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I take issue with this link that some people are drawing between car sharing and increased variability of transit modes, especially in Baltimore. That city is going through a bit of a public transit renaissance right now, and more people are starting to move back into intown neighborhoods. It only makes sense that this would coincide with increased transit and walking trips, whether or not there is Zipcar.

As for car2go, it sounds like a fine idea (though, the Smartcars are kind of silly as they have very little cargo capacity), but Zipcar could easily compete by simply modifying its service to allow one-way trips... perhaps without any additional charge, or perhaps for a small extra fee. This would really, really expand Zipcar's usefulness for a lot of people.

Also, I rent Zipcars pretty often and I have not seen rate as low as $7.75 in quite some time, even on weekdays.

To the person who asked about whether Zipcars take public spaces, they indeed do. I think the city gives about 86 other-wise metered spaces over to Zipcar. The city values each space at $60,000-$80,000 worth of revenue per year.

by Scoot on Jul 21, 2011 1:49 pm • link • report