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Time Sharing Cars

Posted by samzenpus on from the imagine-the-late-fee dept.

timmy_walker writes "This article from the associated press talks about new car time share services from ZipCar and Seattle-based Flexcar, where "Customers make reservations via computer or telephone, and the company uses remote-access systems to control who can use the car when.""

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  1. There are many others out there. by sjrstory · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is much like Autoshare in Toronto, Canada. There are many others as well. A good resource can be found here.

  2. Re:nice but by smonner · · Score: 5, Informative

    More convenient than a car? Maybe in some cities, but certainly not all. There are a lot of areas in my city that would require several transfers and a lot of time to get to by public transport. So assuming the car was in a resonable location relative to my starting point/home, this could be ideal.