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Car-sharing program offers alternatives A LEXANDER BITTER Contributing Writer University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa students and faculty will soon have a new option for off-campus transportation in the form of a short-term car rental program.
Pending final approval from the Office of Procurement and Real Property Management, the WeCar program, operated by Enterprise Rent-A-Car, will allow university faculty and students 21 and older to rent one of three hybrid electric vehicles stationed around Mānoa’s campus at a fixed hourly rate this fall.
S TA R T I N G U P WeCar is the product of twoand-a-half years of negotiations with various car rental agencies and is a smaller version of the car-sharing program in major cities such as San Francisco, Calif., and Portland, Ore., that have succeeded in reducing traffic and freeing up valuable parking spaces.
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According to wecar.com, there will be discounts for early adopters of the program, with membership fees slashed from $50 to $35, and application fees down to $10.
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UH Mānoa Traffic Demand Management Coordinator Crysttal Atkins, who worked for Portland’s Bureau of Transportation when that city began its car-sharing program, said the concept gained traction soon after its introduction, becoming “very popular” among residents as a reliable alternative to owning cars. “We are anxious to get people interested in the program,” Atkins said, adding that the key to WeCar’s success at Mānoa will be getting enough commuters to participate. To rent a WeCar vehicle, eligible affiliates of the university will first have to apply for program membership. Once accepted, members will receive a welcome packet, including a key card, and must attend an orientation session before they begin renting cars using an online reservation system set up by Enterprise Rent-A-Car. When making a reservation, participants are guided toward the vehicle nearest to them. To begin their rental, members can use their key cards to unlock the vehicle using a sensor in the car’s windSee Rental, page 2
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