Passenger Bus, Rail and Motorcoach Industry News

Services will be offered at an affordable rate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to complement the urban lifestyle of the university's surrounding community.

Will begin early next year. The service will initially consist of four cars.

University also launches car sharing partnership with Zipcar.

The National Center for Education Statistics lists nearly 4,200 four-year and two-year college campuses in the U.S. Of these, approximately 265 have Zipcars.

The strategic alliance is an expansion of the program launched in the U.S. in August 2011, and establishes Ford as Zipcar's largest university vehicle partner, reaching students at 11 Canadian campuses in Toronto and Vancouver.

The idea to begin providing motorcoach ticketing on its website came to Zimride after creating a ticketing system for one of its partners, the University of Colorado - Boulder, who operated a ski shuttle and wanted to find a way to sell tickets to its students.

The two cars are expected to help commuting students be more environmentally friendly.

Transit operators from universities in Pennsylvania, Texas and Michigan share how they are combining Zipcar with their transit systems.

Four charging stations will serve vehicles used by Chicago car-sharing services I-Go and Zipcar — both of which are expanding their fleets to include electric vehicles — at the first charging facilities at a CTA station.

The university instead encourages faculty to take advantage of a number of other programs including free regional train and bus passes, a free shuttle to the university and free hours in an auto-sharing program such as Zipcar.