SOCIAL: CCS, Flexcar, Zipcar rates

[jen schradie]

ok, here's a question i've been wanting to ask...what's up with folks with 
kids? we've been wanting to do carshare for awhile but we have 2 kids that 
require these 2 big carseats. i could walk the kids the 10 minutes to the 
ashby bart but there's no way i can lug two kids and the carseats, even with 
a monster stroller. what's up with that?

xo,
jen



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>From: bk <brian.kusler at pobox.com>
>To: Deep's Social <social at deeptrouble.com>
>Subject: Re: SOCIAL: CCS, Flexcar, Zipcar rates
>Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 19:44:38 -0700
>
>:) of course we do... and we're cuter, too! hee... i've been working
>here at city carshare for 3+ years and been a member for 4. a cuppla
>nuggets i should prolly add:
>
>- flex and zip both charge an annual fee. that should be pro-rated
>into the "monthly" category, imho.
>- please note that miles are NOT totally free with flex and zip. in
>the fine print, they both limit the total amount you can drive per
>day, so if you were thinking you could take a car to tahoe for $60 a
>day, think again.
>
>some other things to think about:
>- city carshare has an environmental mission: every mile you drive
>burns gas, so every mile costs. you've always got an incentive to
>drive less.
>- we also have a social mission: neither of our competitors offers
>programs for low-income people, nor do they have it in their mission
>to expand mobility to disadvantaged communities.
>- we are the only carshare to open up our records to allow an in-
>depth study of the effects of carsharing on people's driving habits.
>UC Berkeley's cervero study concluded that our members had saved over
>1 million gallons of gas since our founding.
>- flexcar's major funder is steve case. in case you don't know his
>politics, do a google search... ( e.g.,  http://www.onlinepolicy.org/
>research/ospa/aolcasedonation.htm )
>- zipcar is funded by benchmark capital. VC's like bigbig returns on
>their $10 million. guess where that's going to come from?
>- zipcar worked to squash WalkBoston's grant for funding for starting
>up a non-profit carshare in boston, according to one of their special
>projects directors.
>- zipcar tried to sue city carshare for using green beetles (!)
>
>i have a zillion stories i could tell about cool stuff we do and the
>even cooler stuff our members do, but i'll spare you all :) or i'll
>write "carshare confidential" someday...
>
>so sign up! (if you use the promo code 1776 when you join, we'll even
>waive the application fee!)
>
>: b
>
>
>
>
>
>On Apr 4, 2006, at 6:19 PM, Paul Spinrad wrote:
>
> > I looked at the websites so you don't have to!  Here are price
> > comparisons
> > for City CarShare and local Flexcar and Zipcar franchises:
> >
> > City CarShare - citycarshare.org
> > Monthly: $10
> > Hourly: $4 (or $2, from 10pm to 10am)
> > Mileage: $0.44/mile
> >
> > Flexcar - flexcar.com
> > Monthly: $0 (or more, depending on plan)
> > Hourly: $9 (or down to $7.30, depending on plan)
> > Mileage: $0
> >
> > Zipcar - zipcar.com
> > Monthly: $0
> > Hourly: $8.50 (or down to $7.25, depending on plan)
> > Mileage: $0
> >
> > I like the no mileage thing, but CCS's per hour is way lower, so
> > that still
> > seems better for around town.  Normally I'd trust for-profit chains
> > to run
> > more efficiently and have better prices than a nonprofit, but
> > apparently in
> > this case it ain't necessarily so.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
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