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Downtown Austin Car Share – Smart Car Pilot Program

Jude Galligan | March 27, 2009 |

How do you increase parking?  Shrink the cars, of course!
How do you increase parking? Shrink the cars, of course!

Daimler will partner with the City of Austin to operate a car-share pilot program, Mayor Will Wynn announced yesterday morning.

From the Statesman:

“The city will set aside urban-core parking spaces for 200 of Daimler’s “Smart” cars. Rather than paying for the spaces, Daimler will let city employees use the cars for a number of hours that’s equal to the monetary value of the spaces. (That amount hasn’t been determined yet; it will be negotiated over the next few weeks, city officials said.)…The program will start in October and run for six months. Daimler will pay for fuel, maintenance and insurance during that time, said the city’s transportation director, Robert Spillar.”

The car share program is a proven model in many cities, and the Smart Car program specifically is already smashing success in Germany.  Austin mayoral city council candidate Chris Riley is responsible for Austin Car Share – a small but well utilized car share program in Downtown Austin.

Thanks to Austin Contrarian for picking up on this story.

Filed Under: austin transit, city council, downtown austin, urban planning

About Jude Galligan

Jude Galligan is Principal at TOWERS.net.

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  1. jude galligan says

    March 27, 2009 at 5:07 pm

    doh… you are correct. thanks!

  2. Colin H. says

    March 27, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    Pretty sure Chris Riley is running for city council, not mayor.

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