Rachael Kennedy recently completed her Low Car Diet with Zipcar, just like I did last year! We had a chance to ask her a few questions about her experience. She’s a recent Temple University graduate who moved to Philly last August. Just as she was going on her second year as a city-dweller and sick of the parking scene, she heard about Zipcar. The Low Car Diet seemed like a perfect trial period to go car-less.
Now, for the questions:
Green Philly Blog: How does it feel to be car-free?
Although I had my own experience last fall as a Zipster for Zipcar, I fully respected the PhillyCarShare non-profit option… Another alternative where Philadelphians could share cars, pay less, and support the ‘little’ guy.
PhillyCarShare announced that it’s being purchased by Enterprise Holdings (aka the world’s largest car rental company). They had been in financial trouble – aka
Where’s the beef?! Apparently a CowShare system popped up in my inbox from DailyCandy this morning:
There’s Farm CSA shares, Car Shares like Zipcar and many other “shares” to hit Philly. For those who want to improve their carbon footprint from eating meat but can’t cut the habit completely, Philadelphia CowShare seems like a
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The last 2 1/2 weeks sans car have been quite exciting! I’ve got the train schedule down and have been taking the shorter Express morning train, finished 3 books (2 of which have been Chelsea Handler & Tucker Max) and have read the Metro every morning.
Some other highlights include:
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Exciting news… After I applied on a whim, I was picked to be 1 of 20 lucky participants in Zipcar’s Low Car Diet! Starting tomorrow for 30-days, I’ll be virtually car-free! As co-author of Green Philly Blog, I know we all have skeletons in our trying-to-be-green closet… and haven’t been able to kick my dreaded driving habit while working in the suburbs (which lacks a solid transit system). So I’m giving this a go, refraining from lunch outings and staying late on the weekdays.
Every day, I’ll be updating Julie’s Low Car Diet blog to
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