Notes from Ignite #transpo talk “How to ask your neighbor for a cup of car”

By Brendan Nee on Mar 21, 2011

I gave a 5 minute talk at Ignite #transpo for Transportation Camp on Saturday night at the awesome Automattic Lounge on Pier 38 (Thanks WordPress!). It was titled “How to Ask your Neighbor for a cup of car” and it covered Peer-to-peer carsharing, peer-to-peer parking sharing and “smart taxis”. I mentioned a lot of new services in my talk and lot of people asked me about them afterwards – so here is a list of companies I mentioned with links and a few notes on each:

Carsharing

City Carshare

  • San Francisco Bay Area Only
  • Compared to Zipcar: Cheaper per hour, more per mile – good for shorter distance trips within SF, Berkeley and Oakland
  • 179 locations, 313 cars
  • $5.50/hr $.35/mile (depending on plan)
  • http://citycarshare.com

Zipcar

  • Many Location Nationwide
  • Compared to City Carshare: Better for longer distance, shorter duration trips (running to San Jose and back)
  • 231 locations, 810 cars in the Bay Area
  • $7.50 – $12/hr (depending on plan)
  • http://zipcar.com

RelayRides

GetAround

  • Launched in San Francisco, Jan 2011
  • Currently free to Join, nearly instant approval via Facebook Connect
  • Supports in person key exchange and iPhone unlock
  • 96 cars (and growing)
  • Diverse array of cars including a Tesla and a Porche 911 Carrara
  • $5-$15/hr on average
  • http://getaround.com

Smarter Parking

Park Circa

Primo Spot

  • Launched in 2008
  • Supports New York, Boston and Seattle
  • Shows legal on street parking based on side of street and current time.
  • http://primospot.com

Taxis and Car Service

Cabulous

  • Works worldwide – most cars in San Francisco and San Diego
  • No prepayment required
  • Shows real time taxi locations, hail one and watch it come to you
  • Website and iPhone app
  • Bottom-up approach – any driver can use, doesn’t need fleet approval
  • http://cabulous.com

Taxi Magic

  • Supports many major US cities including SF
  • Trip is paid via app
  • iPhone, Android, Blackberry app only
  • Top-down approach – only certain taxi companies are available
  • http://taximagic.com

Uber

  • Car Service (fancy cars)
  • San Francisco and Palo Alto
  • Trip is paid via app
  • iPhone and Android only
  • 1.5 X the cost of a cab
  • Very fast, professional and reliable service
  • http://uber.com
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2 Responses to “Notes from Ignite #transpo talk “How to ask your neighbor for a cup of car””

  1. BlinkTag at Transportation Camp West 2011 | BlinkTag Inc, on March 22nd, 2011 at 6:54 pm Said:

    [...] Click here for Brendan’s summary of different car sharing services, smarter parking, and taxi and car services that all enable people to forego the traditional model of car ownership. [...]

  2. Davis Taxi, on April 17th, 2012 at 11:26 pm Said:

    Thank you for posting this information i am a service provider and i found valuable information at one place.

    Taxi Services

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