diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 591d8b6..58a9818 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -41,3 +41,5 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'database_consistency'
   gem 'dotenv-rails' # Manage .env
 end
+
+gem "solid_cache", "~> 0.7.0"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 0ff1f88..89a89bf 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ GEM
     code_analyzer (0.5.5)
       sexp_processor
     coderay (1.1.3)
-    concurrent-ruby (1.3.3)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.3.4)
     connection_pool (2.4.1)
     crass (1.0.6)
     csv (3.3.0)
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ GEM
     google-protobuf (4.27.2-x86_64-linux)
       bigdecimal
       rake (>= 13)
-    i18n (1.14.5)
+    i18n (1.14.6)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     importmap-rails (1.2.3)
       actionpack (>= 6.0.0)
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ GEM
     memory_profiler (1.0.2)
     method_source (1.1.0)
     mini_mime (1.1.5)
-    minitest (5.24.1)
+    minitest (5.25.1)
     mutex_m (0.2.0)
     net-http (0.4.1)
       uri
@@ -191,13 +191,13 @@ GEM
     net-smtp (0.5.0)
       net-protocol
     nio4r (2.7.3)
-    nokogiri (1.16.6-aarch64-linux)
+    nokogiri (1.16.7-aarch64-linux)
       racc (~> 1.4)
-    nokogiri (1.16.6-arm64-darwin)
+    nokogiri (1.16.7-arm64-darwin)
       racc (~> 1.4)
-    nokogiri (1.16.6-x86_64-darwin)
+    nokogiri (1.16.7-x86_64-darwin)
       racc (~> 1.4)
-    nokogiri (1.16.6-x86_64-linux)
+    nokogiri (1.16.7-x86_64-linux)
       racc (~> 1.4)
     pg (1.5.6)
     pg_query (5.1.0)
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ GEM
       stringio
     puma (6.4.2)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
-    racc (1.8.0)
+    racc (1.8.1)
     rack (3.1.7)
     rack-session (2.0.0)
       rack (>= 3.0.0)
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ GEM
     rake (13.2.1)
     rdoc (6.7.0)
       psych (>= 4.0.0)
-    reline (0.5.9)
+    reline (0.5.10)
       io-console (~> 0.5)
     require_all (3.0.0)
     rexml (3.3.6)
@@ -285,6 +285,10 @@ GEM
       activerecord (>= 4.0.0)
       railties (>= 4.0.0)
     sexp_processor (4.17.2)
+    solid_cache (0.7.0)
+      activejob (>= 7)
+      activerecord (>= 7)
+      railties (>= 7)
     sprockets (4.2.1)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
       rack (>= 2.2.4, < 4)
@@ -298,7 +302,7 @@ GEM
     strscan (3.1.0)
     terminal-table (3.0.2)
       unicode-display_width (>= 1.1.1, < 3)
-    thor (1.3.1)
+    thor (1.3.2)
     timeout (0.4.1)
     tzinfo (2.0.6)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
@@ -310,7 +314,7 @@ GEM
     websocket-extensions (0.1.5)
     whenever (1.0.0)
       chronic (>= 0.6.3)
-    zeitwerk (2.6.16)
+    zeitwerk (2.6.18)
 
 PLATFORMS
   aarch64-linux
@@ -352,6 +356,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails-pg-extras
   rails_best_practices
   scenic
+  solid_cache (~> 0.7.0)
   sprockets-rails (~> 3.4)
   strong_migrations
   whenever (~> 1.0)
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index a9c3707..cc85b93 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     config.action_controller.perform_caching = true
     config.action_controller.enable_fragment_cache_logging = true
 
-    config.cache_store = :memory_store
+    config.cache_store = :solid_cache_store
     config.public_file_server.headers = {
       'Cache-Control' => "public, max-age=#{2.days.to_i}"
     }
diff --git a/config/solid_cache.yml b/config/solid_cache.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f83ff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/solid_cache.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+default: &default
+  database: <%= Rails.env %>
+  store_options:
+    max_age: <%= 1.week.to_i %>
+    max_size: <%= 256.megabytes %>
+    namespace: <%= Rails.env %>
+
+development:
+  <<: *default
+
+test:
+  <<: *default
+
+production:
+  <<: *default
diff --git a/db/migrate/20240918204932_create_solid_cache_entries.solid_cache.rb b/db/migrate/20240918204932_create_solid_cache_entries.solid_cache.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ff1fbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20240918204932_create_solid_cache_entries.solid_cache.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# This migration comes from solid_cache (originally 20230724121448)
+class CreateSolidCacheEntries < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  def change
+    create_table :solid_cache_entries do |t|
+      t.binary   :key,        null: false,   limit: 1024
+      t.binary   :value,      null: false,   limit: 512.megabytes
+      t.datetime :created_at, null: false
+
+      t.index    :key,        unique: true
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20240918204933_add_key_hash_and_byte_size_to_solid_cache_entries.solid_cache.rb b/db/migrate/20240918204933_add_key_hash_and_byte_size_to_solid_cache_entries.solid_cache.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32d1739
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20240918204933_add_key_hash_and_byte_size_to_solid_cache_entries.solid_cache.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# This migration comes from solid_cache (originally 20240108155507)
+class AddKeyHashAndByteSizeToSolidCacheEntries < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  def change
+    safety_assured do
+      change_table :solid_cache_entries do |t|
+        t.column :key_hash,  :integer, null: true, limit: 8
+        t.column :byte_size, :integer, null: true, limit: 4
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20240918204934_add_key_hash_and_byte_size_indexes_and_null_constraints_to_solid_cache_entries.solid_cache.rb b/db/migrate/20240918204934_add_key_hash_and_byte_size_indexes_and_null_constraints_to_solid_cache_entries.solid_cache.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c28a5c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20240918204934_add_key_hash_and_byte_size_indexes_and_null_constraints_to_solid_cache_entries.solid_cache.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# This migration comes from solid_cache (originally 20240110111600)
+class AddKeyHashAndByteSizeIndexesAndNullConstraintsToSolidCacheEntries < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  def change
+    safety_assured do
+    change_table :solid_cache_entries, bulk: true do |t|
+      t.change_null :key_hash, false
+      t.change_null :byte_size, false
+      t.index  :key_hash, unique: true
+      t.index  [:key_hash, :byte_size]
+      t.index  :byte_size
+    end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20240918204935_remove_key_index_from_solid_cache_entries.solid_cache.rb b/db/migrate/20240918204935_remove_key_index_from_solid_cache_entries.solid_cache.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a557b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20240918204935_remove_key_index_from_solid_cache_entries.solid_cache.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# This migration comes from solid_cache (originally 20240110111702)
+class RemoveKeyIndexFromSolidCacheEntries < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  def change
+    safety_assured do
+    change_table :solid_cache_entries do |t|
+      t.remove_index :key, unique: true
+    end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/structure.sql b/db/structure.sql
index 8da33d7..2d908f1 100644
--- a/db/structure.sql
+++ b/db/structure.sql
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ DROP INDEX IF EXISTS rideshare.index_trips_on_driver_id;
 DROP INDEX IF EXISTS rideshare.index_trip_requests_on_start_location_id;
 DROP INDEX IF EXISTS rideshare.index_trip_requests_on_rider_id;
 DROP INDEX IF EXISTS rideshare.index_trip_requests_on_end_location_id;
+DROP INDEX IF EXISTS rideshare.index_solid_cache_entries_on_key_hash_and_byte_size;
+DROP INDEX IF EXISTS rideshare.index_solid_cache_entries_on_key_hash;
+DROP INDEX IF EXISTS rideshare.index_solid_cache_entries_on_byte_size;
 DROP INDEX IF EXISTS rideshare.index_locations_on_address;
 DROP INDEX IF EXISTS rideshare.index_fast_search_results_on_driver_id;
 ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS ONLY rideshare.vehicles DROP CONSTRAINT IF EXISTS vehicles_pkey;
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS ONLY rideshare.users DROP CONSTRAINT IF EXISTS users_pkey;
 ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS ONLY rideshare.trips DROP CONSTRAINT IF EXISTS trips_pkey;
 ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS ONLY rideshare.trip_requests DROP CONSTRAINT IF EXISTS trip_requests_pkey;
 ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS ONLY rideshare.trip_positions DROP CONSTRAINT IF EXISTS trip_positions_pkey;
+ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS ONLY rideshare.solid_cache_entries DROP CONSTRAINT IF EXISTS solid_cache_entries_pkey;
 ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS ONLY rideshare.schema_migrations DROP CONSTRAINT IF EXISTS schema_migrations_pkey;
 ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS ONLY rideshare.vehicle_reservations DROP CONSTRAINT IF EXISTS non_overlapping_vehicle_registration;
 ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS ONLY rideshare.locations DROP CONSTRAINT IF EXISTS locations_pkey;
@@ -46,6 +50,7 @@ ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS rideshare.users ALTER COLUMN id DROP DEFAULT;
 ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS rideshare.trips ALTER COLUMN id DROP DEFAULT;
 ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS rideshare.trip_requests ALTER COLUMN id DROP DEFAULT;
 ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS rideshare.trip_positions ALTER COLUMN id DROP DEFAULT;
+ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS rideshare.solid_cache_entries ALTER COLUMN id DROP DEFAULT;
 ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS rideshare.locations ALTER COLUMN id DROP DEFAULT;
 DROP SEQUENCE IF EXISTS rideshare.vehicles_id_seq;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS rideshare.vehicles;
@@ -57,6 +62,8 @@ DROP SEQUENCE IF EXISTS rideshare.trip_requests_id_seq;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS rideshare.trip_requests;
 DROP SEQUENCE IF EXISTS rideshare.trip_positions_id_seq;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS rideshare.trip_positions;
+DROP SEQUENCE IF EXISTS rideshare.solid_cache_entries_id_seq;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS rideshare.solid_cache_entries;
 DROP VIEW IF EXISTS rideshare.search_results;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS rideshare.schema_migrations;
 DROP SEQUENCE IF EXISTS rideshare.locations_id_seq;
@@ -314,6 +321,39 @@ CREATE VIEW rideshare.search_results AS
   ORDER BY (count(t.rating)) DESC;
 
 
+--
+-- Name: solid_cache_entries; Type: TABLE; Schema: rideshare; Owner: -
+--
+
+CREATE TABLE rideshare.solid_cache_entries (
+    id bigint NOT NULL,
+    key bytea NOT NULL,
+    value bytea NOT NULL,
+    created_at timestamp(6) without time zone NOT NULL,
+    key_hash bigint NOT NULL,
+    byte_size integer NOT NULL
+);
+
+
+--
+-- Name: solid_cache_entries_id_seq; Type: SEQUENCE; Schema: rideshare; Owner: -
+--
+
+CREATE SEQUENCE rideshare.solid_cache_entries_id_seq
+    START WITH 1
+    INCREMENT BY 1
+    NO MINVALUE
+    NO MAXVALUE
+    CACHE 1;
+
+
+--
+-- Name: solid_cache_entries_id_seq; Type: SEQUENCE OWNED BY; Schema: rideshare; Owner: -
+--
+
+ALTER SEQUENCE rideshare.solid_cache_entries_id_seq OWNED BY rideshare.solid_cache_entries.id;
+
+
 --
 -- Name: trip_positions; Type: TABLE; Schema: rideshare; Owner: -
 --
@@ -491,6 +531,13 @@ ALTER SEQUENCE rideshare.vehicles_id_seq OWNED BY rideshare.vehicles.id;
 ALTER TABLE ONLY rideshare.locations ALTER COLUMN id SET DEFAULT nextval('rideshare.locations_id_seq'::regclass);
 
 
+--
+-- Name: solid_cache_entries id; Type: DEFAULT; Schema: rideshare; Owner: -
+--
+
+ALTER TABLE ONLY rideshare.solid_cache_entries ALTER COLUMN id SET DEFAULT nextval('rideshare.solid_cache_entries_id_seq'::regclass);
+
+
 --
 -- Name: trip_positions id; Type: DEFAULT; Schema: rideshare; Owner: -
 --
@@ -573,6 +620,14 @@ ALTER TABLE ONLY rideshare.schema_migrations
     ADD CONSTRAINT schema_migrations_pkey PRIMARY KEY (version);
 
 
+--
+-- Name: solid_cache_entries solid_cache_entries_pkey; Type: CONSTRAINT; Schema: rideshare; Owner: -
+--
+
+ALTER TABLE ONLY rideshare.solid_cache_entries
+    ADD CONSTRAINT solid_cache_entries_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id);
+
+
 --
 -- Name: trip_positions trip_positions_pkey; Type: CONSTRAINT; Schema: rideshare; Owner: -
 --
@@ -635,6 +690,27 @@ CREATE UNIQUE INDEX index_fast_search_results_on_driver_id ON rideshare.fast_sea
 CREATE UNIQUE INDEX index_locations_on_address ON rideshare.locations USING btree (address);
 
 
+--
+-- Name: index_solid_cache_entries_on_byte_size; Type: INDEX; Schema: rideshare; Owner: -
+--
+
+CREATE INDEX index_solid_cache_entries_on_byte_size ON rideshare.solid_cache_entries USING btree (byte_size);
+
+
+--
+-- Name: index_solid_cache_entries_on_key_hash; Type: INDEX; Schema: rideshare; Owner: -
+--
+
+CREATE UNIQUE INDEX index_solid_cache_entries_on_key_hash ON rideshare.solid_cache_entries USING btree (key_hash);
+
+
+--
+-- Name: index_solid_cache_entries_on_key_hash_and_byte_size; Type: INDEX; Schema: rideshare; Owner: -
+--
+
+CREATE INDEX index_solid_cache_entries_on_key_hash_and_byte_size ON rideshare.solid_cache_entries USING btree (key_hash, byte_size);
+
+
 --
 -- Name: index_trip_requests_on_end_location_id; Type: INDEX; Schema: rideshare; Owner: -
 --
@@ -776,6 +852,10 @@ ALTER TABLE ONLY rideshare.trip_requests
 SET search_path TO rideshare;
 
 INSERT INTO "schema_migrations" (version) VALUES
+('20240918204935'),
+('20240918204934'),
+('20240918204933'),
+('20240918204932'),
 ('20231220043547'),
 ('20231218215836'),
 ('20231213045957'),
diff --git a/erd.pdf b/erd.pdf
index cceb3c0..218ebad 100644
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diff --git a/lib/patches/active_record_patches.rb b/lib/patches/active_record_patches.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e425576
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/patches/active_record_patches.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#
+# Replace begin_db_transaction to ONLY create READ ONLY
+# transactions. This would be a bad idea in a real app, which would
+# need to read and write data. This is only for a demonstration.
+#
+
+module Patches::ActiveRecordPatches
+  module ::ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::PostgreSQL::DatabaseStatements
+    def begin_db_transaction
+      # Replaces:
+      # internal_execute("BEGIN", "TRANSACTION", allow_retry: true, materialize_transactions: false)
+      internal_execute("BEGIN", "TRANSACTION READ ONLY", allow_retry: true, materialize_transactions: false)
+    end
+  end
+end