Dude, Where's My Car
A fairly new carsharing company that helps out those who do not need a car all the time.
Zipcar is a for-profit, membership-based carsharing company providing rentals to members, billable by the hour or day. With this service, you are able to view a vehicle's availability and reserve it via the internet or by telephone. The increments can be as short as one hour and pay only for time you reserve, which includes up to 180 miles each 24 hour period. Every vehicle has a home location, a reserved parking space located on a street, driveway or neighborhood parking lot in your area.
Members are given an access card that opens the vehicle they have reserved only at the time they have reserved it. Each vehicle records hours of usage and mileage, which is uploaded to a central computer via a wireless data link.
Zipcar also offers its service for businesses, universities and organizations. These programs typically provide a discount on the annual membership fee. They have also partnered with over 30 colleges and universities to provide students with access to their car sharing service, which is a great way to keep within your budget and keep college costs under control.
So, basically, you drive by the hour from $7 or drive by the day from $70. This includes gas, insurance, reserved parking and 180 free miles. See if ZipCar is in your area.
There are several of these membership carsharing throughout the United States and here is a list of what is available:
Austin CarShare - Austin, Texas
City CarShare - San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley, California
CityWheels - Cleveland, Ohio
Community Car - Madison, Wisconsin
HOURCAR - Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
I-GO - Chicago
PhillyCarShare - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Zipcar - Major operations in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, London, UK, New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh,Portland, Oregon, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Ontario, Vancouver, BC, and Washington, D.C.. Smaller fleets with 1-10 cars can also be found at some US universities.
U Car Share - Ann Arbor, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Madison, Philadelphia, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, D.C.
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Posted By: Joe on Thursday, July 24, 2008
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