If I want a car I go to a dealership. If I need a car for a short time, I go to Avis or Enterprise. In some areas I can go to Zapcar and rent a car by the hour. The bankrupt city of Los Angeles, high taxes, high crime, few middle class, has decided it is more important to use staff to create a car sharing department for the people of LA—and to use money stolen from taxpayers around the State to stop the junk science of climate change (which is natural).
“The Los Angeles City Council moved today to bring an electric car-sharing program to some disadvantaged neighborhoods.
The council authorized a contract with BlueCalifornia to operate the
program, which is supported by $1.67 million in grant funds from the California
Air Resources Board, a $10 million investment from the company and $1.82
million in support from the city.BlueCalifornia is a subsidiary of the French company Bollore Group,
which has been operating electric car sharing in Paris since 2011 and also
launched a car-share program in Indianapolis last year. The company will
initially create a 100-car electric fleet and 200 charging stations as part of
the contract.”Like cable TV, taxi services, the city of LA has decided to control the market place and the choices of citizens in purchasing products or use of services. Why are cost high for the consumer—because government creates monopolies. Why? Because the monopolies donate to politicians, who then give them exclusivity and the force of government to keep out competitions. If Blue California wants to provide this service—go for it—but do not use government. Note Uber, Lyft, AIRBNB are valuable services without any government support or tax dollars.
LA City Council works to bring electric car-sharing program to disadvantaged neighborhoods
LA West Media, 12/13/16
The Los Angeles City Council moved today to bring an electric car-sharing program to some disadvantaged neighborhoods.
The council authorized a contract with BlueCalifornia to operate the
program, which is supported by $1.67 million in grant funds from the California
Air Resources Board, a $10 million investment from the company and $1.82
million in support from the city.
BlueCalifornia is a subsidiary of the French company Bollore Group,
which has been operating electric car sharing in Paris since 2011 and also
launched a car-share program in Indianapolis last year. The company will
initially create a 100-car electric fleet and 200 charging stations as part of
the contract.
“The overarching goal of this project is to also achieve co-benefit
criteria pollutant emission reductions through the introduction of advanced
clean car sharing fleets or other mobility options including, but not limited
to, advanced technology vanpooling and shuttles into the state’s most
disadvantaged communities,” Mayor Eric Garcetti said in a report about the
pilot program addressed to the council.
The program will be located in Westlake, Pico-Union, and neighborhoods
north of USC, as well as portions of downtown, Hollywood, and Koreatown.
“These communities are within the top 10 percent of the highest need
communities on the California EPA’s CalEnviroScreen index — a tool that was
used to identify neighborhoods most impacted by pollution and poverty,”
Garcetti wrote. “Major portions of these communities fall in the L.A. Promise
Zone, which aims to promote sustainable and livable communities where residents
have access to affordable housing and diverse transportation options.”
The Shared-Use Mobility Center, a nonprofit organization that supports
the program, said the pilot is expected to recruit a minimum of 7,000 new car-
sharing users, who in turn are expected to sell or avoid purchasing 1,000
private vehicles and reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions by approximately
2,150 metric tons of CO2.
“Car sharing and shared mobility can help expand access to
transportation, opportunity and a better quality of life for residents while
mitigating traffic congestion and harmful vehicle emissions,” said Sharon
Feigon, executive director of the Shared-Use Mobility Center. “Following the
recent passage of Measure M, the launch of Metro Bike Share, and other
important developments outlined in SUMC’s Shared Mobility Action Plan for Los
Angeles County, this project represents another fantastic step forward in
creating a network of efficient, environmentally sound transportation choices
that work for all Angelenos.”
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