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They are parked throughout downtown, Georgetown, Anacostia, Bethesda, Arlington and other metro locations. Zipcar has 1,000 cars in its local fleet.Ĭar2Go recently expanded its D.C.

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To start, 200 Zipcars, all Honda Fit or Honda Civic models, will be available for one-way rental. Within a year after Zipcar was introduced in Baltimore, 18 percent of Zipcar drivers had sold the car they owned, cutting costs while feeling safe in the. car sharing service in the United Kingdom, and opened an office in Baltimore.

#ZIPCAR BALTIMORE ZIP#

The one-way rental also lets you pick up a Zipcar in Washington, and drive it to Baltimore and leave it there. Towson University has partnered with Zip Car to provide discounted Zip Car rentals to the campus community. Founded in 2000, Zipcar operates the worlds leading car sharing network. They can modify their drop-off choice any time during the rental. We have that spot waiting and ready for you,” he said.ĭrivers choose their return destination in advance. That leads to up to sometimes 20 minutes of just wasted down time trying to find a spot. “So you don’t have to do what we say is just drive around to find a parking spot. Share Zipcars in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, London, New York, Philadelphia. Car-sharing company Zipcar has expanded quickly in its four years in Baltimore. “We have the advantage of a designated parking spot for each and every one of our vehicles, so when you make a flexible fleet reservation where you’re going one way, you’re picking up the car at a designated location and parking spot and you’ll be returning it at a designated location and parking lot,” said Anthony Fatone, regional vice president at Zipcar. It is an alternative to traditional car rental and car ownership. After a year of running its carsharing service in Baltimore, MD, Zipcar released a survey yesterday of its members in the. It is missing the freestyle “leave it where you want” Cara2Go idea, but ZipCar thinks its business model is better. Unlike Car2Go, which lets members drop off the vehicle in any legal street parking spot, Zipcar’s one-way rental includes a list of designated, reserved spots members can choose for return. Like Car2Go, a Zipcar member can now pick up his short-term rental vehicle at one spot, and leave it at another. The traditional Zipcar model requires a member to return the vehicle to the designated spot from which he picked it up. zipcars Goucher College has a partnership with Zipcar, a cost-efficient. WASHINGTON - The carsharing business is highly competitive in the Washington market, and Zipcar is making a move onto Car2Go’s business model turf, rolling out a one-way rental option. strongly encouraged to go and explore the surrounding Baltimore community.

Business & Finance Click to expand menu. With Zipcar near campus, it just got easier to live without a car.

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