If you live in a major metropolitan area, you know how much it sucks to drive a car. Parking fees are astronomical, parking tickets are inevitable, and parking stress is debilitating. A handful of companies are profiting from the parking problem -- and helping to build cleaner cities in the...
St. Paul, MN-based nonprofit organization Neighborhood Energy Consortium NEC recently announced it has been awarded $75,000 from the Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance OEA to launch hOurCar, the state's first car-sharing program. St. Paul, MN-based nonprofit organization Neighborhood Energy Consortium NEC recently...
Several U.S. cities are experimenting with the concept of "car sharing." Modeled after arrangements in Europe, participants pay a membership fee, which gives them access to fleets of cars parked at locations like train stations and central parking lots. In Switzerland, the 36,000 members of Mobility CarSharing share 14,000 cars...
NEW YORK, March 13 Asia Pulse - Honda Motor (TSE:7267) said it has purchased an 18.4 per cent stake in Mobility Inc., an operator of car-sharing programs in the U.S., through local subsidiary American Honda Motor Co. NEW YORK, March 13 Asia Pulse -...
Honda Motor Company recently announced it will introduce a new commercial car-sharing scheme next year that will feature the automaker's Civic hybrid electric vehicle HEV. The company said the scheme, known as the "Intelligent Community Vehi Honda Motor Company recently announced it will introduce...
Nation's Leading Research Institution Concludes Car-Sharing Will Help with Its Environmental Initiatives, Including Reducing Congestion, Parking Demand and Cars on Campus
Seattle, WA-based car-sharing service provider Flexcar recently announced it has added 20 new Honda Civic hybrid electric vehicles HEVs to its Seattle area fleet. The new HEVs were introduced by local officials during a ceremony at the Space Needl Seattle, WA-based car-sharing service provider Flexcar...
Seattle, WA-based car-sharing company Flexcar recently announced it has placed a Toyota Prius hybrid electric vehicle HEV at the headquarters of the Vancouver Housing Authority VHA in Vancouver, WA under a partnership with VHA and the city of Van Seattle, WA-based car-sharing company Flexcar recently announced...
By Thomas Ryll, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Thomas Ryll, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Flexcar recently announced it has reached an agreement with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metro, the Environmental Protection Agency EPA and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments to add 10 new Honda Civic hybrid Flexcar recently announced it has reached an agreement with the...
Green business is taking on a new form -- a shopping mall. Chicago's Green Exchange, scheduled to open in early 2008, will be the country's first shopping center for environmentally conscious and socially responsible businesses. A recent BusinessWeek article by Jeffrey Gangemi reports on the nature and strategy behind the...
With the continuing rise in environmental awareness and concern, companies recognize that it pays to be green. As well as acting in an environmentally responsible way, it is important for companies to communicate their green credentials. What You Need to KnowWhat is green marketing?There is a degree of confusion...