Re: non-Portland locations?

[CarSharing Portland <http://www.carsharing-pdx.com/~carsharing>]

Hi, Robert, thank you for writing.  My name is Maren Souders; I'm the
outreach & marketing person at CarSharing Portland, and I apologize for
the long delay in replying to your message.  I was cleaning out our
chock-full inbox the other day and came across it. 

> Hi.  Do you know if there are any plans of projects for Car Sharing in
> other parts of the U.S. besides Portland?
> 
> I'd be especially interested in Boston, Santa Barbara, and the San > Francisco Bay Area.

The biggest car sharing project that is in the works for another US city
is Seattle.  They plan to launch a major effort (100 cars on the street
in the first year) later this year, probably in the early fall.  For
information on that project you can contact Eileen Kadesh at King County
Metro (the transit agency) at (206)684-1600.  There is also a
now-beginning-to-operate small car sharing co-op in Boulder, CO, called
the Boulder Car Cooperative.  The contact name there is (Mr.) Jamie
York, at (303)545-9221.  Corvallis, OR is also working on putting
together a cooperative, but they do not have any cars yet.  Chicago will
also be starting a car sharing project in the near future; contact (Mr.)
Kim Hoeveler at the Center for Neighborhood Technology at (773)278-4800.

As for the cities you specifically mentioned, I am not aware of any
organized effort in Boston or Santa Barbara at this time, although I am
sure there is some interest in both places.  There is a group in San
Francisco working on getting a car sharing organization started.  They
are the San Francisco Car Cooperative, and they can be reached at
(415)285-5842.

I hope this information is useful.  My apologies again for the delay. 
We will keep your name and information on file, and we can contact you
when we are ready to expand/franchise (probably in a year or so). 
Meanwhile, feel free to check our Web site, which includes links to
other information and organizations.

-Maren 

http://www.carsharing-pdx.com