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Company type | non-profit |
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Industry | transportation |
Founded | 2002 |
Headquarters | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Key people | Tanya Seaman, co-founder |
Products | car sharing |
Number of employees | 50 |
Website | www.phillycarshare.org |
PhillyCarShare is a non-profit car-sharing organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The service was launched in 2002. PhillyCarShare has cars available for use 24 hours per day throughout the city of Philadelphia and the region. Its mission is "to maximize the economic, environmental, and social benefits of reduced automobile dependence in the Philadelphia region through community-based car sharing."
The goals of the company is to reduce the number of cars on the road; to promote the use of gas-saving automobiles; reduce pollution; promote a car-free lifestyle and save its members money. In 2007, PCS estimated that it had removed the need for more than 15,000 cars in Philadelphia, saved one million gallons of gas though the use of hybrids and reduced driving; saved each of its members $4,000 and reduced pollution by eliminating 16 million driven miles.[1]
Community impact
Its partnership vehicle-sharing program with the City of Philadelphia was named one of 18 national finalists for the Innovations in American Government Awards, which are overseen by the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.[2] This program allowed city workers to utilize car-sharing vehicles, and allowed the city to reduce its fleet of underutilized city-owned vehicles by 330 cars.[3]. The fleet reduction is estimated to have saved the City of Philadelphia $8 million. The City of Wilmington, Delaware joined PhillyCarShare in 2007.
With the partnership between the City of Philadelphia and PhillyCarShare, the City became the first "government worldwide to share cars with local residents in a major fleet reduction effort."[4]
PhillyCarShare Membership Details
In October 2007 PhillyCarShare announced that its membership had reached 30,000.[5]. By July 2008 PhillyCarShare announced that they had over 50,000 members, and that one in five residents of Center City was a PhillyCarShare member.
PhillyCarShare was the first car-sharing organization to allow 18-year-olds access to drive their cars.[6]
Fleet
The PhillyCarShare fleet includes over two dozen makes and models.[7] Nearly half the fleet is made up of hybrid vehicles, including the Toyota Prius and Camry Hybrid. Other cars include the Honda Civic, Toyota Tacoma, Honda Element, Mazda Miata, Mazda3, Audi A4, Volvo S40, Mini Cooper, BMW 328j, Lexus IS250, Toyota Acura, and Toyota Sienna.
In July, 2008, PhillyCarShare told its members that Toyota has cancelled most of their 2008 hybrid order due to high demand for hybrids from the retail segment, causing a temporary reduction in the number of hybrids in their fleet.[8]
Key to the City
PhillyCarShare introduced their Key to the City[9] program in 2007 bringing discounts to Philadelphia area retailers. All members have a keytag which they can show at participating retailers to enjoy exclusive discounts. Discounts include local eateries, shops and cultural institutions.
Philly Sound Clash
In 2006 PhillyCarShare began issuing a "Music to drive by" CD entitled "Philly Sound Clash". Copies of the CD are placed in all of the vehicles, and members are encouraged to take home as many copies as they desire. The CD features local Philadelphia artists in a battle of the bands type contest, 2007's winner was Philadelphia Slick.
See also
External links
- Official Site
- PhillyCarShare parade on YouTube January 2007
- Photos tagged with "phillycarshare" at Flickr
- PhillyCarShare Group on Flickr
References
- ^ PhillyCarShare
- ^ Index of /Ash
- ^ Index of /Ash
- ^ Merritt, Athena D. (2004-04-05). "City starts partnership with PhillyCarShare". Philadelphia Business Journal.
- ^ Dribben, Melissa (2007-10-29). "Philly CarShare becomes well-traveled".
- ^ PhillyCarShare
- ^ PhillyCarShare
- ^ "PhillyCarShare finally seeing a negative to high gas prices". CarSharing World. 2008-07-12.
- ^ PhillyCarShare: Key to the City