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Trend Toward Car-Sharing Expected to Continue
February 3, 2010 – 9:14 pm | No Comment
Trend Toward Car-Sharing Expected to Continue

Research firm Frost & Sullivan just issued a new report that says car-sharing is on the rise and expected to grow exponentially over the next five years. Between 2007 and 2009, the number of drivers …

New App for Cab Sharing Could Help Travelers Share and Save
January 6, 2010 – 8:39 pm | No Comment
New App for Cab Sharing Could Help Travelers Share and Save

An article in today’s Seattle Times about cab-sharing from Seattle-Tacoma Airport got me wondering why more cities don’t facilitate this money-saving and ecologically sound form of transportation. The article features a new application for the …

A Big List of Sharing Ideas from Green Fest
November 23, 2009 – 6:17 pm | No Comment
A Big List of Sharing Ideas from Green Fest

Here’s yet another list of sharing ideas! We collected these ideas on post-it notes from visitors to our booth at the San Francisco Green Festival. We asked people to tell us their ideas for …

Car Sharing on Campus: A Natural Fit for Chico State and Others
August 26, 2009 – 7:12 pm | No Comment

California State University at Chico announced this week that students, faculty, and staff will soon be able to participate in car sharing through a new partnership withZipcar. Participants will pay a small initial membership fee and …

Bike-Sharing Comes to San Francisco–Temporarily
August 3, 2009 – 1:54 pm | No Comment

Over the past weekend, shared bicycles were available in San Francisco’s beautiful Golden Gate Park. A state-of-the-art pay station spent five hours in the park on Sunday, allowing riders to swipe a credit card or …

Sharing in Every Realm of Life
April 13, 2009 – 10:14 pm | No Comment

There are ways to incorporate sharing into almost every realm of life. Here’s a sampling of ways to share:
CAR:
Find a friend or a neighbor who would like to share a car and make a …