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Latest.Research:

• Worldwide CarSharing Growth: An International Comparison
  Shaheen, Cohen, 2006
• Assessing early market potential for Car Sharing in China: A Case Study of Beijing
  Shaheen, Martin, 2006

Import.News.Archive:

• Ithaca Car Share to launch June 1 - at last!
  The Ithaca Journal, May 7 2008

• National USA survey about gas prices shows move to car sharing
  Cars.com, May 2, 2008

• City of Ann Arbor looking at on-campus Zipcar success
  Detroit News, April 29, 2008

• Zipcar zapped by parking in NYC
  NY Times, April 28, 2008

• Washington, DC launches NA's first big bike share program
  April 26 2008 Washington Times - NY Times

• Warning to Zipcar; Traffic ahead
  Boston Globe, March 30, 2008

• Little Zipcar deals dwarfs the big Jaguar sale
  Washington Post, March 30, 2008

• Zipcar bids against PhillyCarShare for City account
  Philadelphia Inquirer, March 24 2008

• London's Mayor sets out plan for massive car club expansion
  London Press release, March 18 2008

• Car sharing loses tax battle in Washington, again
  Seattle times, March 13, 2008

• Innovative Carsharing program in Singapore ends
  CarSharing.us, March 9, 2008

• Desire to own a car dropping dramatically for Japan's youth
  Wall Street Journal, February 29, 2008

• The Zipcar business/growth story
  Inc. Magazine, February 27, 2008

• Car Sharing wins & loses in B.C. tax battle
  CBC, February 20, 2008

• Zipcar makes the leap...to mainstream
  Fast Company, February 2008

• Enterprise's WeCar set to launch for public in St. Louis
  Wall Street Journal, February 7, 2008

• Pittsburgh car rental/sharing tax hits hard
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 5, 2008

• Transit partnership in Montreal slow to catch-on
  Montreal Gazette, february 5, 2008

• Zipcar closes Flexcar's LA / San Diego
  Seattle Post Intelligencer, February 1, 2008

• Vancouver invites CAN + Zipcar in RFP
  January 2008
  • Original Vancouver, BC RFEOI March 2007

• Washington State still looking for ways to eliminate rental tax on car sharing
  Seattle Post Intelligencer, January 31, 2008

• Zipcar lowering age to 18 across University campuses
  Brown Daily Herald, January 31, 2008

• Amazing Bike Sharing data video from barcelona
  

• San Francisco goes CO2 neutral; will add 500 on-street spaces
  San Francisco Sentinel, January 19, 2008

• PhillyCarShare launches largest campus program at Univ. Penn.
  Daily Pennsylvanian, January 18, 2008

• Zipcar pushes for tax relief in Washington state
  The Stranger, Janaury 17 2008

• Communauto launches major Transit promotion in MOntreal
  Montreal Gazaette, January 17, 2008

• Pittsburg launches $2/day rental/shared car tax
  Pittsburg Tribune-Review, January 17, 2008

• WeCar - Car Sharing by Enterprise
  January 14, 2008

• Enterprise launches car sharing in St. Louis
  Washington University, January 14, 2009

• Zipcar sets growth goal: wants to be $1 billion company
  Boston Globe, Janaury 13, 2008

• Mobility launches expansion with Austrian joint-venture
  Press Release, January 1, 2008

• Zipcar pitches Champaign-Urbana (with a ratio of 70:1)
  The News-Gazette, December 28, 2007

• A Melbourne council says "no" to on-street parking for Flexicar
  The Age, December 27, 2007

• MIT still moving ahead on stackable cars, scooters
  December 24, 2007

• Zipcar raises daily rates (about 4% or $3/day), December 2007

• CommunAuto lands more on-street parking in Montreal
  Press Release, December 7, 2007

• Zipcar Flexes its Muscle (in-depth on the merger)
  Plenty, December 5 2007

• PhillyCarShare sets sights on 1 million members
  Philly Mag, December 2007

• Enterprise scoops Metro North deal in NYC
  Gothamist, November 30 2007

• Enterprise out-bids Zipcar for Metro North stations
  New York Sun, November 29, 2007

• Zipcar valued Flexcar at $45 million
  PE Hub, November 30, 2007

• Who owns Zipcar? (Securities filing)
  PE Hub, November 30, 2007§

• Seattle on-street spots not enforcable
  The Crosscut, November 27, 2007

• Sydney launches 90 on-street spaces for car sharing
  Sydney Morning Herald, November 27, 2007

• Zipcar campus income falls short in Maine
  The Maine Campus, Novemebr 19, 2007

• Montreal provides on-street parking for Communauto
  Montreal Gazette, November 16, 2007

• Car Sharing lets mobility genie out of the bottle
  LA Times, November 14, 2007

• Ithaca Carshare Launch Delayed by Flexcar/Zipcar Merger; insurance deal with Flexcar cancelled
  November 8, 2007

• Zipcar tries to address insurance problem for members
  Press Release, November 1, 2007

• Behind the Zip-Flex merger Portfolio, October 31, 2007

• Merger a survival strategy | Bloggingstocks.com

• Zipcar + Flexcar driven to merger
  Washington Post, October 31, 2007
  • NPR (listen)
  • Seattle Times
  • Boston Globe
  • Financial Times

• Car Sharing organizations agree to adopt a Code of Ethics
  Press Release, Oct 30 2007

• Zipcar changes PR firm
  PR Week, October 30, 2007

• Philly CarShare sets pace as fastest growing car share in the world
  Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct 29 2007

• Australian car share member to get access-chip implant
  Brisbane Times, October 26, 2007

• Flexcar users to start paying 'car rental tax'
  Seattle Times, October 26, 2007

• You take the Hire road
  Financial Times, October 13, 2007

• Disabled woman files lawsuit against Zipcar, Flexcar
  WTOP news, October 11, 2007

• New Zealand PM launches country's first car share
  Scoop, September 28, 2007

• Vancouver's CAN faces huge back-tax liability
  Vancouver Province, September 12, 2007

• Zipcar mechanics join Teamsters local 25
  July 16, 2007

• Flexcar handles 'Rental Car tax' issue:
  • Flexcar Seattle faces 'rental car tax'
    Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 7, 2007
  • Flexcar issues statement to government
    
  • Governor reconsiders taxing Flexcar
    Seattle Times, September 9, 2007

• Zipcar goes to college
  Wall Street Journal, August 22, 2007

• Car Sharing: Hit the road for less
  Smartmoney, August 17, 2007

• Flexcar launches at Ohio State
  Ohio Alive, August 16, 2007

• Zipcar signs apartment-deal with Equity Real Estate
  Press release, July 26, 2007

• Car Sharing an easy alternative
  Chicago Journal, July 25 2007

• Hertz steps up hourly rental program in NYC
  New York Daily News, July 9 2007

• Zipcar growth stalls in Toronto; prices reduced for first time ever
  Press Release, July 1 2007

• Google's plug-in/vehicle-to-grid project; teams with Enterprise & INVERS
  Press Release, June 18, 2007

• AutoShare adds plug-in hybrid; joins City Toronto Project
  Toronto Star, May 24, 2007

• U Haul enters car sharing market, quietly
  May 2007

• Philly CarShare expands to Delaware
  Press Release, May 22, 2007

• Montreal unveils ambitious transit plan; $100,000 for onstreet car share parking
  Montreal Gazette, May 18, 2007

• Car Sharing turns 20! Mobility Switzerland grows on
  Swiss Info, May 2007

• Flexcar launches in Pittsburgh
  Post-Gazette, May 1, 2007

• Enterprise launches hourly rentals in NYC, too
  USA Today, April 23, 2007

• Hertz launches Hourly Rental pilot in NYC
  Newsday, April 17 2007

• Local Bloggers compare in Vancouver
  April 2007

• Zipcar launches in Vancouver, BC
  (April 5, 2007) Globe & Mail | Vancouver Sun | The Province

• Flexcar launches in Philadelphia
  Business Week, April 2, 2007

• Zipcar muscles in to win UK on-street parking
• How to start a truck-share co-op
  Sew Green blog, March 28 2007

• CAN worried City of Vancouver contract could go to U.S. car share
  CBC.ca, March 26 2007

• Zipcar launches new website, plans for '07
  Associated Press, March 13, 2007

• Vancouver,BC Requests for Expression Of Interest to provide Car Sharing services to City staff
  March 9, 2007

• A year of Living Car-less in Seattle
  The Daily Score, February 21, 2007

• Communauto releases Climate Change study
  Montreal Gazette, February 19, 2007

• Concerns raised about Zipcar insurance coverage
  CarSharing.US, February 9, 2007

• Flexcar launching in Pittsburg with $290,000 help from federal government
  Pittsburg Live, January 24, 2007

• Car-sharing catching on with Bay Area drivers
  SFGate, January 22, 2007

• World's leading Car Sharing researchers, Susan Shaheen et al, publish latest work (see Library)

• Flexcar launches at U. Florida
  Aligator online, January 10, 2007

• Car Sharing accelerates in Canada
  Globe and Mail, January 1, 2007

• San Francisco's a hot bed of car sharing
  Inside Bay Area, December 27, 2006

• Zipcar land in London,UK
  Boston Globe, November 29, 2006

• Vancouver Co-op launches The Company Car
  Vancouver Province, October 27, 2006

• Zipcar arrives in Ann Arbor, Michegan
  Detroit Free Press, November 1, 2006

• Enterprise launches hourly rentals in Chicago
  CBS2Chicago, October 19, 2006

• Philly CarShare offers $0 membership
  Press Release, September 29, 2006

• Austin city council supports local NGO
  American-Statesman, September 28 2006

• Westmount Mayor joins CommunAuto
  Montreal Gazette, September 20, 2006

• Zipcar scoops government cash from I-GO in Chicago
  Chicago Sun-Times, September 10 2006

• Media coverage heats-up Car Sharing in Toronto
  • Quick wheels in Toronto
    CBC online, September 8, 2006
  • Car Sharing firms find lucrative market in Toronto
    The Globe and Mail, September 7 2006
  • The Car Sharing Shoot-out
    Torontoist, September 7 2006
  • Zipcar and AutoShare bang bumpers in downtown Toronto
    The Toronto Star, September 3 2006

• Car Sharing comes to Nevada City
  The Union, September 6 2006

• Key Party: Car Sharing is sexy
  Slate, September 5, 2006

• Car Sharing Develops Traction as Fuel Prices Rise
  LA Times, August 21 2006

• Zipcar geared towards growth
  Boston Globe, August 13 2006

• Zipcar expands in San Francisco and launches in Chicago
  July 11, 2006

• Flexcar names new CEO, gets more cash from Revolution
  Washington Post, June 21 2006

• Flexcar loses free on-street parking in Portland
  Williamette Weekly, July 7, 2006

• Portland ends Free parking for Flexcar
  Oregon Public Broadcasting, June 21 2006

• Zipcar expands to Toronto
  Globe and Mail, May 15 2006

• Portland,OR discusses parking for car sharing
  Blue Oregon, May 2006

• Zipcar hits obstacle in Chicago
  Chicago Sun Times, Apr 6 2006

• Flexcar to launch in Atlanta in June
  The Story Group, April 6 2006

• I-Go (Chicago) lands a $400,000 federal grant
  Chicago Defender, February 22, 2006

• Cleveland's CityWheels launches at Oberlin College
  WKYC, February 10, 2006

• Minneapolis-St. Paul city council approves contract with HourCar
  Skyway News, February 6, 2006

• By the hour, your chariot awaits
  New York Timess, November 30, 2005

• Washington, DC adds on-street parking for car sharing
  ABC News, November 22, 2005

• City Dwellers try car sharing
  USA Today, September 14, 2005

• Portland uses car sharing to reduce city fleet
  Detroit Free Press, September 8, 2005 [Press Release]

• Steve Case buys Flexcar; Iacocca to join board
  Washington Post, August 31, 2005 [Press Release]

• European car sharing picks up speed
  Deutsche Welle, August 24, 2005

• HourCar launches in the Twin Cities
  Pulse of the Twin Cities, June 30, 2005

• New Jersey's Meadowlink plans to reinvent car sharing
  NorthJersey.com, June 26, 2005

• Vancouver hits 100 car milestone
  CBC, June 10, 2005

• 25% of Americans say they'd be interested in replacing their main car with car sharing
  ABC News | Washington Post Survey, February 2005

• Clearing the Roads
  TIME, February 13, 2005

• Zipcar heads to Chicago
  Fast Company, February 5, 2005

• ZipCar & Flexcar seeks parking concessionns in DC
  Washington Times, January 27, 2005

• Convenience drives car sharing
  Chicago Tribune, January 24, 2005

• San Francisco to mandate car sharing in new developments
  San Francisco Examiner, December 8, 2004

• World's first Bio-Car-Share
  KVAL 13, December 5, 2004

• Car-Sharing system catching on in Japan
  Japan Today, November 19, 2004

• Zipcar passes Flexcar to become largest Car Share in USA
  Business 2.0, November 17, 2004

• Zipcar announces record sales & national expansion plans
  PR Newswire November 17, 2004

• The Autocratic Revolution - a $1.8 Billion business
  New York Post, October 3, 2004

• Costs spark jump in car sharing services
  Chicago Sun Times, September 26 2004

• Washington Metro Area Transit Authority issues new RFP
  Aug 2004

• Car Sharing a growing trend in Japanese housing developments
  Daily Yomiuri, July 19 2004

• Berkeley to share municipal cars with citizens
  • Contra Costa Times, July 16, 2004

  • KRON4 news, July 16 2004

• Car 51 - where are you today?
  Toronto Star, May 28 2004

• City of Philadelphia joins car-sharing program to reduce fleet
  Daily Philadelphian, April 6 2004

• City of Philadelphia joins car-sharing, plans to cut 400 city vehicles
  PhillyCarShare Press release, April 5, 2004

• The City of Goteborg invests in environmental carpools.
  SunFleet Press Release, April 2004

• Flexcar fuels up with $4 M: will break-even in 2005
  Puget Sund Business Journal, Feb 13 2004

• Car Sharing reduces driving by 47%
  UC Berkley Study of City CarShare, Jan 2004

• Thousands of Canadians across the country are saving money by sharing a car. Can "Autoshare" work for your family?
  Canada AM, February 20, 2003 Windows Media Player required

• Zipcar Pacts with ZEV-NET for Systems
  CALSTART NEWS NOTES, January 17, 2003

• "Public Transport and Car-Sharing: Together for the Better"
  conference, 4-5 December 2002, Bremen Germany.

• Company hopes that L.A. Motorists take car Sharing for a Test Drive
  L.A.Times, Nov 9 2002

• Honda Motor Co. has launched its version of car sharing in Singapore simply known as Honda ICVS, aimed mainly at customers in the downtown shopping and central business districts, and using environmentally friendly hybrid Honda Civics.

• City CarShare to provide car-sharing option for riders @ 3 BART stations in Bay Area
  San Francisco Chronicle, July 25, 2002

• Car sharing just might lighten up those hazy, traffic-clogged days
  The Mercury News, July 23, 2002

• Company cars joining anti-congestion arsenal
  Seattle Times, July 22, 2002

• Flexcar Picks Up Palo Alto Car Share Program
  Calstart News Notes, July 16, 2002

• People's Car Co-op (Kitchener-Waterloo) wins their city's Environmental Sustainability award

• eMotion Mobility Chooses Zandiant Telematics
  CalStart News Notes, May 30, 2002

• Baby, you can drive THEIR car
  HR News Online, May 30, 2002

• Playa Vista Announces EV Mobility Plan
  CalStart News Notes, May 29, 2002

• Filling 'missing link' in transit:
  Seattle Times, May 20, 2002

• Car Sharing: an idea whose time has come?
  National Post, May 4, 2002

• Convenient flexcars roll into Kirkland - Two Honda Civics will serve downtown
  EastSide Journal, April 17, 2002

• Car Sharing Comes of Age
  TechTV, March 18, 2002

• Honda invests in FlexCar
  • Seattle Times, March 13, 2002
  • Automotive News, March 12, 2002
  • Seattle-Post Intelligencer, March 13, 2002
  
  
• City CarShare comes to Oakland
  Oakland Chamber of Commerce, March 2002

• Car Sharing speeds into East Bay
  San Francisco Business Journal, January 18, 2002

• Car Sharing launched to ease parking burden
  Berkeley Daily Planet, January 18, 2002

• Boulder CarShare gaining momentum
  The Daily Camera, Dec 25, 2001

• Flexcar expands to Washington, DC
  Puget Sound Business Journal, Dec 4, 2001

• Metro Kicks off Rental Car Service
  Washington Post, Dec 4, 2001

• To unclog roads, City eyes Car Sharng
  Boston Globe, November 28, 2001

• Council eyes 'zip' parking for Car Shares
  Boston Herald, November 28, 2001

• San Francisco Car Share
  WIRED, October 21, 2001

• All the (road) rage: Urban planners, drivers embrace car-sharing leases
  Boston Globe, October 20, 2001

• Co-op purchases 4th vehicle
  Waterloo Record, October 13, 2001

• Flexcar gives many drivers a thrifty, easy alternative
  Seattle Post-Intelligencer Reporter, October 1, 2001

• CarShare gets the Bugs out - Nonprofit's rent-by-the-hour VWs an alternative to personal cars
  San Francisco Chronnicle, Sept 30, 2001

• A Car of your own, sort of
  TIME, September 17, 2001

• Car Sharing now growing in the U.S.
  The Savvy Traveller, August 3, 2001

• New car program at Caltrain offers patrons cars in Palo Alto area
  SF Gate News, July 9, 2001

• Metro Plans Car-Sharing test Drive
  Washington Post, May 14, 2001

  • Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority issuing RFP

• Drivers Wanted - San Francisco asks about car sharing
  San Francisco magazine, May 2001

• Car Sharing plan works for City dwellers
  Toronto Star, May 5 2001

• Seattle-Based Flexcar Acquires CarSharing Portland

• Access for Less: Mobility for the New Millenium
  The first North American Shared-Car conference, April 17-19 2001

• Electric cars expected on the roads by June
  The Straight Times (Singapore), March 28, 2001

• Car-sharing in Portland - How one couple saves big bucks every month
  Utne Reader, March 30, 2001

• ComnAuto vous prete une voiture pour deux heures
  Les Affaires, 24 Mars 2001

• Wheels When You Want 'Em
  Report on Business, March 2001

• Deals on Wheels...is Car Sharing the answer?
  Inc. Magazine, February 1, 2001

• Lean, Green stock machine! A profile of AutoShare co-founder Kevin McLaughlin
  National Post, January 20, 2001

• 'If you live in a city, you don't need to own a car.'
  William Clay Ford Jr., Chariman, Ford Motor Company Ltd. October 2000

• Maybe you can drive my car
  Business 2.0 Dec 12 , 2000

• Car-Sharing: Is It the Next Colossus of Roads?
  Business Week, December 1, 2000

• Car-Sharing Program Arrives in S.F. Alternate to ownership for occasional drivers
  SF Gate News, November 1, 2000

• Car Sharing In Portland: A Library With Cars Instead of Books
  Tide.Pool. October 12, 2000

• Car-sharing trend fuels occasional drivers
  Canadian Press, October 8, 2000

• Shed the car, stay mobile: It's car-sharing
  Christian Science Monitor, September 11, 2000

• Car Sharing is a smart alternative to buying
  Washington Post, August 5, 2000

• Is America ready for Car Sharing?
  National Public Radio, July 27, 2000 (Real Audio)

• Car sharing's time comes - A European idea for folks who don't drive every day catches on in U.S. cities
  CNN.com, July 19, 2000

• Car-sharing is way to go for growing number in Seattle
  Seattle Times, June 20, 2000

• Car-Sharing goes online
  Wired news, June 6, 2000

• Portland Carshare Program Points The Way
  EV World, June 1, 2000

• Don't buy a car, share one
  CBS evening news, May 2000

• Cars You Drive for a While, Then Someone Else Does
  New York Times May 17, 2000

• Car Sharing Feasible even for business
  Helsingin Sanomat / March 30, 2000

• Green scheme is setting the scene: Budget's Edinburgh Car Share takes off
  Fleet Newsnet, March 21, 2000

• CarSharing provides wheels for a trip across town
  Traverse City Record-Eagle, Feb 9 , 2000

• Car-sharing could be answer to traffic chaos
  Dublin Times

• Car_leasing by the Hour?
  An Audio interview on National Public Radio (USA)

• Getting Around in the 21st Century
  Environmental News Network, January 2000

• The Potential Impact of Smart Technology on Station/Shared Car Programs
  Infrastructure for NEV's, Commuters and Station Cars, Infrastructure Track: NAEVI 1999, Atlanta, Georgia.

• New kind of car pool lets members cut expenses
  Sharing a vehicle has already caught on in Europe and U.S.
  Globe & Mail, December 31, 1999

• Can Drivers learn to share?
  eye magazine, October 28, 1999

• Consider benefits of sharing a car
  Downtown residents stand to save a lot in parking alone
  National Post, October 2, 1999

• France and other European cities celebrated a day without motor vehicles
  Christian Science Monitor, September 23, 1999

• Automotive Alternative in Bremen Germany
  Washington Post, September 20, 1999

• Car sharing in the West - really
  Christian Science Monitor, Aug 19, 1999

• Volkswagen predicts 50 million people will be car sharing in Europe by 2007
  

• Baby, You Can Drive My Car. And So Can He
  How 60 commuters share 12 cars to beat traffic, reduce pollution and save money
  TIME Magazine, June 13, 1999

• Wide-reaching German integrated transport project adopts MIFAREĻ technology Philips Semi-Conductors Press Release 5/19/99

  Philips Semiconductors, Europe's leading semiconductor manufacturer, today announced that as part of the WAYflow project, Philips Semiconductors will develop a secure, convenient and easy-to-use smart card IC, called MobiChip, to help simplify public transport systems, increasing attractiveness to end users...

• Our parents were right, sharing can be beneficial
  Auto Rental News, May/June 1999

• "...we are overly dependent on public transit."
  Hon. Tony Clement
  Ontario Minister of Transportation
  April 19, 1999, CBC Radio
  Commenting on the reason that the recent transit strike is so devastating for a city like Toronto .
  

• Auto-sharing network looking to expand
  Toronto Star, April 9, 1999

• Conrad Wagner, involved with Mobility Switzerland, has taken a new position working in 'New Mobility Systems and Car Sharing Services' in the USA. He has joined www.weststart.org a unique advanced transportation organization with offices throughout the Western U.S.

• Ford, Stepping Backward, to Unveil Biggest SUV
  CALSTART News Notes, 02/25/1999

• Sport-utility vehicles bring up the rear in The Green Guide to Cars and Trucks
  American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Feb17, 1999

• Share a Car, Save a Dollar - Hourly Auto Rentals Catch On in Portland, Ore.
  ABCNews.com February 16, 1999

• Sharing the road (and the car). For financial and environmental reasons, drivers are opting for car co-ops
  National Post, February 9, 1999

• Honda, UC Davis Join on 'Smart' NGV-Share Effort
  CALSTART News Feb 3 ,1999

• Will public buy car-sharing?
  Seattle Times, December 26, 1998