Tagged Boston

Enterprise Holdings Acquiring Mint Cars On-Demand

By year’s end, Enterprise said that its car-sharing services throughout the country, including WeCar by Enterprise, PhillyCarShare and Mint, will be transitioned to the Enterprise Car Share brand name, the company announced.

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Zipcar Expands ‘Zipvan’ Cargo Van Service to Boston and Washington, D.C.

Successful pilot in San Francisco shows demand for utility vans among membership.

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$300M Rental Car Facility Approved for Boston Logan Airport

The project is part of the Massachusetts Port Authority’s fiscal year 2012-2016 comprehensive financial plan of capital improvements.

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Zipcar and Boston Launch City Employee Car-Sharing Program

The new "FleetHub" Program is expected to reduce costs and streamline fleet operations for the city. The program will initially be launched as a six-month pilot, in which the city plans to extend to more vehicles following successful implementation.

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Boston Requires Car Rental Companies to Report Customer Names To RMV

Boston City Councilmember Rob Consalvo authored the legislation in which the Boston Police Department and major car rental companies in the city agreed that police should have immediate access to drivers’ names when the license plate is pulled.

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Boston Measure Would Require RACs to Report Renters to RMV

In an attempt to solve crimes sooner, one Boston councilmember proposes that the city gain electronic access to information on customers who rent a vehicle for more than 30 days.

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Car Sharing in Los Angeles May Expand Citywide

While the Los Angeles Department of Transportation suggests charging for parking spaces in the city’s car sharing program to help maintain appropriate funding, it also suggests that the city grow the pilot program to service the entire city.

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Peer-to-peer Car Sharer Gets $10 Million Investment

Shasta Ventures and Lisa Gansky are joining Google Ventures and August Capital in boosting the company’s total Series A.2 funding to $10 million.

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Mint Cars On-Demand To Assume Assets of Somerville-based Car Sharing Company iCar

Move consolidates the area’s independent car sharing services.

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