Comments on: Car-Sharing

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By: Leigh

Leigh — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:52:18 +0000

I looked up ZipCars and found that they are just in these areas:

United States
Atlanta
New York/New Jersey
ProvidenceBaltimore
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Boston
Pittsburgh
Seattle
Chicago
Portland
Washington DC

Lots of towns not covered.

By: Rike

Rike — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:03:24 +0000

This sounds very much like what exists in the big cities here, like Munich.

By: AARPat

AARPat — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:17:18 +0000

ZipCars are very popular in urban centers here in the U.S. Our daughter who lived in Washington DC for a while with her husband and their twins used them often to get the kids to well-baby appointments. She now lives in Rome, Italy, and her husband’s employer gives them a car allowance, so no more ZipCar.

We see ZipCars all the time when we visit nearby San Francisco, so they’re still in existence. You rent them by the hour.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:55:31 +0000

While bike riding would be more healthy, most American have an close attachment to their cars. The only car sharing I have done was when I was sixteen, and begging my parents for their car. Since the age of 18 I have had my own car.

Public transpiration is spotty in most smaller communities. In the larger cities I have used Atlanta ’s MARTA and San Francisco’s BART and the New York subway but mostly as a tourist, not a daily rider. I lived in San Diego, but never used public transportation there. About a year ago, I used Greyhound. I drove a vehicle up to my brother, and then took the bus home. I liked it because I could just sit back and read, until we had a hour layover, waiting for a connecting bus. And out of practice I forgot to bring a sweater and froze.

Where I live you can get a taxi, but it’s expensive. It not the way to go especially since our neighborhoods are not centered around shops.