Media Report
July 17, 2012Gaining ground: The future of car sharing in the Motor City
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Zipcar, a car share program, has found a strong market in Detroit following its launch at Wayne State University last fall. "We’re always trying to give students more options to get around Detroit," says Jeremy Whiting, Wayne State’s Transportation Coordinator at the University’s Parking and Transportation Department, which manages the University’s Zipcar program, among other initiatives. "We wanted to be responsive to the demand, and car sharing ties into our efforts around sustainability." Whiting also points to other Wayne State programs like carpooling through SEMCOG’s website, the Midtown Connection shuttle service between DMC, Henry Ford and Wayne State, and the new, Zimride, a national program which matches drivers to riders and even tracks miles and CO2 saved in each transaction.
Zipcar, a car share program, has found a strong market in Detroit following its launch at Wayne State University last fall. "We’re always trying to give students more options to get around Detroit," says Jeremy Whiting, Wayne State’s Transportation Coordinator at the University’s Parking and Transportation Department, which manages the University’s Zipcar program, among other initiatives. "We wanted to be responsive to the demand, and car sharing ties into our efforts around sustainability." Whiting also points to other Wayne State programs like carpooling through SEMCOG’s website, the Midtown Connection shuttle service between DMC, Henry Ford and Wayne State, and the new, Zimride, a national program which matches drivers to riders and even tracks miles and CO2 saved in each transaction.
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