Comments on: This Woman Is Redefining Public Transportation http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/06/15/this-woman-is-redefining-public-transportation/ America Under Construction Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:15:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Matt O'Toole http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/06/15/this-woman-is-redefining-public-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-10441 Matt O'Toole Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:14:15 +0000 http://www.infrastructurist.com/?p=3249#comment-10441 Zipcar seems to operate mostly in college towns, which are perfect environments for car sharing. But these same universities continue to operate their own motor pools. Eliminating those motor pools and giving that "business" to Zipcar would save the universities a lot of money, be a lot more efficient and user friendly, and extend the benefits of car sharing to the greater community. Are you listening, Virginia Tech? Zipcar seems to operate mostly in college towns, which are perfect environments for car sharing. But these same universities continue to operate their own motor pools. Eliminating those motor pools and giving that “business” to Zipcar would save the universities a lot of money, be a lot more efficient and user friendly, and extend the benefits of car sharing to the greater community. Are you listening, Virginia Tech?

]]> By: It’s All Connected (or it should be) « ReadingRisa http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/06/15/this-woman-is-redefining-public-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-2886 It’s All Connected (or it should be) « ReadingRisa Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:25:50 +0000 http://www.infrastructurist.com/?p=3249#comment-2886 [...] of this idea, GoLoco. It’s a social networking site that encourages people to share rides. In this interview she talks about how infrastructure is destiny. She [...] [...] of this idea, GoLoco. It’s a social networking site that encourages people to share rides. In this interview she talks about how infrastructure is destiny. She [...]

]]> By: DrumBeat: June 15, 2009 | Climate Vine http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/06/15/this-woman-is-redefining-public-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-2789 DrumBeat: June 15, 2009 | Climate Vine Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:15:49 +0000 http://www.infrastructurist.com/?p=3249#comment-2789 [...] This Woman Is Redefining Public Transportation Ask a friend to name a shared transportation option and he’ll probably mention that bus that rumbles past on the avenue or the commuter train that all the office jockeys pile into each weekday morning. But Robin Chase thinks the phrase is about to undergo a radical evolution. Almost ten years ago she founded car-sharing service Zip Car, which has proven a smashing success in urban areas across the country and is rumored to be going public next year. Now she’s put her visionary zeal behind GoLoco, a social networking site that encourage people to catch rides with each other (they take a 10 percent a fee if you choose to let them manage the financial arrangements.) Thinking of your friends’ and neighbors’ cars as a personal transportation resource is the next wave in American mobility, Chase argues — an elegant response to rising costs, congestion and our existing road-heavy infrastructure. [...] [...] This Woman Is Redefining Public Transportation Ask a friend to name a shared transportation option and he’ll probably mention that bus that rumbles past on the avenue or the commuter train that all the office jockeys pile into each weekday morning. But Robin Chase thinks the phrase is about to undergo a radical evolution. Almost ten years ago she founded car-sharing service Zip Car, which has proven a smashing success in urban areas across the country and is rumored to be going public next year. Now she’s put her visionary zeal behind GoLoco, a social networking site that encourage people to catch rides with each other (they take a 10 percent a fee if you choose to let them manage the financial arrangements.) Thinking of your friends’ and neighbors’ cars as a personal transportation resource is the next wave in American mobility, Chase argues — an elegant response to rising costs, congestion and our existing road-heavy infrastructure. [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/06/15/this-woman-is-redefining-public-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-2771 admin Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:46:12 +0000 http://www.infrastructurist.com/?p=3249#comment-2771 Sid, Great to hear. Let us know it goes. I think it's a really important point that travel should be part of our social existence. Not all the time -- but certainly more often than it is right now. -Jebediah Sid,

Great to hear. Let us know it goes.

I think it’s a really important point that travel should be part of our social existence. Not all the time — but certainly more often than it is right now.

-Jebediah

]]> By: Sid Burgess http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/06/15/this-woman-is-redefining-public-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-2766 Sid Burgess Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:44:07 +0000 http://www.infrastructurist.com/?p=3249#comment-2766 Great interview. I just signed up on her site. I travel between OKC and Tulsa pretty frequently and just recently bought a minivan with 7 seats. I can't wait to meet new people! Great interview. I just signed up on her site. I travel between OKC and Tulsa pretty frequently and just recently bought a minivan with 7 seats. I can’t wait to meet new people!

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