Car Sharing - An Alternative To Car Rental And Car Ownership
Car sharing is a sustainable solution that addresses many of the problems associated
with having too many cars on the road. Car sharing creates less cars, less congestion and less pollution
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What Is Car Sharing
Carsharing is a model of car rental where people rent cars for short periods of time, often by
the hour.
Carsharing is an attractive option to customers who make only occasional use of a
vehicle and would prefer not to buy an automobile, as well as others who would like occasional access to a vehicle
of a different type than the one they regularly use.
Over one thousand cities in the world currently provide services that
allow people to carshare.
Carsharing differs from traditional car rentals in the following ways:
Carsharing is not limited by office hours
Reservation, pickup, and return is all self-service
Vehicles can be rented by the minute, by the hour, as well as by the day
Users are members and have been pre-approved to drive (background driving checks have been
performed and a payment mechanism has been established)
Vehicle locations are distributed throughout the service area, and often located for access by
public transport.
Insurance and fuel costs are included in the rates.
Vehicles are not serviced (cleaning fueling) after each use, although certain programs
continuously clean and fuel their fleet
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Car Sharing And Car Pooling - Green Transportation Options
If you are keen to practice living green, but find that you must drive a car occasionally,
car sharing can be your green option to driving. Car sharing is a sort of
car rental for people who rarely use cars. The popularity of car sharing is growing worldwide, but it is still
found only in most large urban areas. Car Sharing is basically car rental for those who only have to use a car
for a few hours here and there or drive one on an infrequent occasion.
Car sharing is quite a revolutionary transport alternative. It’s simple to use. All you have to do is find a car
sharing network that operates in your city and register with them. You will then have access to a fleet of vehicles
that you can use if and when you must drive. You pay based on the amount of time you are using the vehicle.
Car sharing networks are better than car rental services because car sharing is completely self-serve. This means
that there are no limitations to when you can use a car in the network. The automobiles can be rented by the hour
or by the minute, as well as the day. This means that you only pay for the car during the absolute time of use and
not for it to sit on the street or in a parking garage overnight.
Vehicle locations are normally set up near public transportation, so picking up a car is conveniently simple.
Insurance and fuel costs are figured into the rates and not added on to the price you pay. Car sharing helps to
significantly reduce your carbon footprint since it reduces vehicular use and ownership.
Another sort of car sharing is more commonly referred to as car pooling. Car pooling simply means sharing a ride. It is not practical
to use a car sharing network to commute to work every day, based on cost alone, but car pooling with fellow
co-workers (or other parents for taking children to school and sports events) is a great idea for green
conscious citizens who don’t want to own a car.
Car pooling can be a better option than public transportation, particularly if your destination is not within
reasonable access to buses, trains, or subway stations. If someone is going to drive to work anyway, why not fill
the seats with fellow co-workers who can help pay your gas and maintenance costs and give the planet some cleaner
air? It seems a reasonable option for driver and passenger alike.
Car pooling is a favorite among environmentalists because it cuts down on the number of cars in daily operation.
This is a hard statistic to reduce, but a necessary one if we want to clean up the planet. The equation for such a
reduction is simplicity itself, put more people in fewer cars. This isn’t always easy to accomplish. The workplace,
however, is a practical setting to apply the eco friendly solution.
So, whether you choose to do your car sharing through a vehicle network or participate in a car pool to and from
work, remember that more people in fewer cars is the ultimate goal.
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