At long last, my wife and I have moved to San Francisco. To assist us in our move from Livermore to San Francisco, we joined a carsharing organization: City Car Share. We have had a wonderful experience with City Car Share. We find the car sharing concept is fully realized through the organization. We pay only $10 a month and then $4/hour and 44 cents per mile driven (less from 10pm-10am). This price includes insurance and gas. Cars can be reserved on-line up to 3 months in advance or up to the minute before they are needed. The system works very well. Since we do not have a car, most of the time we rely on the excellent public transportation system here in San Francisco. However, there are times, such as when we were moving or when we need to buy a lot at the grocery store, when having a car makes things much easier.
There are 2 other car sharing competitors in San Francisco: Zip Car and Flex Car, but we are very happy with the non-profit City Car Share. Car sharing reduces the amount of cars in the city and makes more efficient use of the space and other resources. Just consider how much of the time most people’s cars are sitting parked and undriven, depreciating in value, and taking up room that could be better utilized. I highly recommend the concept of carsharing to anyone who lives in an urban environment.
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
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- Matt
- Lima, Ohio, United States
- I was born and raised in Ohio. I am a lifelong Catholic Christian who has always been interested in the big questions of life. I have a passion for learning especially Philosophy, Science, Religion, History and Culture. I graduated from the University of Toledo in 2001 with a B.A. in International Relations. I married my soul-mate, Jen in 2001 and we moved to rural Tanigumi-mura Japan where we taught English for 3 years. We moved to California and lived in San Francisco and the Bay Area for 4 years. Tired of sitting on the sidelines, I began volunteering for the Barack Obama campaign in March of 2007 and was eventually hired as a Field Organizer. Through the Obama campaign, I found my calling and moved back to Ohio to continue organizing. In 2009 I helped the field operations of the Keith Wilkowski for Mayor of Toledo race. After that, I was hired as a Regional Field Director for 15 northwestern and north central Ohio counties for the 2010 Democratic Coordinated Campaign. Jen and I are continuing to volunteer as we wait for the next organizing opportunity to present itself.
