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Via Eric Britton’s World Streets, Dave Brooks is writing about the new wave of carsharing businesses that are entering the market. Depending on your perspective, the companies coming onto the market are either completely …

I want to add to my point earlier today about the need to differentiate between modal shifts that are happening as a result of the economy and modal shifts that are happening as a result …

It’s always exciting to see a colleague’s picture in the newspaper. Fellow EMBARQer Chris Ganson made it onto the Washington Post’s cover for riding SmartBike! Very cool.
The article looked at how the recession has made …

World Streets shares this very funny French ad for a car-sharing company.
The translation of their slogan is “It’s almost your car.” In another ad, the same man is eating a messy sandwich in the car …

Via BeyondDC’s newsfeed, I see that Baltimore may be introducing an electric car-sharing program. This is a great idea.
You often hear about how the reason electric cars will never be popular is that they’ll require …

Over at the Atlantic, they’ve given Conor Friedersdorf the project of writing about “Ideas.” This has meant a lot of posts about good ideas and an ongoing discussion of the “Worst Idea Ever.” For the …

The coolest thing about Zipcar’s new FastFleet service isn’t the technology–it’s the buzz. Photo by dominiccampbell.
In response to yesterday’s post about Zipcar’s launch of FastFleet, a municipal fleet management service, Clayton Lane, the chief …

Zipcar launches pilot program to lease fleet management technology to D.C. government vehicles. Photo by katmere.
The latest car-sharing model to hit the streets could save millions of taxpayer dollars, reduce pollution, and make it easier …

Washington prepares for Obama’s inauguration. Photo by martinstelbrink of Flickr.
Plans for President-Elect Barack Obama’s inauguration, scheduled for Jan. 20, have caused local transport groups in the Washington, D.C. area to consider new and flexible options …

Photo from the Washington Post.
On Sunday, The Washington Post Magazine ran a cover story describing the transport woes Washington DC-area residents face as they move further and further outside the suburbs in order to …