CAR SHARING

Car sharing allows individuals to use cars for a short amount of time—hours, instead of the days required by conventional car rental companies.  With car sharing, drivers only pay for what they use, making car sharing a less expensive alternative to owning, leasing, or renting a car.  Car sharing rates include gas, mileage, insurance, and maintenance costs.  Vehicles can be reserved 24 hours a day via phone or Internet and can be used for any amount of time, from a few hours to a few days.  Once a reservation is made, the reserved car can be opened using a personalized key and/or code.  Keys are only available to members and can open car doors only after a reservation has been made.  Reservations are sent wirelessly to the cars so they will open only for the right person with the right key at the right time.

 

Assets

• Access to a vehicle when needed
• Can assist employers in augmented company vehicle fleets
• Ease of reservation process
• Low cost
• Convenient locations to transit
• Less expensive than car ownership; ideal for those who don’t own a car
• Less expensive for businesses than maintaining a fleet of vehicles
• Helps to increase use of transit
• Use of low emission vehicles, including hybrids, helps to reduce air pollution

• Can serve as a Guaranteed Ride Home alternative for some companies