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Carsharing

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

City Approves 5 On-Street Carsharing Spaces in Old Town

One space in Del Ray remains under consideration.

Alexandria recently approved five on-street parking spaces to lease to carsharing companies.  On the map above, recently approved spaces are marked in red. Existing spaces are marked in purple. A space under discussion is marked in yellow. Click on the space locations for additional information.  — — — — Alexandria’s Traffic and Parking Board recently approved five on-street parking spaces in Old Town that will be made available for lease to carsharing companies, while one parking space in Del Ray remains under discussion. City Council approved a carshare policy in January that allows the city to lease on-street parking spaces to interested companies on basis of qualification. An adjoining ordinance set the annual fee to lease on-street …

Kristen Gedeon

8:09 am on Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Interested in learning more about the CarShare and BikeShare programs? Have a suggestion about places for the CarShare space and BikeShare location in Del Ray? On May 9th at 7P at the Mt Vernon Recreation Center the DRCA Land Use Committee will host a community meeting to further discuss the programs and receive feedback from citizens and business owners about the programs. Representatives from …   more ›

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Carsharing Program Coming to Carlyle, East Eisenhower

Pilot program will take 10 to 12 public parking spaces away from public use.

Alexandria City Council unanimously approved a pilot program Tuesday for on-street carsharing in the Carlyle and East Eisenhower area. The program will take 10 to 12 parking spaces away from public use so Hertz can set up its carsharing vehicles in the area. The company will pay the city $1,500 per space annually. The program was approved for two years, at which point city staff will return to council with data and other considerations. Mayor Bill Euille called the program “a move in the right direction and long overdue.” Zipcar currently operates 16 carsharing vehicles in off-street spaces in private parking facilities and at Metro stations primarily in the Old Town area. The area for the pilot program was chosen because of its density …

amy lu

2:44 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013

Re: Councilman Wilson's concern - what differentiates Carlyle is the Carlyle Community Council had been begging the City's permission to allow carsharing for months. It culminated at the April 2012 Traffic & Parking Board hearing when a mere two dedicated, carshare spaces were created. (TES needed time to write the rulebook on privatized public spaces so that's a far as they were willing go ATT…   more ›

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