Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Car-Sharing

Moving Beyond the Automobile: Car-Sharing

By Robin Urban Smith | Mar 3, 2011 | No Comments

In the third episode of our Moving Beyond the Automobile series, Streetfilms takes a look at a more efficient way to use cars. Unlike owning a car, which involves a large upfront purchase and low costs per trip, car-sharing allows people to evaluate the full cost of each car trip. When car-share members choose whether […]

50 DOT Fleet Vehicles Replaced By 25 Zipcars

By Noah Kazis | Oct 13, 2010 | 17 Comments

The Department of Transportation will soon be using Zipcars instead of city-owned vehicles, Mayor Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith and Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced at a press conference yesterday. The initiative is intended to reduce unnecessary driving by DOT employees and could yield significant savings if expanded to the city’s entire passenger vehicle fleet. […]

Going Car-Free? It’s On Us, Says Hoboken

By Noah Kazis | Oct 6, 2010 | 11 Comments

When it comes to getting people to give up their cars, Hoboken is taking the direct approach. If you give up your parking permit, and with it your car, Hoboken will give you rewards worth more than $500. Giving up your parking permit is equivalent to giving up your car in Hoboken, where there simply […]

City Council Embraces Car-Sharing, But Parking Requirements Remain

By Noah Kazis | Sep 30, 2010 | 1 Comment

Attempts to expand car-sharing in New York City got a big boost yesterday when the City Council passed a measure intended to help companies store shared cars. The near-unanimous vote opens the door for businesses that have been shown to reduce car-ownership and driving in other cities. Neither the City Council nor the City Planning […]

City Seeks to Save By Reducing 26,000-Vehicle Municipal Fleet

By Noah Kazis | Jul 26, 2010 | 16 Comments

Many NYCDOT vehicles could be operated by a car-sharing company, under a new plan to make the city fleet more efficient. Photo: Transportation Alternatives With the city’s budget battered by the economic crisis, the Bloomberg administration is looking for ways to reduce the cost of city government. One place they’re turning: the city’s fleet of […]

Hoboken Launches First Citywide Car-Sharing Program in U.S.

By Noah Kazis | Jun 16, 2010 | 22 Comments

Today marks the launch of what Hoboken officials are calling the first citywide car-sharing initiative in the country, with 42 shared cars parked on the streets of the mile-square city. The "Corner Cars" program, which is intended to reduce car-ownership rates, could provide a model for expanding car-sharing across the Hudson. What happens in Hoboken […]

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