Car Sharing For The Win!
As I was leaving the office I noticed my rear bike tire catching on the top of the break pad. After inspecting for a couple of minutes I realized I had a broken spoke. Unable to ride home, and knowing a 30-minute walk while towing a one-wheeled bike wouldn’t be fun, I looked for a Zipcar.
Salvation was near! 6-blocks of walking to Delia, my Zipcar one-way for $8. A Honda Fit (with plenty of room for my road bike) quickly took me from downtown to a spot a couple blocks from my apartment, where I parked it, checked it in with a tap of my membership card and walked home.
Car sharing is an important part of my urban lifestyle. Most of the time I walk/bike but everyone once in a while it comes in handy to get out of tight jams, take a day trip into the mountains, grocery shop, or to remember what it’s like to drive a car. Without innovation, and technology, my trip home could’ve been a long, tiresome trek. Instead it was an opportunity to remember the fortunes of being alive today.