ZipCar comes to Ann Arbor
In: Geek Finds
28 Nov 2006
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
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5 Responses to ZipCar comes to Ann Arbor
JoeG
November 28th, 2006 at 1:47 pm
YES! We should definitely join
Brian
November 28th, 2006 at 4:13 pm
If the car is that close I think we should definitely try it.
JoeG
November 30th, 2006 at 7:51 pm
When do the “Dude, where’s our ZipCar?” jokes start?
Elph
December 17th, 2006 at 11:06 am
Another article on this trend at http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/auto/20061208_car_sharing_a.asp
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