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South El Monte Launches Electric Car-Share Program
Use the SGV Carshare app to rent electric cars, starting at $40 a day
May 6, 2025
Peer-to-Peer Car-Share: Metro and Getaround Partner at Metro Station Lots
Getaround car-share is now available at 110 Metro station parking spaces.
February 7, 2019
Santa Monica to Mobility Companies: Don’t Innovate Here
Santa Monica is uniquely suited to mobility innovation, but the city won't learn from new mobility launches
August 15, 2018
LADOT And BlueLA Partner For Low-Income Electric Car Share
Today the city of Los Angeles and BlueLA launched a new program to provide electric-powered car-sharing for low income communities.
June 9, 2017
Zipcar Introduces New Flexibility Features, Including One-Way Trips
At a downtown Los Angeles press event today, Zipcar representatives announced new car-share "flexibility" features. The new features, described below, are currently available uniquely in the Southern California market, and will be rolled out to other North American cities throughout 2016.
March 3, 2016
Metro and Zipcar Place Car-Share Cars At Metro Parking Lots
Last Friday, Metro and Zipcar announced a new partnership that places car-share vehicles at ten Metro station parking lots. The new program was announced via a press conference at the North Hollywood Red Line Station. Speakers included Los Angeles Mayor and Metro Board Chair Eric Garcetti, Metro Boardmember Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, Metro's new CEO Phil Washington, and Zipcar Regional Vice President Dan Grossman. The cars are available and ready now.
June 1, 2015
LADOT Lays the Groundwork for Functional Car Share with Hertz. Goodbye ZipCar?
For as long as I've covered car-sharing in Los Angeles, it's been something of a disaster. Our first story, published on Street Heat in 2007, was about how ZipCar's buyout of Flex Car would lead to a dramatic reduction of car-share. Nearly six years later, Los Angeles, a city with over 4 million people, has a pathetic 40 cars in its ZipCar fleet, with less than a dozen in its nearest competitor, LAX Car Share.
April 8, 2013