Category archive for ‘Cars & Car Sharing’ rss

  • Zipcar over I-GO: A Paper-Thin Advantage

    10/03/06 • (16)

    This weekend, Devyn and I took a 35-mile trip through the Chicago suburbs with Zipcar. Using the for-profit car sharing service was a much more pleasant, customer-friendly experience than using the nonprofit I-Go service that my job uses. Here’s why.

  • I-(didn’t)-GO: Why We Chose Zipcar

    8/07/06 • (9)

    Though I don’t drive, my boyfriend and workmates do. Tagging along through their experiences with Chicago’s two car-sharing services, the for-profit Zipcar and nonprofit I-GO, it was easy to figure out which company offered the better customer-service experience. Hint: in the private sector, the customer is always right.

  • Stupid Is as Stupid Drives

    4/17/06 • (0)

    Dear idiots who groused about driving in Chicago in today’s Sun-Times: that’s why God invented public transit.

  • Other Carless Chicagoans

    11/08/05 • (1)

    This heartening recent Sun-Times article proves that Yours Truly is not the only brave soul to call Chicago home without the added burden of owning a car.