Zipcar-powered car sharing hits Kansas City
A partnership with Zipcar will bring the Kansas City area its first car-sharing service.
Students, faculty and staff at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Rockhurst University now have access to the area’s first car-sharing service, providing a pool of vehicles that members can reserve on an hourly or daily basis.
The universities on Wednesday announced the partnership with Zipcar Inc., a Cambridge, Mass., company that says it has operations on more than 145 campuses in North America.
With Zipcar, university members 18 and older pay $25 to join, then pay fees for use, beginning at $7 an hour and $66 a day. The fee includes fuel, insurance, roadside assistance and as many as 180 miles a day. Reservations can be made 24 hours a day online or through a mobile phone app.
The local pool will include a Ford Focus and a Toyota Prius, both of which will be parked on the UMKC campus.
“With the great success and popularity of UMKC’s student bus pass program and campus bike-share program, the addition of Zipcar is a logical next step in UMKC’s mission to lead the way in exploring and implementing innovative and effective environmentally friendly programs to benefit our students, our community and our planet,” Robert Simmons, associate vice chancellor of administration, said in a release.
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