Casual Carpool

I’ve been a casual carpool driver for many years, Now I become a rider. Catching carpool in Hercules is good, not great as there are many people waiting in line compare to other location of carpool pick up in recent years. The wait can be 15−20mins, but there is alternative Lynx.

Tight on your money? Don’t have a car? Need to get to the city fast and almost free?
Casual Carpool is your alternative to transportation to the city.
You may wait awhile but if you have time or if you plan accordingly it is worth the wait.
I avoid jumping in sketchy old cars, vans with only 2 seats, or those vehicles that remind me of those horror movies where they get kidnapped.
But if you put all your paranoia aside, and willing to take a chance its a good ride to sf. As for the drivers you never know what you are getting. They could be quiet drivers, aggressive, talkative, slow, … but just enjoy the ride.
I avoid going in cars that smell like the san francisco air … u know … that hotbox smell…
TIps:
*Bring a pair of headphones if u want to avoid being talked to
*Have $ 1.50 ready for morning commutes (its almost expected from every driver
*Don’t talk on your phone
*Don’t get caught snoring and drooling in the backseat

hercules riders and drivers are the BEST!
1. friendly riders and drivers.
2. riders actually offer to help with the carpool toll cost.
and this location is great because if you can’t catch a carpool rider then you can hop on lynx. i love casual carpool for hercules because you literally see the same people at the grocery store, your neighbors, at the gas station, or even in church. hercules is a great community and this ride share helps it to be an even greater place to live!

At first I was pretty skeptical about jumping into some random person’s car not knowing how they drive or how they are as a person. But what the hell free ride to San Francisco from way out in the Herc is worth a try. It isn’t available on Weekends because the carpool lane isn’t open.
Carpool hours are Monday through Friday 5am-​10am and 3pm-​7pm.
What’s better then waiting thirty minutes for the toll booth to pay four dollars? FASTRAK!
What’s better then paying four dollars for FASTRAK or WestCAT Lynx bus fare? Casual Carpool!
Zip through the sea traffic and make to the city from Hercules in a mere 25 minutes, just enough time to listen to some of the fav tracks from Crown City.