Showing posts with label Zipcars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zipcars. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Update on ZipCar
Their official email to me said they were defleeting C-U to give Chicago more cars. They said this is done now and we have one car located in downtown Champaign again.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
ZipCar Has Just Lost a Customer
Ticked at ZipCar today. They have changed the location for their cars and no longer have a presence in downtown Champaign. This makes their service completely and utterly useless for us and others we know who used them in Champaign. Why this change during the summer too...fewer people on campus. Talked to two people at Zipcar and have no info on why the location was changed or if there will be cars in downtown Champaign again at a future date. We were never notified of a change in location. Grr.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Welcome to CU Zipcar!
We heard a while back that Zipcar was coming to our twin cities and today it actually happened! (Many rumors are just that...rumors.) I'm doing a little happy dance. I don't know how much we will use Zipcar, but it is nice to have that option and if it encourages others to go down to one car or go car free or just helps out those who are already one car families or car free...it is quite exciting.
My husband and I were wondering where the Champaign Zipcars would be located since we already noticed the parking spaces for the Urbana cars near Common Ground Co-op. Well, it looks like the Champaign cars will be at the Illinois Terminal Parking Lot, which makes sense. I knew the press conference was there so it stands to reason the cars would be too. This would mean a 1.5 mile walk or bike ride or a pretty easy bus ride to pick up a car. That said, I can't think of what I would need the car for if I'm already on my bike or riding the bus. We shall see.
Other Travel: My husband rode his bike to and from work as usual for a total of approximately 40 minutes round trip and 7 miles. It was very cold (maybe single digits) this morning for his ride into work. He said he was "hot" on the way home. It was still very cold by human standards. Tomorrow is supposed to be much worse.
My husband and I were wondering where the Champaign Zipcars would be located since we already noticed the parking spaces for the Urbana cars near Common Ground Co-op. Well, it looks like the Champaign cars will be at the Illinois Terminal Parking Lot, which makes sense. I knew the press conference was there so it stands to reason the cars would be too. This would mean a 1.5 mile walk or bike ride or a pretty easy bus ride to pick up a car. That said, I can't think of what I would need the car for if I'm already on my bike or riding the bus. We shall see.
Other Travel: My husband rode his bike to and from work as usual for a total of approximately 40 minutes round trip and 7 miles. It was very cold (maybe single digits) this morning for his ride into work. He said he was "hot" on the way home. It was still very cold by human standards. Tomorrow is supposed to be much worse.
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