Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Car-Sharing

DOT Commissioner Hank Gutman. Photo: Julianne Cuba

DOT Announces Expansion of ‘Successful’ Car-Share Pilot Program

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 23, 2021 | No Comments

Hammerin' Hank: The city is expanding and making permanent a car-share pilot program to help break New York's car culture and its dependence on private car ownership, DOT Commissioner Hank Gutman said.

Five Questions With An Expert Studying NYC’s Car-Share Pilot

By David Meyer | Dec 12, 2018 | 6 Comments

Is New York City's car-share pilot working? In one short — and very premature — word: yes.

Newsflash: New York City Curb Space Was Privatized Long Before Car-Share Companies Came Along

By Ben Fried and Brad Aaron | May 31, 2018 | 23 Comments

Most New York City curb space has been off-limits to most New Yorkers for generations.

DOT plans to set aside 300 spaces in municipal parking facilities (pink dots) for car-share, as well as 300 on-street spots. Image: DOT

DOT Will Test Out Public Parking Spots Dedicated to Car-Share

By David Meyer | Dec 12, 2016 | 6 Comments

Half of the spaces will be in municipal parking facilities and half will be on-street.

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Report: Access to Car-Share and Bike-Share Is Worse in Communities of Color

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 27, 2016 | No Comments

Car-share and bike-share services are making it easier to go without owning a car in American cities, but access to “shared-use” systems remains limited in communities of color compared to majority-white neighborhoods, according to a new analysis from the Shared Use Mobility Center [PDF]. SUMC developed a method to analyze which places have the most potential for car-share and bike-share usage across […]

Levine’s Car2Go Bill Needs Cold Hard Data on Company’s Traffic Impact

By Stephen Miller | Aug 13, 2015 | 24 Comments

This afternoon, Council Member Mark Levine will introduce a bill [PDF 1, 2] requiring DOT to give car-share companies designated on-street parking spaces, potentially for a price. Guaranteed parking would boost car sharing, Levine says, and reduce car ownership. Trouble is, there’s not much data to say whether or not car-share in New York is reducing vehicle ownership or just encouraging more driving. […]

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