Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Car-Sharing

Auto Industry Analyst Predicts Decline of the Two-Car Household

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 2, 2014 | No Comments

Bailey Mareu, 30, and her husband were looking for ways to save money after she left her job to help run the family business in Lawrence, Kansas, two years ago. So they decided to downsize from two cars to one. The Mareus were both working from home most days, and they were just a mile-and-a-half walk […]

Car2Go Launches in Brooklyn — Users Will Have to Pay at Parking Meters

By Stephen Miller | Sep 26, 2014 | 7 Comments

Point-to-point car-share service Car2Go will launch next month across the western third of Brooklyn. One of the questions hanging over the launch was whether the company would pay the city to let its customers park for free at metered spaces. Now we have an answer: DOT will not change its parking rules to accommodate Car2Go, […]

Point-to-Point Car-Share Service Car2Go Getting Ready to Launch in Brooklyn

By Stephen Miller | Aug 27, 2014 | 35 Comments

Car2Go, a subsidiary of automotive giant Daimler AG, is hiring staff and preparing to launch in Brooklyn after more than a year of negotiations with the city, bringing point-to-point car-share to NYC for the first time. Car2Go will also be the first car-share company in the city to store its vehicles on the street, though the specifics […]

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The Convergence Between New Technologies and the Decline in Driving

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 1, 2013 | No Comments

According to a spate of recent studies, Millennials — a bigger generation than the Baby Boomers — are driving less than their parents did. But the underlying reasons are a matter of some dispute. Will younger Americans start happily motoring again once the economy is really humming, or is a lasting generational shift underway? The U.S. PIRG and […]

As Car2Go Eyes NYC, Will DOT Put a Price on Curbside Parking?

By Stephen Miller | Jul 31, 2013 | 27 Comments

Many New Yorkers are familiar with car-sharing services — like Zipcar, Hertz Connect, Enterprise CarShare, and Carpingo — that charge by the hour or day, with a reserved space where customers must start and finish a round-trip rental. Daimler-owned Car2Go operates differently: it charges by the minute or hour, and is focused on one-way rentals, allowing users […]

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Avis Acquires Zipcar: What Are the Implications?

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 2, 2013 | No Comments

In a sign of the increasing market for car-sharing, Avis car rental is expected to purchase Zipcar today for a tidy $500 million. With the acquisition, the car rental giant will begin offering short-term car rentals, as have competitors Global and Enterprise. Car-sharing has the potential to help households make more trips via transit, biking, […]

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