Two Great Ways to Help Reduce Traffic and Help the Environment
1. Baltimore City CarShareDo you or could you walk, bicycle and take public transportation to most of your destinations but still need a car every once in a while?
Do you drive to work because you need a car to get to meetings during the day? Car sharing can help!
The Parking Authority of Baltimore City is helping to launch Baltimore CarShare, a non-profit car sharing organization that will provide a network of conveniently located vehicles for members to rent for as little as a half an hour. Low hourly rates include maintenance, insurance, designated parking and gas!
Members feel free to give up one or more of their cars knowing a car sharing vehicle is available nearby whenever they need one. Employees can save the wear and tear on their own vehicles and use a car sharing vehicle instead.
Imagine a fleet of hybrid vehicles, pickup trucks, minivans, Mini Coopers, BMW’s and convertibles available at the click of a mouse.
Car sharing can take up to 20 vehicles off the road!
Sign up to receive updates and let us know that you want car sharing in your neighborhood! <a href="http://www.baltimorecity.gov/government/parking/car_sharing.php">http://www.baltimorecity.gov/government/parking/car_sharing.php</a>;
2. Baltimore’s CityCommute (a.k.a Rideshare)
Tired of Driving? Consider Alternative Modes of Transportation
Did you know that:
1. The Greater Baltimore Region’s residents waste an average 32 gallons of fuel per year and 44 hours to congestion on the region’s roadways;
2. Traffic congestion in the Greater Baltimore region costs $1 billion per year in terms of wasted fuel, time and economic opportunity;
3. or, that according to AAA, commuters driving alone 25 miles to work spend about $5,800 per year including gas, maintenance, taxes, depreciation and finance costs. The same commuter saves 50% by carpooling with one other person.
Baltimore ’s CityCommute (a.k.a. Rideshare) program promotes commuter alternatives that reduce congestion and help to improve air quality. Alternative modes of transportation include carpooling, vanpooling, transit, biking, walking, and car-sharing.
The CityCommute Program can find you a ride! With our ridematching database, we can match you with other commuters who live and work near you and who are interested in sharing a ride!
For more information, call 410.396.7665 or email traci.mcphail"at"baltimorecity.gov.
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