If you only need a big vehicle for occasional trips to the lumber yard, for moving, or showing your parents around town, then why not CarShare? A non-profit organization that reduces the environmental impact of owning a car by allowing you to rent them hourly.
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I am part of zipcar here in NYC and love it!
Carshare is huge here in the SF Bay Area, it is actually part of our Transit First policy, where carsharing is mandated, I believe, into developments where parking is requested beyond certain zoning allowances. Affordable housing projects are incorporating Carshare as an exemption from certain parking requirements. It's becoming more intrumental in unbundling parking from housing, and in negotiating planning and development.
So it really works then? I am fascinated by the concept... I live in LA where bling and show are more important than getting to work quickly. Everyone owns a car and nobody rideshares.
LA is not the place to experiment w/ this program b/c of its size and the fact everyone does and has to own a car there to survive. In SF, cars are not needed, and pose a major burden on the owner and the streets. So carshare can appeal to our non-car owning society and help discourage people from buying cars for temporary use only.
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