Car sharing is no magic bullet, but it’s one of the many moving parts aligning towards the right direction. freedom) with a DART pass (or app), a bike, your feet, as well as ride- and car-sharing apps for $100 to $200/month, isn’t that a good thing? That’s $500/month back in each household’s pocket (more freedom) to do what they like with, such as savings, investing, or even moving into better housing or neighborhood. If you can achieve the same if not more mobility (i.e.
A two-car household is eating up nearly half of median take home pay after taxes. Transportation, nay, car-dependence is becoming unbearably expensive for the majority of Dallasites. However, it also represents a form of increased mobility without compulsory car ownership, which if you take the average price of owning and operating a car (legally) of about $750/month (that includes payment, insurance, gas, maintenance, depreciation, parking, registration, etc.) is quite steep at a time when Dallas median household income has dropped from $56K to $47K from 2000 to 2010 (both in 2010 $). As high quality density and urban living is a new thing regionally (or renewed in Dallas proper), they’ll grow as the market for them grows and they’re already looking to expand.Īnother concern I’ve heard is that, it’s still a car. They have a business model which requires a certain amount of density nearby in order to ‘share’ the vehicles available. As is inevitable, the thoughts must be reduced to soundbites for consumption, so I’ve been sitting on a few more comprehensive thoughts about what Zipcar and car-sharing means for the future of the city.įirst, it isn’t unexpected to be skeptical of the impact of only six cars/spots available currently.
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While I was there, I did one TV interview with WFAA and one (digital) print interview with Robert Wilonsky of the Morning News.
They had aerial maps of downtown, uptown, Near East, and the Cedars (no Oak Cliff to my dismay, which I let them hear about) where you could push pins of various colors into locations on the map suggesting vehicular congestion, places you like to hang out, as well as where you would like to see Zipcars parked and available. I was able to stop by for a few minutes before the formalities began and I had to catch a train for a lunch appointment in downtown Plano. Last week, car sharing service Zipcar was unveiled at an event in downtown Dallas.
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