If you live in a city and are thinking about buying a car, consider the benefits of easy-to-use shared car services instead. Instead of dealing with gas, parking and insurance you can use a convenient, self-service, shared car service to meet all of your transportation needs. Doing so will save you money and reduce the environmental impact of your transportation.
A shared car service, like Zipcar, allows you to have access to a car whenever you need it simply by calling or going online and reserving one. Cars are parked in pre-arranged spaces often blocks from where you live or work. In a shared car service, you get to use a car for the time you need and when you’re done with your trip, you return it right back to where you picked it up. You can choose from many different makes and models according to your personal preference. Shared car services save you the money you would spend on owning a car and the hassle you would go through by renting one.
Because these services provide such an easy way to drive when you need to, many people are now choosing not to buy a car of their own. Zipcars and other shared car services are now available in most cities and even at a number of colleges, making them the perfect choice for students and young people with limited driving needs. Think about whether you really need to own a car—it may be surprising, but a lot of us don’t.
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Did you know that car exhaust is harmful to your health?
In addition to containing gases that
are bad for the environment, automobile emissions are also dangerous to human health. For example, in the United States, 56%
of carbon monoxide is emitted by on-road vehicles. At low levels, carbon monoxide can exacerbate cardiovascular disease. At
high levels, it can damage the central nervous system. At extremely high levels, carbon monoxide is poisonous and can cause
death.
Did you know that each Zipcar on the road replaces over fifteen privately owned
vehicles?
Gasoline used for transportation accounts a huge amount of greenhouse gas emissions. For
every gallon of gasoline that is consumed, approximately 24 pounds of global warming-related pollution are released into the
air. Reducing the number of cars on the road by using shared car services greatly decreases the amount of pollution we pump
into the atmosphere.
