city carshare
more than 180 city of berkeley employees are enrolled in the city’s carshare program, said the city’s transportation planner matthew nichols .
to become a member of city carshare visit: urltoken or call 352 - 0323 .
to see the program’s impact on city carshare members, testimonials can be viewed here .
membership in san francisco’s non - profit city carshare has jumped 20 percent in recent months .
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the new van will be shared by city employees and disabled city carshare members monday to friday from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. , and available to all city carshare members on evenings and weekends .
city carshare is a non - profit. because of that, it got the city to set aside special spots for their cars .
fleet. city carshare is adding one additional vehicle to berkeley and introducing two to the city of san francisco. in 2008, city carshare introduced the nation' s first wheelchair - accessible carsharing vehicle in partnership with the city of berkeley and berkeley’s commission on disability .
the new zio ziegler - designed electric fleet from city carshare will get you home in style .
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city carshare & @ toyota urltoken launch new # carsharing program, # dash, at hacienda in pleasanton .
city carshare is adding three wheelchair - accessible minivans to its accessmobile fleet - - one additional vehicle to berkeley and introducing two to the city of san francisco .
i have used city carshare for quite a few years. i was able to overlook some of the difficulties for…
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city councilmember dona spring uses the accessmobile’s manual fold ramp to exit the van during a test drive friday evening. city carshare will launch the nation’s first wheelchair - accessible carshare van today (tuesday) in partnership with the city of berkeley at the martin luther king jr. civic center .
perlita p. , a tipster and city carshare member, is even more upset by the transition, as she' s no longer able to book city carshare' s wheelchair - accessible accessmobile vans—which she was planning to do this week .
founded in 2001, city carshare is the original car­sharing community of the bay area, and over the past 15 years, the nonprofit has grown to serve over 50, 000 members. in june 2015, city carshare partnered with mobility and transportation expert carma technology in a strategic alliance, and rebranded the bay area carsharing organization to city carshare powered by carma .
the city got rid of its fleet of 10 cars in 2004 and replaced it with hybrid city carshare vehicles. the cars are used by councilmembers, the city’s public health nurses, traffic engineers and environmental health and housing staff .
the recent getaround acquisition of city carshare means there' s going to be some overlap of the two systems as they consolidate ,
thornley said. getaround is gradually re - branding city carshare vehicles and pods with getaround signage, but there will be dual - branded city carshare / getaround vehicles at some pods for at least a little while, thornley explains .
city carshare was originally founded in 2001 as the only nonprofit carsharing service in the san francisco bay area with a mission to reduce car ownership. in august of 2015, city carshare merged operations with carma in a strategic alliance to combine and strengthen their shared mobility services .
darin ranelletti, an oakland city planner, said that these plans often include transit pass incentives, extra bicycle parking and an in - house car - share program such as zipcar or city carshare .
the two companies have already started to onboard city carshare' s fleet of vehicles to getaround with an expected completion date monday, november 14th. existing city carshare members are able to easily migrate their accounts to getaround' s platform by visting urltoken or through the carma app .
city carshare spokesperson anita daley said that disabled members of the community would not be subject to a screening process or required to have any prerequisites .
tipster mark w. was the first to alert us to the change, telling us that city carshare reservations from november 9th onward were no longer available. as of yesterday, the city carshare platform is no longer online, and users who try to log in are forwarded to getaround .
“since our initial partnership with city carshare four years ago, we’ve witnessed access mobile’s positive impact on the lives of hundreds of city carshare members who now have the freedom to decide where they want to go and how they want to get there, ” says tom bates, mayor of berkeley .
city carshare said it has cars available on site at 10 developments in san francisco and has agreements to go into eight others within the next year .
i was a member of city carshare before i worked there. one day i was out driving back in 2004 and i passed someone else in a city carshare car. there weren’t too many of them at the time, so we both noticed and kind of smiled and waved to each other .
update, 11 / 16: since the announcement of the acquisition, getaround logos have been added to a number of city carshare vehicles, and many have wondered how the two companies will share their parking spaces in the city, some of which are on public property and city streets .
a disabled city carshare member will have to pay $ 6. 50 per hour to use the accessmobile—which includes gas, insurance and maintenance, hutchinson said .
officials at the other car - sharing operations agree. city carshare' s mission, hutchinson said, is not to make money but to reduce car ownership, and pollution, congestion and oil dependence. city carshare laid the groundwork and established the market that attracted the two for - profits, he said .
we' ve enjoyed strong community support from the beginning and have partnered successfully with local transportation agencies and other community groups ,
city carshare said .
carshare now offering wheelchair - accessible vans. category: page one from the berkeley daily planet
carshare in the bay area has gone from zero to sixty in the last few years .
city carshare previously declined to comment on the fate of the accessmobile vans; we' ll follow up to see if we can get more information on their future .
about city carshare city carshare (ccs) is the only nonprofit carsharing service in the san francisco bay area. the mission of ccs is to improve the environment and quality of life in bay area communities by promoting innovative mobility options. since 2001, ccs has had a measurable impact in the way communities live, breathe, work and play .
berkeley used $ 25, 000 in award money from winning the 2007 national organization on disability’s accessible american contest to split the cost with city carshare, which matched the amount .
a 2006 study done by the university of california, berkeley, found that the city carshare program could save 25 million pounds of carbon emissions in a year in the bay area .
in 2001, a group of californian transport activists launched city carshare with the help of several local non - profit companies and the cities of san francisco, oakland, and berkeley .
the third part of our target market is inner - city businesses .
when no city carshare spots are available behind the civic center at 2180 milvia st. to park the van, spring has given permission for the van to use her personal parking spot .
on thursday, car - sharing company getaround announced a new partnership with bay area car - sharing nonprofit city carshare and its owner - operator, carma. as the chronicle reports, city carshare will remain in business as an independent nonprofit, but it will lease its fleet of approximately 200 vehicles (and associated parking spaces) to getaround, which will take a commission .
“our mission is to provide convenient, affordable access to carsharing for everyone and that includes those with disabilities, ” says rick hutchinson, ceo of city carshare. “with more access mobiles available on both sides of the bay, the program illustrates our ongoing commitment to equity in transportation and city carshare’s drive to serve the needs of our community, not our bottom line. ”
“city carshare is pleased to introduce pleasanton’s first electric carsharing vehicles at hacienda, through our dash fleet, ” said rick hutchinson, ceo of city carshare. “by providing a carsharing option for commuters, we are working towards our goal to take 20, 000 cars off of bay area roads by 2020, while promoting and encouraging transit, walking, carpooling and cycling. ”
we' ve asked getaround to continue operating city carshare' s on - street pods unchanged, until we deliver our pilot evaluation and recommendations to the sfmta board ,
thornley said .
“city carshare is pleased to introduce pleasanton’s first electric carsharing vehicles at the hacienda, through our dash fleet, ” said rick hutchinson, ceo of city carshare. “by providing a carsharing option for commuters, we are working towards our goal to take 20, 000 cars off of bay area roads by 2020, while promoting and encouraging transit, walking, carpooling, and cycling. ”
rick hutchinson, chief executive officer for city carshare, estimates that about 13, 000 people actively participate in bay area car - sharing operations. about 4, 000 joined in the past year .
“city carshare is pleased to introduce pleasanton’s first electric car - sharing vehicles at hacienda, through our dash fleet, ” said rick hutchinson, ceo of city carshare. “by providing a car - sharing option for commuters, we are working towards our goal to take 20, 000 cars off of bay area roads by 2020, while promoting and encouraging transit, walking, carpooling and cycling. ”
that could change with today’s (tuesday) launch of accessmobile—the nation’s first wheelchair - accessible car share van—by bay area - based non - profit city carshare at the martin luther king jr. civic center .
so many people in the bay area are interested in car - sharing that two for - profit companies have joined nonprofit pioneer city carshare in the market - - and all three are surviving and growing .
this is the second city launch for viavan, following its launch in amsterdam last month .
update, 4: 20pm: a press representative for getaround says that the city carshare users we spoke to misunderstood many elements of the transition, most notably the alleged transfer of credit card data without permission .
no city carshare users had their information or credit card details migrated to the getaround platform without their knowledge... [ using getaround ] was an opt - in process only ,
she said .
in partnership with toyota motor sales usa inc. , city carshare, a nonprofit car - sharing organization, recently launched a new car - sharing program called dash at hacienda business park in pleasanton, calif .
jones appeared with rick hutchison, chief executive officer of city carshare, a bay area nonprofit car - sharing organization, and sunil paul, chief executive officer of spride, a san francisco car - sharing startup .
“city carshare’s gift of mobility allows even more people, especially those with disabilities, the opportunity to live independently and become fully participating members of their communities, ” says dmitri belser, president of ed roberts campus .
the sustainable commuting program offers incentives to city employees to encourage them to come to city hall each day by walking, biking, or car pooling, all funded through charging employees for parking .
in addition to car share pods in private and public garages and parking lots all over the city, there are around 140 on - street car share pods divided between city carshare, getaround, and zipcar as part of an sfmta pilot project that' s testing the notion of using curb parking for car - share pods .
assembymember dave jones (middle, d - sacramento) was joined by spride ceo sunil paul (left) and city carshare ceo rick hutchison (right) to announce legislation allowing individual car owners to participate in... more
oakland city officials are launching a new tip line and reward fund for information leading to arson arrests .
sorry, no iconic green vw beetle on their home page at the time. (comically, zipcar actually threatened city carshare with legal action claiming that zipcar had trademarked the green beetle, even though citycarshare started using them first. )
we partner with toyota to offer corporations an innovative high - capacity commute and carshare service for employees to reduce parking and carbon emissions .
the city, which pays the standard carshare rate of $ 5 per hour and 40 cents per mile for the service, has saved a significant amount of money from the program, about $ 50, 000 per year, he said .
city carshare’s dash® will provide battery powered transportation options to the nearly 20 percent of the park’s employees that use alternative transportation methods to get to work. the cars will allow employees to attend local meetings and run errands. dash’s launch at hacienda will also encourage single - car commuters to use public transit and / or join a carpool / vanpool and become carsharing members. employees who join city carshare will be able to use the electric vehicles by the hour for a low cost .
city carshare’s dash™ will provide battery powered transportation options to the nearly 20 percent of the park’s employees that use alternative transportation methods to get to work. the cars will allow employees to attend local meetings and run errands. dash’s launch at hacienda will also encourage single - car commuters to use public transit and / or join a carpool / vanpool and become carsharing members. employees who join city carshare will be able to use the electric vehicles by the hour for a low cost .
why own a car when you can share one? that' s the approach taken by san francisco city car share, a non - profit organisation which aims to reduce the number of vehicles in the city .
“city carshare’s dash will provide battery - powered transportation options to the nearly 20 percent of the park’s employees that use alternative transportation methods to get to work. the cars will allow employees to attend local meetings and run errands. dash’s launch at hacienda will also encourage single - car commuters to use public transit and / or join a carpool / vanpool and become carsharing members. employees who join city carshare will be able to use the electric vehicles by the hour for a low cost. ”
what' s in all this for toyota? the project is managed by city carshare, so it' s unclear whether toyota will see any financial gain. however, according to toyota' s craig scott ,
toyota is exploring new business models like the city carshare dash fleet to meet the future mobility needs of our customers. the scion iq ev fleet will help us understand how electric vehicles are used in an active car sharing program and the viability of this type of program for future technologies .
city carshare, a bay area nonprofit, that provides “ convenient, affordable access to shared cars in order to reduce individual car ownership and usage, ” together with toyota, announced a new carsharing fleet called dash at the bay area suburban business center .
“conversations with developers are definitely starting to become more green - oriented, ” said rick hutchison, ceo of city carshare. “in the last year, developers have seen that car sharing is not only good for communities but it makes sense for the environment. ”
“to prepare for the fleet consolidation announcement with getaround, the online reservation system underwent some changes, most likely causing glitches with bookings, ” city carshare spokesperson stephanie yang told us yesterday, adding that members should be able to reserve cars once they join getaround .
dash, a three - year pilot program, will offer short distance transportation options for both employers’ business needs and for their carpool, vanpool and public transportation commuters. according to city carshare, toyota is providing 30 scion iq electric vehicles to the dash fleet .
council has implemented an extensive program to reduce the environmental impact caused by the city' s vehicles and heavy equipment .
representatives for both companies said the arrangement would benefit city carshare' s 20, 000 active users, allowing them to take advantage of getaround' s superior technology (which allows locking and unlocking of cars with a smartphone) and lower, monthly - fee - free prices .
–the city of los angeles is reconsidering a strategy to incentivize car - sharing program growth through the use of public spaces .
in other words, while city carshare has eco - friendly goals like taking cars off the road and reducing co2 emissions, toyota aims to learn more about how electric - car drivers use their vehicles - - presumably so that the company can tailor future rides to meet consumer needs .
carshare portland is recognized as the first official car sharing operation in the united states. portland resident and car sharing expert (and editor of the excellent carsharingus blog) dave brook launched carshare portland in 1998 with one car and a few neighbors and the operation eventually grew to about 20 cars. in 2000, a boston couple started zipcar. seattle' s flexcar was also formed in 2000 and eventually bought carshare portland and in late 2007 flexcar and zipcar agreed to merge .
city carshare opened the first car - sharing service in the bay area in 2001 with a fleet of eye - catching green volkswagen beetles that have since been retired. in 2005, the two national, for - profit firms - - zipcar and flexcar - - moved into the market .
for further details about city carshare please contact sheryl so at landis communications, inc. (415) 359 - 2313; sheryl @ urltoken or hilary burns at landis communications, inc. : (415) 561 - 0888; hilary @ urltoken. images and video are available at urltoken
since my last post, i' ve used city car share about 6 times a year. usually i use the pickup truck…
the city’s paratransit services manager angellique decoud said she revised the taxi scrip program in 2005 to make it more available to disabled residents .
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“city carshare, like carma, has been a pioneer in the shared mobility space, ” said lawrence mulligan, ceo of carma. “we’re delighted to join our families, as we take this next step towards extending the convenience and flexibility of our combined services to more people throughout the bay area. ”
assembymember dave jones (middle, d - sacramento) was joined by spride ceo sunil paul (left) and city carshare ceo rick hutchison (right) to announce legislation allowing individual car owners to participate in vehicle sharing fleets in san francisco, calif. , on wednesday, april 28, 2010. less
the difference is, dash' s fleet consists entirely of electric cars - - specifically, 30 scion iq ev electric vehicles. that' s nearly one - third of the 100 iq evs made to date. the vehicles will be rented for low, hourly rates to hacienda employees who join city carshare .
elizabeth sullivan, the first person to join city car share, says she got rid of her own car in order to save money .
we then have a second car market, which are inner - city couples with families with one car and occasionally need a second .
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city carshare powered by carma already has the greenest car­sharing fleet in the u. s. —50 percent of the rides are electric, plug­in hybrid or hybrid models—but now, as part of the new partnership, the company is unleashing a new electric fleet / art project on the streets of san francisco and berkeley .
“city carshare is pleased to introduce pleasanton’s first electric carsharing vehicles at hacienda, through our dash fleet. by providing a carsharing option for commuters, we are working towards our goal to take 20, 000 cars off of bay area roads by 2020, while promoting and encouraging transit, walking, carpooling and cycling. ”
car - sharing perks extend to parking, too. shared cars, trucks, and vans have dedicated parking spaces in private parking lots and on city streets. city bylaws also allow shared vehicles to park in
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“we are delighted to have joined forces with city carshare, ” said sean o’sullivan, carma board chair. “we now have the platform to disrupt the transportation community in the bay area by not only offering a comprehensive and diverse set of transport options, but by extending options to meet demand in the more suburban communities. ”
“not only has city carshare proven to be a leader in offering green transportation, but it also is leading the way in giving people with disabilities a new way to get around, ” said edwin m. lee, mayor of san francisco. “this is a great step towards ensuring san francisco is accessible to everyone. ”
–zipcar and the city of pasadena are collaborating on a new pilot program which builds on the operator’s success with an on - street pilot program .
“pleasanton and hacienda are extremely excited about the launch of this program which will offer more convenience to the thousands of commuters into our city each day, ” said pleasanton mayor jerry thorne. “the opportunity for exposure to the new scion iq ev should bolster program appeal and dovetail with the city’s goals. ”
linda johnson, 40, director of a nonprofit arts organization, is equally satisfied with city carshare, which has a different rate structure, charging $ 10 monthly dues, $ 4 an hour and 44 cents a mile. the per - mile charge, hutchinson said, is designed to encourage shorter trips so more members can use the cars .
for further details about city carshare’s dash or to schedule an interview, please contact camille priselac at landis communications, inc. : (917) 703 - 1660; camille @ urltoken or donna berry glass at landis communications, inc. : (415) 561 - 0888; donna @ urltoken. images and video are available to download at urltoken
for further details about city carshare’s dash or to schedule an interview, please contact camille priselac at landis communications, inc. : (917) 703 - 1660; camille @ urltoken or donna berry glass at landis communications, inc. : (415) 561 - 0888; donna @ urltoken. images and video are available to download at urltoken
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assembymember dave jones (middle, d - sacramento) was joined by spride ceo sunil paul (left) and city carshare ceo rick hutchison (right) to announce legislation allowing individual car owners to participate in vehicle sharing fleets in san francisco, calif. , on wednesday, april 28, 2010. example of a spride car in background. less
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we believe strongly that getaround is an ideal match for city carshare ,
said lawrence mulligan, ceo of carma .
not only does getaround share our mission and community values, but it also brings amazing new benefits for our members. joining up with getaround is a great local solution to what we believe is a growing national need for access to shared cars .
access mobiles are minivans which can hold up to two people using mobility devices and up to three more passengers and a driver. the vehicles are available 24 / 7 to any city carshare member. the cost is $ 8. 25 / hour or lower during night owl hours (midnight – 8 a. m .), or $ 64 per day, plus mileage .
i use a wheelchair full - time. with the access mobile, i’ve been able to travel outside of san francisco to visit many places - now i have an option, ” says gary parent, city carshare member since 2010. “if i see something i’d like to do or a place i’d like to go, there’s nothing stopping me. that feeling is priceless .
“we specifically have a city carshare membership to be able to use the wheelchair vans ,
she said, noting that getaround' s website makes no reference as to when they will return .
this is a vital service for people with disabilities, and we found out that the vans were being discontinued when we were going to alter a reservation that we had had for many months now .
also, the bikes will all be co - located with city carshare cars, which is important because we want to provide an option that’s very convenient. it will be almost a passive decision making process – you don’t have to learn a new system. just go online and reserve a vehicle like you normally do, except you’ll now have an option to pick a bike instead of a car .
carma, a world leader in commuter solutions, and city carshare, the original bay area carsharing network, have announced their partnership. this strategic alliance allows the organizations to merge operations; creating new services that will transform the way users travel in cities and across the region. through the integration of technologies and systems, a new organization, will provide expanded commuting, carsharing, and other shared mobility services .
the profile is inner - city working professionals who don' t own a car and catch public transport to work ,
ms conheady, flexicar' s chief executive, said .
“it just made sense, ” city carshare ceo rick hutchinson said. “we were looking at how to expand our services to senior centers, low - income and moderate income families, and this seemed like a great first step. but we don’t want to compete with public transportation. before people jump into any of our cars, we make sure they have explored other alternatives, such as biking, walking or the bus. ”
the scheme aims to ease city congestion, parking hassles and environmental abuse by giving current car owners a reason to give up their vehicles while still being able to drive when they need to .
car - sharing has been around for almost 15 years in california, beginning with the founding of city carshare in san francisco back in 2001. in recent years, southern california has become a proving ground for new shared mobility models, with developments in bike - sharing and ride - sourcing popping up so quickly that it can be hard to keep track. meanwhile, however, progress in neighborhood - based car - sharing has been slower to advance .
this coming summer city carshare will be launching an e - bike program in san francisco and berkeley that, as far as we know, will be the first of its kind in the nation. the bikes will have pedal assist with a motor in the back wheel, which will be helpful since the areas we’re launching in have a lot of hills. we’ll also be introducing cargo bikes. both will be customized and built specifically with sharing in mind .
city leaders hoped the ordinance would encourage residents to drive less, and lawrence badiner, zoning administrator and assistant planning director for san francisco, said most developers are eager to provide access to alternative transportation .
carshare _ 0004 _ db. jpg tara hunt of san francisco, gets inside a nissan versa, one of many zipcars she uses from the car share service at a parking lot at 2nd and howard streets in san francisco, ca, on... more
carshare _ 0003 _ db. jpg tara hunt of san francisco, holds the zipcar card she uses to unlock the zipcar inside a nissan versa, one of many zipcars she uses from the car share service in san francisco, ca, on... more
carshare _ 0007 _ db. jpg tara hunt of san francisco, walks away from a zipcar space in a lot on 2nd and howard streets, after returning the nissan versa she drove, one of many zipcars she uses from the car share... more
like other developers, forest city enterprises, the firm behind the uptown, is incorporating green into its developments as environmental sustainability becomes more popular and alternative transportation options for residents are key features for many potential residents .
forest city worked with zipcar, a massachusetts - based car sharing service, to offer a free annual memberships to residents. users pay only an hourly use fee, which can be as low as $ 7 .
this lack of progress may be partly due to car - sharing’s tumultuous history in the city of angels. car - sharing began in la a decade ago with a fleet of 40 vehicles launched by mobility provider flexcar .
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city car share was fine while it existed, but its descent into carma - - and its horrible afterlife of never returning membership fees to anyone, after promising to do so - - deserves a special place in yelp hell. when i reported city car share to the better business bureau, the bbb told me that there was already a pile of similar complaints against them, and that some higher regulatory authority would eventually have to step in .
chiming in with my own sad tale of woe since ccs merged with carma. i too have had major trouble attempting to cancel, even after jumping through their hoops. they accepted my fob and did nothing. to make a long story short, 83 days later, i have seen no check for my refundable deposit promised me by city carshare - - whom i used frequently and was loyal to for a decade! run far away. don' t give carma a dime. they deserve to fail spectacularly .
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in the early days, members also used to leave notes in the cars for the next driver. people would leave cards, haikus, things like that. a few months later i got in a car and found a note from the driver i had passed, about how we recognized each other and waved, and how fun it was. that was a nice experience. it felt like being part of a community. it was one of the reasons i felt so good about city carshare before i ended up working there .
for people living in east oakland who have to own a car, peer - to - peer carshare offers them a way to earn money (up to hundreds of dollars a month) by lending their car to neighbors when they’re not driving it. additionally, with peer - to - peer carshare, people will have more options to choose how they get around, increasing their ability to reliably get to jobs, school, and other critical needs. along with bus rapid transit and bikeshare, adding carsharing into the mix makes east oakland a place where people will truly have many affordable and reliable choices of how to get around .
americans love their cars. more than 213 million vehicles clog the nation' s freeways, city streets and rural byways. but a hi - tech scheme in san francisco aims to persuade drivers to give up their beloved vehicles, writes maggie shiels .
with funding from plan bay area’s initiatives program, transform will bring these new transportation options, including a form of peer - to - peer carshare, to east oakland residents. most importantly, we will conduct dedicated outreach to help educate neighbors and business owners on how they can use, and benefit from, carsharing .
city car share' s annie bourden then hands out electronic key fobs that beep members into the car when they reserve it. down at one of the pods, as the garages are known, annie shows the new recruits how to use the fob .
dash uses a fleet of electric scion iqs and charging stations. we have 24 of 30 vehicles in place now and are still working on putting in some infrastructure. city carshare currently has more electric vehicles (evs) than any other round - trip carsharing operator in the country. i think evs will only become a bigger part of carsharing in the future. right now the infrastructure is expensive, and dealing with it can be time - intensive, but that will change once it gets up to scale. it won’t be a totally smooth transition, but it will happen .
can i rent a car in one city and return it in another? i am looking for a share - ride from jfk to ohio. would you please let me know what companies can i contact? something like blablacar in europe? thanks! a .
this is the only city in the country - - possibly in the world - - that has three car - share companies operating at the same time ,
said dan shifrin, regional vice president for zipcar .
it speaks volumes about san francisco .
car - sharing networks spread the use of a few vehicles between a number of drivers. carpooling and ride - sharing help to reduce the number of cars on the road. choose sustainable driving habits to help vancouver become the greenest city in the world by 2020 .
“you are seeing a generation of people who have a sense of public consciousness about their carbon footprint, ” said susan smartt, senior vice president of forest city residential west. “it’s good regional planning to offer amenities that will resonate with the lifestyle of these people. ”
we want to make car sharing more hip, more fun and more sexy than owning a car ,
says kate white, co - founder and deputy director of city car share .
this programme is a real, viable and convenient alternative to owning a car .
to address the inequality of current carsharing opportunities in certain communities, transform has teamed up with the city of oakland to create a pilot program to expand carsharing to east oakland. this pilot program has the potential to be replicated in other places and with other modes of shared mobility .
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“toyota is exploring new business models like the city car share dash fleet to meet the future mobility needs of our customers. the scion iq ev fleet will help us understand how electric vehicles are used in an active car sharing program and the viability of this type of program for future technologies. ”
oakland has also jumped on the alternative transportation bandwagon. as of september 2008, the city requires all developers of projects with more than 50 units and / or 50, 000 square feet of non - residential space to submit a “transportation demand management” plan, which includes strategies to increase bicycle, pedestrian, transit and car - share use .
“anything that includes the disabled is good but this just seems a bit elitist, ” said dan mcmullan of disabled people outside, who gets around berkeley on a wheelchair. “i would like to see the city use the money to reign in on the services they already have, such as the taxi scrip and discount fares for bart and buses. ”
carshare _ 0004 _ db. jpg tara hunt of san francisco, gets inside a nissan versa, one of many zipcars she uses from the car share service at a parking lot at 2nd and howard streets in san francisco, ca, on wednesday, january, 17, 2007. photo taken: 1 / 17 / 07 darryl bush / the chronicle * * tara hunt (cq) mandatory credit for photog and sf chronicle / - mags out less
i am a bike mechanic and really prefer getting around with pedal power, but occasionally life calls upon us to get jobs that require cars to get to work. because of this, i had to search for a car service. in the bay area, the competition was pretty much between zip car and city car share. i took a social media poll of my 1000 + friends and city car share came out ahead, so i joined up last week. when i checked it out, i found that ccs had pods of cars all around me... i had always seen them here and there, but never realized the sum totality of their presence! they' ve got cars practically on every other corner of oakland .
“toyota is exploring new business models like the city car share dash fleet to meet the future mobility needs of our customers, “ said craig scott, advanced technology vehicle manager for toyota motor sales usa inc. “the scion iq ev fleet will help us understand how electric vehicles are used in an active car sharing program and the viability of this type of program for future technologies. ”
“toyota is exploring new business models like the city car share dash fleet to meet the future mobility needs of our customers, ” said craig scott, advanced technology vehicle manager for toyota motor sales usa inc. “the scion iq ev fleet will help us understand how electric vehicles are used in an active car sharing program and the viability of this type of program for future technologies. ”
@ adelina, it is certainly possible to rent a car in one city and return it in another, but that is more likely to be found with a major car rental company like hertz or avis rather than a car - sharing company. the rental companies have the ability with their larger organizations to shuffle cars whereas most car - sharing operations are more locally based. – @ ed .
carshare _ 0003 _ db. jpg tara hunt of san francisco, holds the zipcar card she uses to unlock the zipcar inside a nissan versa, one of many zipcars she uses from the car share service in san francisco, ca, on wednesday, january, 17, 2007. photo taken: 1 / 17 / 07 darryl bush / the chronicle * * tara hunt (cq) ran on: 01 - 22 - 2007 tara hunt gets inside a nissan versa from car - share firm zipcar. less
the access mobile program’s administration is supported by bart and funded by the u. s. department of transportation federal transit administration, under the
new freedom
grant. the program is made possible through the support of several organizations including the city of berkeley’s commission on disability, the san francisco mayor’s office on disability, bay area transit (bart), the ed roberts campus and the center for independent living .
one use case i can see for these lilliputian city cars is as courtesy cars at general aviation airports where pilots fly in solo or with co - pilot and just need a way to get “the last mile” to a meeting, hotel room, etc. (pilots rarely need to go far from the airport. if they did, they would just fly into a closer airport, usually within 10 mi or less) .
the idea of car sharing within residential buildings got a boost when san francisco passed an ordinance in 2005 requiring new residential buildings with more than 50 units to offer a car sharing either on site or within 800 feet of the building. at the same time, the city set strict limits on parking for new residential complexes in some parts of town, including the market - octavia neighborhood — in some areas only one car is allowed for every four units .
one million u. s. carsharing members will soon become 2 million as people save thousands per year owning one less car. university students, city dwellers, and fleets have new flexibility in getting the right vehicle when needed including roomy sedans, pickup trucks, and even electric cars. just as we are transitioning from owning expensive computers and software to mobile use of cloud services, transportation has moved beyond just owning a car to a rich menu of transportation services .
great concept, terrible customer service. yes, i know they' re a non - profit. but that' s no excuse for such a crappy billing system, and a lame way of handling problems. it' s disturbing enough that an unauthorized person used a car and it was billed to my account. (and i am the sole authorized user of the account .) but then getting city car share to correct the error required not only an email, but a phone call and more .
we' ve been members since our last car died - was it 4 years ago? - a nd we' ve thoroughly enjoyed the convenience, not to mention the cost - savings and being green. this idea soooo beats owning a car or any other transportation option in the city, i' m surprised more people aren' t members. i' m glad, though, because i like the fact that there is always a car available when i need / want one. this couldn' t be easier !
carshare _ 0007 _ db. jpg tara hunt of san francisco, walks away from a zipcar space in a lot on 2nd and howard streets, after returning the nissan versa she drove, one of many zipcars she uses from the car share service in san francisco, ca, on wednesday, january, 17, 2007. (fyi: in the background is an ipod ad; hunt called zipcar users similar to the first ipod users in the interview) photo taken: 1 / 17 / 07 darryl bush / the chronicle * * tara hunt (cq) ran on: 01 - 22 - 2007 tara hunt gets inside a nissan versa from car - share firm zipcar. less
i agree that i wish i could give them a zero. i was a member of ccs for eight years and loved them, but since the merger with carma, it has been a billing nightmare. every month they come up with a different fine or fee. the latest was a $ 50 fine for not locking the car with a key fob. so an $ 8 rental goes to $ 58 and how do you prove that you locked the car when you know that you did? you get charged a $ 10 a month fee, even if you didn' t rent a car that month. ridiculous on so many levels. i' ll try out the new enterprise carshare program and good riddance .
worried about renting an electric vehicle? to combat range anxiety (the fear that your battery will run out of juice before you reach your destination), there are plenty of charging stations throughout sf and the east bay including downtown berkeley, ucsf, cole valley, city college of sf, panhandle, china basin, mission, mission bay, and civic center. best of all, members don' t have to fill up the car with gas at the end of the reservations; users just return the car to its parking space, plug­ the vehicle into the charging station, and continue with their day. it' s that easy .
i was an avid user and supporter of city car share for over 8 years. they do not exist anymore. swallowed by getaround. it sucks! !! i went to zipcar and am very very happy, though i do miss the local homey feeling of ccs and my buddies on the customer service lines hi ian, kerry, tenise etc, we miss you. the only thing i miss with zipcar is its size so you don' t seem to get to know anybody and are speaking with people far away for where you are, but that is the way the world turns, until it spins off it' s axis - lol. zipcars are good and their app is the bomb .
“we’re delighted to join our families, as we take this next step towards extending the convenience and flexibility of our combined services to more people throughout the bay area. ”
over the next eight weeks, the new carma will increase the number of operating locations by 25% , invest in newer technologies to enhance the user experience, and expand improved services to more areas. by consolidating operations, the new company aims to be the most innovative and efficient shared mobility provider available .
about carma carma is a carpooling network that connects commuters with similar routes to share rides through a free smartphone app. carma’s main goal is to make ridesharing easy and flexible. carma has programs in ireland, norway, washington d. c. , san francisco, and austin .
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it works along fairly simple lines. members pay a $ 300 refundable deposit and a $ 10 monthly fee to join. for $ 2. 50 an hour and 45c a mile, they can drive a new vw beetle, four - door family car or station wagon based at one of 11 locations around san francisco. insurance and petrol is included in the price .
at an orientation meeting in the company' s downtown office, 10 new members are shown how to make reservations online .
can everyone see the red light flashing on the side of the door ?
she asks .
just hold your key fob in front of it. the door will spring open when it recognises your fob number.
city carshare was founded as the first carsharing program in the san francisco bay area , and remains the only non-profit program in the metropolitan region . it provides its members with the use of fuel-efficient vehicles by the hour . 
city carshare was founded as the first carsharing program in the san francisco bay area, and remains the only non-profit program in the metropolitan region. it provides its members with the use of fuel-efficient vehicles by the hour.
city carshare was founded as the first carsharing program in the san francisco bay area, and remains the only non-profit program in the metropolitan region. it provides its members with the use of fuel-efficient vehicles by the hour.