ZipCar comes to Ann Arbor

In: Geek Finds

28 Nov 2006

zipcar1.jpg ZipCar, in collaboration with the U of M, has placed 6 cars in Ann Arbor, in 3 locations.

Zipcars live in your neighborhood! Drive MINIs, VWs, cars that haul and more. By the hour or day. Includes gas, insurance and parking. Simply reserve online, walk a block and drive away.

This is both a tech and eco find. Reservation of the cars is done online and access to the car is through a magnetic stripe card. By sharing transportation assets in a high density area we can reduce the use of individual cars for errand and other short trips.

Question: Should the IT dept join and give it a try for a couple of months? (The nearest cars are an 11-minute walk.)
Links: To Find the Cars, AutoblogGreen

5 Responses to ZipCar comes to Ann Arbor

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JoeG

November 28th, 2006 at 1:47 pm

YES! We should definitely join

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Brian

November 28th, 2006 at 4:13 pm

If the car is that close I think we should definitely try it.

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JoeG

November 30th, 2006 at 7:51 pm

When do the “Dude, where’s our ZipCar?” jokes start? :)

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Elph

December 17th, 2006 at 11:06 am

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