Vecturo

Vecturo is a rideshare utility that matches two users travelling to similar destinations allowing drastic savings in ridesharing costs.

Usage

Signing In

• You must log in with Google
• Enter phone number on sign up

Creating a Ride

• Either click "Get Started" on the home page or "Create Ride" in the top right
• Enter pickup location, desination, relevant time and date details, and number of passengers
• Click "Find Matches"
• Vecturo will now look for potential matches for your rideshare

Booking and Travel

• You will be notified if a match for your ride has been found through the "My Rides" page in the navigation bar at the top of the page
• If your ride has been matched click you will see some prelimiarly information. For further instructions click "View Details"
• The details page will provide in depth travel directions, visuals, and instructions so you and your matched rideshare partner can efficiently book and travel to your destinations
• Enjoy your savings

Gallery

Video Demos (might not be viewable on mobile devices):

Person A Sees	Person B Sees
persona.mp4	personb.mp4

Images:

Installation and Running

First clone Vecturo's repository to your local machine and enter the directory

https://github.com/aroy23/Vecturo.git
cd Vecturo

Next, set up environment variables

cd client
touch .env

Inside this .env file you must add:

# Backend URL
VITE_API_URL=...
# Firebase Environment Variables
VITE_FIREBASE_API_KEY=...
VITE_FIREBASE_APP_ID=...
VITE_FIREBASE_AUTH_DOMAIN=...
VITE_FIREBASE_MEASUREMENT_ID=...
VITE_FIREBASE_MESSAGING_SENDER_ID=...
VITE_FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID=...
VITE_FIREBASE_STORAGE_BUCKET=...
VITE_GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY=...

cd ../server
touch .env

Inside this .env file you must add:

# Firebase
FIREBASE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT=...
# Google Maps API Key
GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY=...
# URI for MongoDB Client
MONGODB_URI=...
# Port for Backend
PORT=...

Now you are ready to start the application

npm run install-all && npm start

Navigate to the link shown in the terminal.

Notes

If you have any questions or suggestions you can contact me at arnavroy[at]ucla[dot]edu