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Enterprise Car Rental acquires ride matching service Zimride | techsportation
https://techsportation.com/2013/08/05/enterprise-car-rental-acquires-ride-matching-service-zimride
Enterprise Car Rental acquires ride matching service Zimride. August 5, 2013. Last month, Enterprise Car Rental acquired Zimride. 8211; a six-year-old ride matching service. Zimride. Was founded by the same team that more recently created Lyft. A peer-to-peer ridesharing service. This is the second time an established, traditional car rental company has purchased a transportation startup: Avis purchased ZipCar. Earlier this year for $500 million. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). On New S...
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Uber launching a fleet of boats in San Francisco (one day only) | techsportation
https://techsportation.com/2013/08/03/uber-launching-fleet-boats-san-francisco-one-day-only
Uber launching a fleet of boats in San Francisco (one day only). August 3, 2013. Coinciding with the potential second BART strike on Monday, August 5, Uber. Is providing boat service between San Francisco and the East Bay. The service will be available one day only. Boats leaving the East Bay will be available 7 AM to 9 AM, and boats leaving San Francisco will be available 5 PM to 7 PM. The cost is $30 and includes breakfast and uber swag. Read more on the uber blog. Created by Brendan Nee. Post was not ...
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Airport based peer-to-peer carsharing arrives: FlightCar | techsportation
https://techsportation.com/2013/02/15/airport-based-peer-to-peer-carsharing-arrives-flightcar
Airport based peer-to-peer carsharing arrives: FlightCar. February 15, 2013. Instead of paying to park your car at the airport, you can now rent your car to another traveler and get it delivered back to your on your return professionally cleaned, gassed up and get a free gas card. Startup FlightCar. Launched today at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Handle this. This video explains FlightCar with some nice illustrations. FlightCar rentals are limited to 90 miles per day (averaged across the ent...
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Flightcar launches Monthly service for car owners with guaranteed payments | techsportation
https://techsportation.com/2013/08/05/flightcar-launches-monthly-service-car-owners-guaranteed-payments
Flightcar launches Monthly service for car owners with guaranteed payments. August 5, 2013. Launched a full-service peer-to-peer carsharing option for car owners who don’t need their cars more than 4 days per month. FlightCar Monthly is currently in beta. There are no signup fees, but all vehicles must be approved. It is available in both Boston and San Francisco. Mileage is limited to 1200 miles/month, with every additional mile being reimbursed at $0.35/mile. On SFMTA to allow designated on-street park...
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Local Delivery Services are more efficient (than you driving alone) | techsportation
https://techsportation.com/2013/05/30/local-delivery-services-efficient-than-driving-alone
Local Delivery Services are more efficient (than you driving alone). May 30, 2013. Personal vehicle travel is less efficient than a shared delivery vehicle[/caption]In San Francisco, a bunch of new local delivery services have popped up in the last few months. Is one of the newest. They offer same day delivery of things from Target, Walgreens, Office Max, Nob Hill Foods, Toys R Us, and a few other retailers. The delivery costs are waived for beta testers. Ebay launched Ebay Now. Read the full study.
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A Post-medallion World | techsportation
https://techsportation.com/2013/04/10/post-medallion-world
April 10, 2013. The priceonomics blog has a great post. On traditional taxis (medallion-based systems) vs new ridesharing startups (technology-based systems like Sidecar. Its a great read about the current state of ridesharing in cities and the history and economics of the taxi medallion system. The article talks about why medallions are outdated:. The economics of being a taxi driver:. The transformation from medallions to free market:. The government’s reaction:. I really hope we keep the medallion sys...
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BMW including carsharing access with vehicle purchase to encourage small electric vehicle sales | techsportation
https://techsportation.com/2013/08/05/bmw-including-carsharing-access-vehicle-purchase-encourage-small-electric-vehicle-sales
BMW including carsharing access with vehicle purchase to encourage small electric vehicle sales. August 5, 2013. Last week, BMW announced a new program to help bolster the sales of its electric vehicles: the ability to bundle carsharing access with the purchase of a vehicle. This was along with the unveiling of their first mass-production electric car, the i3. Has the potential to introduce carsharing to many people who haven’t considered it in the past. Its possible that some of them may find ...Its als...
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Carsharing at the Airport: Zipcar lands at JFK, La Guardia and Newark | techsportation
https://techsportation.com/2013/03/27/carsharing-airport-zipcar-lands-jfk-la-guardia-newark
Carsharing at the Airport: Zipcar lands at JFK, La Guardia and Newark. March 27, 2013. Zipcar jumped into the airport transportation business yesterday announcing cars located at New York airports ( JFK. Zipcar requires roundtrip rentals, so this means that airport Zipcars are only suitable for short trips. For someone visiting New York for a weekend (and needing a car) it may be a perfect option. Currently, Zipcar offers small sedans (Nissan Sentra, Honda Civic) at $12/hour or $89/day. On Uber expanding...
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Peer-to-peer car rental consolidates: Relay Rides aqcuires Wheelz | techsportation
https://techsportation.com/2013/05/14/peer-to-peer-car-rental-consolidates-relay-rides-aqcuires-wheelz
Peer-to-peer car rental consolidates: Relay Rides aqcuires Wheelz. May 14, 2013. Relay Rides announced today. That they will acquire Wheelz. A competing peer-to-peer carsharing company. Wheelz was the smallest of the three peer-to-peer carsharing companies in the Bay Area with about 50 total vehicles for use in the Bay Area, compared to Relay Ride’s. Approximately 300 vehicles and 800 available on GetAround. Offers peer-to-peer carsharing at the airport and its fleet of vehicles changes continuously.
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FlightCar challenged by San Francisco and SFO | techsportation
https://techsportation.com/2013/07/11/flightcar-challenged-san-francisco-sfo
FlightCar challenged by San Francisco and SFO. July 11, 2013. Peer-to-peer car-sharing company FlightCar. Has a nifty business model: combine the need for airport parking and airport car rental into a company the facilitates the sharing of resources. I’ve written about them a few. The basics: Car owners get free airport parking, a car cleaning and a gas card, while visitors get inexpensive car rental and a wide array of vehicle types to choose from. This move by the City of San Francisco and SFO signals ...
