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EZ-Pass and Zipcar

Good news via Zipcar’s Facebook page: As of this weekend, Zipcar’s Chicago vehicles will include EZ-Pass transmitters allowing Zipsters to use automatic tolling lanes and open road tolling (compatible with Illinois I-Pass). The announcement doesn’t specify, but I assume the tolls automatically get added to the reservation invoice. This is a huge convenience; let’s [...]

Car Sharing Companies Reviewed

Carless in Chicago goes into fairly deep detail about our local car-sharing options, I-GO and Zipcar and the distinctions between them. But the Wall Street Journal recently took a more subjective look at the two companies’ services, and those of two others not currently in Chicago, with interesting findings. (Via Motormouth.)