It looks like Zipcar is feeling the pinch of higher prices! As of August 18th, they are raising prices in all markets without a revenue guarantee, with one exception. They are also supposedly raising the per mile price(once the 180 free miles are used) by $.10.
They are also expanding their weekend rates to virtually all [...]
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It appears that Los Angeles is trying to get Zipcar back. The nation’s second largest city is reportedly debating whether or not to give free parking in neighborhoods near the two LA colleges Zipcar still has cars: USC and UCLA. The move would possibly give a second chance at carsharing in LA.
Flexcar, after the Zipcar [...]
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Today marks the first day of Zipcar’s low car diet. In all of their major markets, participants will get $100 zipcar credit, mass transit pass, and various other schwag depending on their market, including Whole Foods gift card, health club passes, VitaminWater, etc.
The program is meant to show how people can cut the personal car [...]
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This weekly post summarizes, and occasionally lightly discusses, some of the more minor pieces of carsharing news throughout the week. In this issue:
PhillyCarShare retires last of their Beetle Convertibles
HourCar adding 10 more Priuses over next two years
CTA gives 45 more El parking spots to Zipcar and I-GO Chicago
Now the full stories:
Filed under: HourCar, I-GO, Odds and Ends, PhillyCarShare, Zipcar
Where.com, location based software for your iPhone or web-enabled cell phone, includes in its software maps of various places, including Zipcars in your area. After you input your address, it will show you where you are, where the nearest Zipcars are, and whether they are available or not. Once you find one available, they have [...]
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Zipcar will be expanding to two Nashville-area universities this fall, Vanderbilt and Belmont, and are apparently in talks to add downtown Nashville:
The Downtown Partnership hopes to have three Zipcars available as of Sept. 1, said President Tom Tuner. On Monday, Turner got permission from the Metro Traffic and Parking Commission to use three downtown parking [...]
Zipcar announced it has doubled its membership over the past year. Currently with 225,000 members, it is growing at about 10,000 members per month versus about 3,000 members per month this time in 2007. They currently have about 5,500 cars as well, and say that their members have helped take 75,000 cars off the road, [...]
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