http://seattlest.com/2008/01/31/reprieve_in_the.php All comments for Reprieve in the Works for Flexcar en-us 2009 seattle_james Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:30:00 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss scarequotes@gmail.com scarequotes@gmail.com 60 http://seattlest.com/2008/01/31/reprieve_in_the.php#comment-1282181 http://seattlest.com/2008/01/31/reprieve_in_the.php#comment-1282181 Comments Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:59:57 -0800 <p>Yeah, I was one of the Flexcar users (members? customers?) testifying in Olympia. Didn't write about it, glad you did. (I wrote about lunch at the Spar instead.) The surtax on shared transportation seems counterproductive, but ... Flexcar also competes head-to-head with car rental companies in corporate sales, and some car rental VIP programs are now crafted to mimic Flexcar's hourly use. Ideal situation: saturate the city with Flexcars (Zipcars), so that you can pick one up in Belltown, drop it without penalty in Pioneer Square, kinda like the Paris and Lyon bicycles I wrote about last year. </p>