A tax on travelers who rent cars from New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport is helping to fund an animal shelter, a park and a jobs program in the city of Newark.
The City of Santa Monica is partnering with Hertz to offer a two-year pilot car-sharing program.
The rental car company in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, Calif. now features 2013 Hino diesel-electric hybrid trucks in its fleet.
Using data from CarTrawler, the survey found that New York, New Orleans and Honolulu were at the top of the list as the most expensive cities to rent a car during the survey period of April 2012 to March 2013.
The Sun Bowl officials want to increase the current 5% tax on rental cars to 9% in order to generate more revenue and stay nationally competitive.
The 2013 Travel Value Index Study named the top 10 cities that had the best combination of low prices and discounts on air, hotel, rental cars and entertainment.
The Travel Savings Indicator features the top five cities where car rental rates, and airline and hotel prices, have dropped the most compared to last year. Tampa and Memphis saw drops in both car rental and air prices.
The Charlotte Douglas International Airport plans to make room for a rental car maintenance facility and a new parking area for rental cars on the grounds.
Out of the five cities in Hotwire’s monthly report, four cities were on the list for the first time including: Flushing, N.Y.; Daytona Beach, Fla.; Newark, N.J.; and Jacksonville, Fla.
Electric hybrid vehicles will be equipped with Zipcar's FastFleet proprietary fleet sharing technology to improve efficiency and sustainability efforts without compromising employee mobility throughout Houston, according to Zipcar.