Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Car Sharing

City Makes Space for Zipcars on Public Streets

By Damien Newton | Mar 9, 2009 | 16 Comments

Zipcar parked at Gramercy Park in NYC in 2006. Photo: NannyinNY/Flickr For car-sharing to every truly work, the cars used in the program need to be easily accessible to the members who have access to rent them. To that end, the City Council has cleared out 10 parking spaces near USC and UCLA to pilot […]

City Inches Towards Bringing Back Car Sharing

By Damien Newton | Feb 23, 2009 | 2 Comments

Back in January of 2008, the nation’s two largest car-sharing programs, Zip Car and Flex Car, merged leaving many car-free Angelenos hopeful that L.A. would see a largest car-sharing program come to Los Angeles. Instead, the opposite happened, and car sharing disappeared from every part of the city except the areas surrounding UCLA and USC. […]

Who Wants to Spend Tomorrow Night Beating a Car with a Baseball Bat?

By Damien Newton | Jan 9, 2009 | No Comments

No, this isn’t another story about critical mass. Back when I was a wee Streetsblogger back in rural Pennsylvania, the local county fair had an event where people could pay a certain amount of money to smash a car with a sledge hammer. While this random act of violence had nothing to do with politics […]

Long Beach Looking for Bike Counting Volunteers

By Damien Newton | Oct 14, 2008 | 5 Comments

E. 2nd Street, Long Beach, CA Streetsblog contributor Anna Chow sends along the following news: The City of Long Beach is looking for volunteers to help do bicycle counts this Thursday and Saturday to help guide their infrastructure decisions. Details from the City of Long Beach’s flyer that can be found at bike facilities and […]

Should City Embrace Better Way of Car Sharing?

By Damien Newton | Sep 2, 2008 | No Comments

Angelenos that find themselves dependent on a car for whatever reason have found themselves with few options since the Zipcar and Flexcar merged together and basically ended service for everyone that does not live near a college campus. While the city seems helpless to bring car sharing to any area not adjacent to USC or […]