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Rent Centric has established itself as a leader in car rental management software and telematics hardware.  In the carsharing application, the system provides detailed information on the state of the vehicle through a cellular modem (e.g. fuel level sensors, accidents sensors, and GPS location). The software package includes online reservations, customer relationship management, a mobile phone application, […]

Toronto-based Metavera Solutions is a pioneer in carsharing technology. For more than a decade, carsharing organizations have used Metavera’s online reservation systems. More recently, Metavera has developed interfaces with leading manufacturers of in-car telematics equipment, wireless communications technology companies and payment processors. As an affiliate, Metavera works with CSA members to define and develop carsharing

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The CarSharing Association is pleased to welcome Dave Brook and Team Red US as an Affiliate.  After pioneering carsharing in the Pacific Northwest with his own company CarSharing Portland (1998); co-founder of Flexcar (2000),  Dave began consulting in 2005 and joined Team Red, a international consultancy based in Berlin and Portland, focused on mobility and

The CSA began a decade ago as an informal network of carsharing pioneers.  The early adopters created an environmentally friendly alternative to private car ownership and put carsharing on the map in North America.  Now with more than 45,000 shared cars worldwide serving more than 1.8 million members, the carsharing phenomenon has grown larger than

The CarSharing Association would like to make a distinction between the “transportation network companies” now regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission and classic, round-trip carsharing services that have been legally and safely operating in California for more than ten years.  In classic carsharing, member-drivers have access to a vehicle that is owned, insured and

TORONTO, Sept. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The car sharing industry is expected to exceed $6 billion by 2020 with top markets including North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and South America. Around the globe, policymakers, urban planners and entrepreneurs are busy finding solutions to ease environmental and traffic issues by deploying creative uses of technology and establishing

Anyone interested or involved in the exciting and fast-evolving shared-use mobility service sector needs to attend the upcoming Shared Use Mobility Summit to be held October 10-11,in San Francisco. This will be the first-ever gathering of well-known and respected leaders from industry, government and academia involved in carsharing, bikesharing and ridesharing. The Summit is being held by the Transportation Sustainability Research Center of

After a long period of incubation from committed community groups, the Okanagan Car Share Co-op has commenced operations with two vehicles in Kelowna, Canada.  Located in a beautiful valley known for fruit growing and wineries, rapid population growth has not been matched with developments in public transit.  As a result, the City of Kelowna has