City CarShare is a nonprofit car sharing organization that launched car sharing in the San Francisco Bay area in 2001. It was started by transportation activists in Oakland, Berkeley and San Francisco. City CarShare has cars available for hourly use at all times of day. Members pay a membership fee and usage charges based on amount of time used, distance driven, time of day, and vehicle type. Vehicles available include Toyota plug-in hybrid elect...
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City CarShare is a nonprofit car sharing organization that launched car sharing in the San Francisco Bay area in 2001. It was started by transportation activists in Oakland, Berkeley and San Francisco. City CarShare has cars available for hourly use at all times of day. Members pay a membership fee and usage charges based on amount of time used, distance driven, time of day, and vehicle type. Vehicles available include Toyota plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, Smart Cars, Subarus, a wheelchair accessible van, MINI Cooper convertible, MINI Cooper, Toyota Prius, Toyota Tacoma pickup trucks, Scion xB, Toyota Yaris, and others. All vehicles in the fleet are selected for fuel efficiency with low emissions ratings.
City CarShare works with local governments and businesses to place cars in neighborhoods, at locations known as "POD"s (for "point of departure"). Some governments and many businesses also use City CarShare cars as part of their fleets. City CarShare has also worked with transit...
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