Are We Ready For Car-Sharing?

20 December 2000 - 10:00am

Already popular in Europe for a decade, the concept of car-sharing is catching on in congested urban areas in the U.S.

"In a just-completed survey, members ranked convenience as the biggest reason for using Zipcar, saving money as second. "Eighty to 90% of the time, I can get the car I want," Kleffman says. The survey showed half the members make more than $80,000 a year, and 90% have college educations... The lack of parking spaces in congested urban areas is the biggest draw for car-sharing consumers."

Source: Business Week, December 1, 2000
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Its very unsuitability for an urban center justifies its current usage as a suburban or ex-urban pattern.