Thursday, September 14, 2006

Urban Car Sharing

Is it my imagination, or has there been a big increase in the use of car sharing? I see a lot of shared cars around San Francisco.

The major car rental companies don't appear to have much visibility in this seemingly growing market. Maybe they are too busy with IPO's and financial engineering to have time to develop new business.

If I lived and worked in the city, I would definitely consider getting rid of my car and using one of these services. No car payments, no insurance payments, no maintenance, registration, gas, parking. All covered in one pay as you go fee. Nice idea.

I think it would be fun to share a Porsche once in a while. I didn't see any available, though.

Zipcar http://www.zipcar.com/
Citycarshare http://www.citycarshare.org/
Flexcar http://www.flexcar.com/

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