New York City council passed a motion to initiate a congestion charge, but waits on the State legislature to support the project. ...
Kevin McLaughlin
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Apr 1, 2008 1:05 pm
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I am wondering if the NYC plan will, like London's, exempt motor vehicles registered to owners living in the congestion-tax zone (below 60th Street, the just...
Chris Bradshaw
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Apr 1, 2008 4:49 pm
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Kind thanks to Dave Brooks for the heads-up. ____________________________ Interesting read about Hertz, Enterprise and U Haul. Zipcar CEO Scott Griffith:...
Shared ambition Too many vehicles on the road isn't just an inner-city problem. Terry Slavin reports on the clubs that could help cut car use both in rural and...
This article – which you can translate with http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/ -- tells us that the city of Bordeaux is pushing carsharing as a means...
95 members, 11 vehicles - How do they make any money? - Dave ... 95 members, 11 vehicles - How do they make any money? - Dave On Apr 4, 2008, at 1:49 AM, Eric...
On Behalf Of Chris Bradshaw ... This is a worthy hope, but don't expect it in the short-run. Taxis were all purpose built until the 1970s (the Checker Car...
Chris Bradshaw Sent: Friday, 4 April 2008 19:21 The article on UK municipalities embracing car clubs suggested that there is a minimum urban density and...
From: Steve Cousins [mailto:stevecousins@...] I disagree with this view that we need to rebuild the physical infrastructure to stimulate car sharing....
From: Richard Layman [mailto:rlaymandc@...] What you wrote about Northolt, really Grand Union Village, sounded very interesting. However, reading this...
Dear friends, As a measure to promote Car-Sharing in Sweden I am looking for nice, short and 'general' films on the subject. My memory is weak but I think...
My thought exactly Per. I have not had a go at this since the middle of last year and now is a great time to start to scoop up all the available information...
We have just completed a good look at the carshare scene in Paris and are now starting to update our records and understanding of the London scene. If anyone...
I don't believe Michael Glotz-Richter has ever posted his films. Here's a bunch I came across recently: Canada CBC - nice straightforward news story, includes...
If you click to http://www.worldcarshare.com, you will see a video link on the top menu. This will take you to close to 40 clips of different qualities and...
Both the World City Bike Collaborative and the World Carshare Consortium have been set up on the premise that sharing is a good thing. And I bet that none of...
This from Nicolas le Douarec is interesting but if French is not your thing you are going to need www.Babelfish.com to get your clues. He offers lessons from...
For Immediate Release April 4, 2008 I-GO Car Sharing Introduces New Technology to Accommodate Rapid Growth Fast Growing Company Can Continue to Provide...
It appears that Colorado is about to pass a rental car tax ($6/day) that would likely apply to carsharing without specific exemption. Everyone PLEASE put on...
Hello Everyone, Dave, thanks so much for giving a shout out to everyone about this very timely issue. Just a quick update on where we stand. So far we are...
Karen, et al. I'm confused and alarmed by section B of the Washington legislation ... If the "paid usage period" is monthly then it's saying that the average...
Hi Karen & Dave & other readers, What's the object of the proposed legislation? And what's the definition of car rental? What's the purpose of the proponents...
Hi all I have attached a PDF of what I produced when the Co-operative Auto Network was facing this same challenge. In our challenge the province was actually...
Carsharing has many common features with a traditional car rental and few different features. So to answer the question how it can be exempted from a given...
Chloe - The purpose of most car rental taxes is to raise money for tourism services and convention centers. The assumption is that it is primarily people from...
What about "available self-serve" and/or "24-hour", too? Kevin [note from eric britton: Can someone now kindly try to pull this all together and give us what...
Kevin McLaughlin
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May 4, 2008 8:39 am
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Sorry to jam the airways with this, but one I believe relevant point that I have not yet seen addressed here has to do with the fact that we are seeing car...
