimate: 6,440 km a year (230 working days, both ways) at 7 L/100 km, about 2.3 kg of CO₂ per litre of petrol burned, and roughly 25 kg absorbed by a tree each year. It assumes the passenger would otherwise drive alone.

03

Make new friends

Carpooling turns strangers on the same road into people you know. On a small island, that goes a long way.

  • Meet your neighbours

    The person who lives three streets away and works near you is probably stuck in the same traffic every morning. Now you get to know them.

  • Better mornings

    A chat on the way in beats sitting alone at the Marsa junction. Many regular carpools become the best part of the commute.

  • A small, daily kindness

    A student without a car, someone new to Malta, a colleague whose car is in the garage: your empty seat can make their day a lot easier.

You stay in control: you choose who rides with you, can try a single ride first, and can block or report anyone at any time.

Got empty seats on your commute?

Add your route in about two minutes. You only create an account at the end.

Offer a ride