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CarPingo becomes a CSA member

The CarSharing Association is pleased to welcome CarPingo as a member.  CarPingo provides transit-oriented carsharing services to residents of Brooklyn and parts of Queens.  When we read CarPingo’s blog post entitled How Our NYC Car Share is Supporting a Cleaner Environment, we knew we had a carsharing organization that understood the environmental mission laid out […]

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Communauto launches Auto-mobile : first 100% electric one-way carsharing pilot project in Canada

Communauto inaugurated on Le Plateau-Mont-Royal borough, the first 100% electric one-way carsharing service in Canada. As of today, some twenty vehicles will be available to citizens for trips from a point A to a point B, by simply passing an OPUS card previously registered in the Auto-mobile system. The aim of the pilot project is to evaluate

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The CSA comments on the Enterprise acquisition of I-GO

I-GO Carsharing — a Chicago-based, transit-oriented, local, not-for-profit carsharing organization — was recently purchased by Enterprise Holdings.  As the trend towards industry consolidation continues, the CSA continues to support the development of non-profit carsharing as a vital component of the carsharing industry. The CSA membership includes both for-profit and not-for-profit carsharing organizations that support a community-focused,

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Minneapolis reconsiders, provides more equitable access to on-street parking

The CarSharing Association (CSA) comments on Minneapolis public on-street parking policies The City of Minneapolis recently amended its carsharing pilot project to allow multiple carsharing operators to access public on-street parking spaces, instead of awarding exclusive parking privileges to a single operator. The CarSharing Association (CSA) supports municipalities and public transit authorities that want to integrate

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City CarShare Releases Annual Report on Carsharing Impact

The largest carsharing not-for-profit in the United States has released a report the quantifying the social, environmental and economic impacts of its shared vehicle fleet on the community of San Francisco.  Measurable reductions in carbon dioxide emissions and vehicle miles travelled improve the city’s air quality and traffic congestion.  Individual member-drivers have save thousands of

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CSA to speak at Canadian Urban Transit Association conference

Shared-vehicle mobility is a complement to public transit systems.  The CarSharing Association is encouraging people to “get out of private car ownership” by presenting people with a multi-modal array transportation choices including walking, biking, bus, train and carsharing.  Our member organizations have worked with local transit authorities and municipal governments to secure strategic locations for

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City of Montreal announces public consultation on one-way carsharing

The City of Montreal wants to know what the people think of one-way carsharing. In other North American cities, Car2Go has introduced one-way carsharing services and secured on-street parking privileges with local government without public consultation.  For example, Car2Go deployed 150 vehicles in Calgary last July after making an agreement with the Calgary Parking Authority. Some

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