Car Sharing
Urban transportation for today's world
It's like owning a car without paying thousands of dollars and worrying about parking.
"Car sharing is a model of car rental where people rent cars for short periods of time, often by the hour. The organization renting the cars may be a commercial business or the users may be organized as a democratically-controlled company, public agency, cooperative, ad hoc grouping. Today there are more than six hundred cities in the world where people can car share."
"World Car Share Cities: Inventories" World Carshare Consortium
How the system works
The companies charge by the hour and often require a sign-up fee or monthly charge.
Plan carefully. Use the service to do errands or to make a number of stops you can do all at once. Using the services to visit an old friend or go to the DMV might not be cost effective due to the non-driving time these things take.
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Car Sharing Companies
For Profit
AutoShare - Toronto, ON, Canada
CityWheels - Cleveland, OH, US
Community Car - Madison, WI, US
ZipCar - Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, London, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver and Washington DC.
Car Sharing Organizations
Not for Profit
I-GO Car Sharing - Chicago, IL, US
HourCar - St. Paul, MN, US
Grand River CarShare - Kitchener, ON, Canada
Philly CarShare -Philadelphia, PA, US
Cooperative Auto Network - Vancouver, BC, Canada
Austin CarShare -Austin TX, US
City CarShare - San Francisco CA, US
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More countries where you can car share
