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Those yellow bicycles that various cities have tried on a take-it-as-you-need-it basis keep popping up in form and concept.

My wife was at the car wash this week and saw an Hourcar, this principle applied to automobiles. We even talked about doing it when either of our vehicles is ready for the great wrecking yard in the sky (or the metro, more likely).

Not sure I’m quite ready to become a shareholder in the company but the idea–offering cars that people can use only when they need one and foregoing parking, insurance, maintenance, gas, etc., for a shared car seems logical. Their main argument is that we pay a lot for these things and only use them a little each day.

If people would just come up with bedrooms, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and laptop facilities on the same basis, a lot of us could save a fortune–if we could get our scheduling down. Maybe that’s the trick: your own car ties you down to payments and expenses; sharing one ties you to careful scheduling.

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