Streetcar, the UK-based car-sharing service, introduced a new application that lets users locate, book, and unlock a car using their iPhone or iPod Touch.
Just in time for Labor Day weekend, Zipcar is equipping nine vehicles in Portland (OR) with bicycle racks and entry passes for selected state parks and national forests in Oregon and Washington.
U Car Share came to Utah this week. Twelve vehicles are parked at Utah Transit Authority stations across the region, and the program is scheduled to expand to the University of Utah and other locations throughout Salt Lake City.
In January, the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, in partnership with the University of Illinois and the two cities, brought the Zipcar car-sharing program to Champaign and Urbana.
Mayor Bertrand Delanoë plans to introduce a fleet of 2,000 electric cars that customers can pick up and drop off at recharging stations throughout Paris.
Susan Bregman is editor of The Transit Wire. She has been a consultant on transit policy and planning for fifteen years and before that worked for the Boston Transportation Department. In 2004 she founded Oak Square Resources, LLC, which focuses on transit research, policy, and communications.