I believe the program Annie is thinking of is hOurCar - which is a
car-sharing program coming soon to the Twin Cities - http://www.hourcar.org/
This program will be open to both individuals and businesses that cannot
afford or do not want the hassle of maintaining their own fleets. That might
serve as a good way to solve the dilemma that Sam wrote about.
Mark Snyder
Windom Park
On 2/5/04 1:31 AM, "Annie Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> City government, Park Board, Hennepin County do have fleets for things like
> inspectors, maintenance Park District supervisors as examples. It's not
> quite the same thing as needing a vehicle to get to a meeting every other
> week. On the other hand what about the articles I've seen about 8-10
> people or households all sharing a vehicle ( a hybrid electric at
> that). That's another transit option. So are skateboards and inline
> skates. It's just we have to get it all connected so that everyone can get
> easily, safely and comfortably to where they have to go wether it is work,
> living or play.
>
> My $.02 worth,
> Annie Young
>
> At 01:02 AM 2/5/04 -0600, sadams wrote:
>
>> Jim Bernstein writes: "The fact is that having a "fleet" of
>> vehicles costs a lot of money and it is a better investment to have
>> people use their own vehicles and be reimbursed for mileage."
>>
>>
>> (Sam Adams writes:) This is another case of socializing costs and
>> not benefits. The result of such a decision is that the employee has
>> no choice but to maintain a private vehicle ("I need it for work"),
>> even if they wouldn't need one otherwise. The Ramsey and Hennepin
>> County government centers and the State Capitol are among the
>> easiest places to get to by bus in the Twin Cities.
>>
>> Sam Adams
>> East Phillips
>> Car-free for 12 years now
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