WeCar offers hybrid power to the people
March 21st, 2008 | Posted in Media, Transportation
green | rising got a nice little shout out on Tuesday in the South County Journal, an regional newspaper published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Shawn Clubb, the article’s author, came across the site while perusing the “Internets” and gave me a call to discuss WeCar. We chatted for about 10 minutes, and most of the topics we covered are highlighted in the article.
I’m glad he mentioned that I would spend more on parking a new vehicle downtown than I project to spend on WeCar. I mentioned this in a previous post but it bears repeating as the comparison of cost is especially important for those living downtown or commuting downtown and parking in one of the moderately or higher priced lots/garages.
For Residents: If you live and work downtown and have two cars, WeCar makes it easy to get rid of one. Not only will you save on the cost of parking that car monthly as it collects dust, but you will save on gas, insurance, maintenance, and the like.
For Workers: If you’re not working on the outskirts of downtown, not fortunate enough to have your employer pay for parking/transit, or public transit isn’t accessible to/from your home (laziness doesn’t count), then you’re likely paying $50 to over $100 a month for parking. Discounting the registration fee of $35, supplementing the parking cost with rental fees gives you five to 10+ hours of WeCar usage to run errands. The average monthly cost of gas and wear-and-tear on your automobile will be not be entirely put back in your pocket since you’ll have to pay for public transit, but the average commuter should see some savings. Finally, when you do use WeCar, you’ll be getting great gas mileage and you’ll be able to just leave the car at a meter! No more getting dizzy and wasting minutes going up and down ramps to find a spot.
In either case, there are social and environmental benefits. Commuting publicly will give you time to read, relax, make phone calls, etc . . . Further, congestion will be reduced as will pollution. Sure, it might take you a little longer to get to work but we can all use that time to take a break from the go-go lifestyle that’s sneakily swallowed us all.
Think about it.
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