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Cities love the idea and are actively encouraging it. In Seattle, the municipal government runs a "One Car Challenge," doling out $50 a month in free Flexcar use for a year to people who can prove they sold their family's second car in favor of car sharing. In Portland, Ore., people whose automobiles fail emissions tests get $500 worth of free Flexcar use if they junk their cars. Outside Washington, the Virginia suburbs of Alexandria and Arlington pay membership fees for any residents who want to join a car-sharing plan. In Greenbelt, Md., the city leases a vehicle...
Worldwide, 280,000 people belong to car-share programs, nearly three-quarters of them in Europe, according to Susan Shaheen, a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley. The idea spread to the U.S. in 1998, with the opening of a small company in Portland, Ore. Since then, the movement has grown to 14 firms with 62,000 members in 14 states and the District of Columbia. The firms range from ambitious outfits like Zipcar and Flexcar, which are each adding as many as 1,000 members a month, to modest start-ups like the Dancing Rabbit Vehicle Co-operative...
...things that have to be done here at home in the U.S., do we continue to be the world's safety net? Our infrastructure is slowly crumbling while we repair other parts of the world. It is nice to give, but shouldn't charity begin at home? Mark Wiley Portland, Oregon...
...Portland, Ore. and Leverett House...
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