Flexcar was a for-profit car sharing company, the oldest and second-largest in the United States behind Boston-based Zipcar, which it merged with in late 2007. This article discusses Flexcar's operations prior to the merger; most Flexcar operations were converted to Zipcar operations.
Flexcar can date its origins to March 1998, when its Portland, Oregon office was founded as a separate company (Car Sharing Portland) by David Brook; Flexcar itself...
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Flexcar was a for-profit car sharing company, the oldest and second-largest in the United States behind Boston-based Zipcar, which it merged with in late 2007. This article discusses Flexcar's operations prior to the merger; most Flexcar operations were converted to Zipcar operations.
Flexcar can date its origins to March 1998, when its Portland, Oregon office was founded as a separate company (Car Sharing Portland) by David Brook; Flexcar itself was founded in January 2000 in Seattle, Washington as a public-private partnership with King County Metro. Flexcar was also present in Los Angeles; Gainesville; San Diego; Rochester; Atlanta; Pittsburgh; Tempe, Arizona (it served Phoenix in partnership with Arizona State University); San Jose; San Francisco; Philadelphia; Baltimore; Washington, D.C. and Columbus, Ohio, and, to varying degrees, in their suburbs. In addition, Flexcar was partnered with the non-profit I-GO carsharing service in Chicago.
Flexcar members chose a rate plan and paid...
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