Austin on Two Wheels is pleased to announce Austin CarShare as our latest site sponsor. If you read this site much, you know I’m not much of a fan of automotive culture and its negative effects on our society. So why Austin CarShare? Well, aside from the fact that I founded this organization and it’s [...]
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A2W produces second social ride series for summer
In a followup to our popular Spring Urban Living Rides, Keith Byrd and I have teamed up again to put together a new five ride series for summer. The Discover the City on Two Wheels Summer Social Ride Series includes variations on some of the spring rides with new stops as well as some new [...]
Hertz Carsharing service growing rapidly
Hertz, the giant car rental company, has a car sharing service, called Connect By Hertz which is expanding to new cities very quickly. For an overview, I recommend this Dave Brooks article today in World Streets. This is interesting because Hertz seems to be taking on Zipcar, the current largest carsharing service, directly. From the [...]
City of Austin launches staff bike share program
This week, the City of Austin launched a pilot bike share program gear towards city staff to reduce vehicle emissions for short trips. Staff will be able to reserve bikes online and check them out whne they need them. Add this to the Austin CarShare program the City is doing to reduce greenhouse gases through [...]
Velib in trouble? Perhaps they could learn a few things from Austin CarShare.
I was reading a BikePortland story yesterday about the Velib system, and was dismayed to hear that the operator, advertising company JCDecaux, had recently stated the system was in dire straits. To quote the original BBC story: Remi Pheulpin, JCDecaux’s director general, says the current contract is unsustainable. “It’s simple. All the receipts go to [...]
