Yale Daily News

Updated: Monday, November 23, 2009 2:30 p.m.

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City looks to adopt Zipcar

Staff Reporter
Published Thursday, September 27, 2007

A week after the University rolled out its Zipcar program, the city of New Haven is trying to bring the car-sharing service to downtown apartment dwellers.

The University’s service, which allows Elis to rent cars on an hourly basis from Zipcar, Inc., has exceeded expectations for sign-ups in its first week, the program’s director said. 105 students and 48 faculty and staff members have already signed up for the service, said Holly Parker, Yale’s director of sustainable transportation systems.

With Zipcar, students pay an annual membership charge of $35 and then are...

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