Tag: Car sharing

This Week in Sharing

By Malcolm Harris

10.28.10, 4:05pm Comments (2)

In case this is your first time, This Week in Sharing is our weekly links post with articles, how-to's, and contests from around the web. Give em a click and add your own in the comments. Read more »

What Social Entrepreneurs Can Learn From ZipCar

By Judy, Heminsley

10.28.10, 8:38am Comments (0)

The year was 2000. People everywhere were still celebrating that the world as we knew it hadn’t been obliterated by a computer bug. Read more »

Lessons from the Future (Salon)

By Malcolm Harris

10.28.10, 12:56am Comments (7)

On Tuesday, SAP Labs in Palo Alto played host to a discussion on a sharing economy that is both coming and already here. Read more »

This Week in Sharing

By Malcolm Harris

10.07.10, 11:41am Comments (1)

There are never enough hours in the day to cover everything worth sharing, so here are some stories we didn't have time to explore:

The Seattle Times reports on colleges successfully using car-sharing to cut down on camp. Read more »

California's P2P Car-sharing Bill Signed Into Law

By Neal Gorenflo

09.29.10, 6:54pm Comments (3)

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 1871 into law today enabling Californians to share cars in carsharing pools without invalidating their insurance policies. The new law goes into effect January 1, 2011. Read more »

On the Twitter of Ride Sharing & Cars in the Cloud

By Neal Gorenflo

09.09.10, 10:55am Comments (0)

German car maker Daimler (Mercedes-Benz) announced plans Tuesday to launch a ridesharing pilot called car2gether in Ulm, Germany. Read more »

P2P Car-sharing Insurance Bill Passes California Legislature

By Neal Gorenflo

08.26.10, 2:40pm Comments (1)

This is just in from Assemblymember Dave Jones' office in Sacramento. Passage of bill now depends on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's approval or veto. Decision due before September 30th. Read more »

How to Share Your Car with a Stranger

By Lauren Anderson

08.19.10, 11:04am Comments (1)

For decades, owning a car has been a status symbol, and its possession and use a private thing. Traditional car rentals cater to those who need a car temporarily, but the real problem is that the average car sits idle for 23 hours per day. Read more »

No Opposition to Growth of SF Car-sharing Requirements

By Jeremy Adam Smith

08.17.10, 3:34pm Comments (1)

In 2002, San Francisco began requiring every residential development with 50 or more units and every commercial building with 25 or more parking spaces to have at least one space set aside for carsharing--a policy that has not only made carsharing mo. Read more »

How to Carpool with Strangers

By Ben Jervey

07.15.10, 7:38am Comments (0)

One needn't look any further than the Gulf to see one major impact of our autocentric nation's addiction to oil. One of the most blatant symptoms: all those two-ton cars in rush hour traffic carrying nothing but a driver. Read more »