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Ride-sharing apps can replace the yellow school bus


Ismail Al-Amin was driving his daughter to school when a chance encounter gave him an idea for a new way of carpooling.

On the way through Chicago, Mr. Al-Amin’s daughter spotted a classmate riding with her father as they drove to their public school on the city’s north side. For 40 minutes, they rode on the same busy highway.

“They’re waving to each other in the back. I’m looking at the father. The father is looking at me. I believed that fathers could definitely be a resource for fathers,” said Mr. El-Amin, who founded the Piggyback Network, a service that fathers can use to book trips for their children.

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