The two are now one.
Last January the company that made city air cleaner, Flexcar, merged with its competitor,
Zipcar, the world’s largest car-sharing and car club provider with offices in 10 major U.S. cities including Pittsburgh, Canada and Europe.
Zipcar is expanding the Pittsburgh fleet and moving into several new neighborhoods.
More vehicles will join the 37-car fleet this June. Several neighborhoods were added and coverage now includes: downtown, Oakland, Shadyside, Squirrel Hill, Bloomfield. South Side will be added soon, too.
“We estimate that each vehicle we own takes 20 vehicles off the road,” explains Jenna Cox, general manager of the Pittsburgh office “We are seeing a lot of companies signing up and no longer using their fleet of vehicles.”
Zipcar hopes to have the City of Pittsburgh signed on by the end of this month and the Port Authority is eliminating its vehicles as well in favor of Zipcar, Cox says.
Car rentals are as close as the Internet or your wireless phone. Rent a car by the hour or day with gas, reserved parking, insurance and 180 miles of free driving included. It’s as simple as scanning a card on the windshield to unlock the door.
“We were brought here by
PDP to get people to live in the city and decrease traffic,” Cox adds. “People are biking and carpooling into work. Once they get here, if they need access to a vehicle they don’t have to worry about getting around.”
May is
CommuteInfo Commute Options Awareness Month and National Clean Air Week. For more information on how to reserve a Zipcar, click here.
Writer:
Debra SmitSource: Jenna Cox, Zipcar
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