Passenger Bus, Rail and Motorcoach Industry News

Application is already available on 10 campuses across the U.S., including UCLA, the State University of New York Purchase, Minnesota, Stanford and the University of Michigan.

Two self-service Zipcars — one Honda Insight Hybrid and one Subaru Impreza — will be available for use 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Cal Poly, Caltech and University of New Hampshire have added Zipcar vehicles to their campuses this month in bids to reduce traffic congestion and ease parking woes.

Pilot program was made possible by a public-private partnership by Zipcar, Mayor Villaraigosa and the Los Angeles City Council and is intended as a first step toward a potentially larger expansion of car sharing in the Los Angeles area.

Two new vehicles join the current vehicles located on campus (two) and in the communities of Champaign and Urbana (two each).

Service complements local environmental and transportation goals with its commitment to reduce vehicle miles traveled, carbon emissions and congestion in Chicago.