Share cars have arrived in Calgary!
A new company, car2go, began business just a few months ago in Calgary. The
basic concept is that, once you have registered, you can find a car, jump in
it, drive where you need to go, park it and leave it. There is no
designated parking spot for the share cars but you're not allowed to park it
outside the 'home area.' C and I were very keen to give the new system a try, especially since the cars are the little Smart cars. After getting a free membership, which came with
30 free minutes, we gave it a whirl on Friday night. We wanted to go out
for dinner and drinks but didn't necessarily want to drive home. So, we
jumped in a car2go (weird feeling being in a car that small!) just a few blocks from our place, went to busy 17th Ave for
dinner (where, as an aside, we had an amazing dinner at Farm). We then walked to a bar for drinks before calling it a night. C hadn't drunk that much, so we decided to find a car2go as opposed
to jump in a cab. There was one less than a block away and we were home
within 10 minutes. Since you can park the car pretty much anywhere, we
parked outside our house and nearly 24 hours later, it was still there before
someone else took advantage of this great new share car system!
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