Contour Line

September 16, 2008

Car sharing or bike rental?

Filed under: bikes — jmarca @ 5:07 pm

I don’t understand how car sharing can be profitable.  You run into the same problem that public transit has—expensive vehicles with a long life offered to a people who could buy or lease their own car.  While the cars are shiny and new now, in 5 years they will not be.  Perhaps the zip-car’s of the world buy new cars regularly, and sell their old cars used. (more…)

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