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Cities Share Cars To Save Cash

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Cities have started to use car sharing programs in order to save money (Photo by Ed Edahl, courtesy of FEMA)

Car sharing has long been considered a green alternative to owning a car. Both in terms of expense and the environment. Companies like Zipcar have made this concept mainstream in a lot of urban areas. Now some cities are trying out car sharing with their municipal fleets. Tamara Keith has more:

Another story on car sharing

A blog post on the DC program from the New York Times

Zipcar's website

Producer: Tamara Keith
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Running Time: 3:31

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