mass transport and zipcar
Jan. 9th, 2004 12:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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marasca) has been having car troubles and mentioned in her post zipcar.com which is this great idea about being able to have a time-share/ rent cars by the hour if you live in metro areas.
I remember first hearing about this a year or two ago and had hoped it would spread as a concept. I think we rely too much on individual transport in this country and anything that supports people driving less is a good thing. This gives the flexibility to let someone use a car when they need it but not have to own one (thus more people may choose not to own cars full time).
Owning a car often means driving more often even when you could walk, bike, or take mass transport. When I lived in Northampton, I took the bus only about half the time to campus even though it stopped outside of my house due to a convenience factor. I could have taken it all the time.
I love the idea of mass transportation, but I don't live in an area that supports it and I admit sometimes you need to drive yourself places. I live 4.7 miles from work, and the bus won't get me there. I've contemplated biking in, but this has yet to happen (lack of a bike mainly) and it's now winter.
Ideas like this one which fill a niche and are somewhat environmental make me happy. I'm glad there are places doing this in Boston.
marasca) has been having car troubles and mentioned in her post zipcar.com which is this great idea about being able to have a time-share/ rent cars by the hour if you live in metro areas.I remember first hearing about this a year or two ago and had hoped it would spread as a concept. I think we rely too much on individual transport in this country and anything that supports people driving less is a good thing. This gives the flexibility to let someone use a car when they need it but not have to own one (thus more people may choose not to own cars full time).
Owning a car often means driving more often even when you could walk, bike, or take mass transport. When I lived in Northampton, I took the bus only about half the time to campus even though it stopped outside of my house due to a convenience factor. I could have taken it all the time.
I love the idea of mass transportation, but I don't live in an area that supports it and I admit sometimes you need to drive yourself places. I live 4.7 miles from work, and the bus won't get me there. I've contemplated biking in, but this has yet to happen (lack of a bike mainly) and it's now winter.
Ideas like this one which fill a niche and are somewhat environmental make me happy. I'm glad there are places doing this in Boston.
