15 JULY 2008 - Cityhop is New Zealand's first car share company, offering self service cars on demand by the hour or day. Cityhop is available in over 20 car parks in the Auckland central city, Newmarket and Parnell, Wellington CBD and shortly Christchurch. Overseas car share programmes have proven to solve the significant parking, congestion and transportation issues inconveniencing city residents. Cityhop began in December 2006 and was officially launched by the Prime Minister in September 2007. Today the company has nearly 200 members and over 40 businesses taking advantage of cost savings, convenience and reducing their carbon footprint. Cityhop uses revolutionary technology ...
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12 principles of sustainable consumption May 9th, 2009 Victoria Carter, CEO of NZ’s first cars by the hour company, cityhop writes when she sat on the Auckland City Council she was fortunate to go to a conference in Brisbane where Sr Suzuki challenged the local government attendees to think more carefully about the decisions they were making in terms of how it might effect their environment. She has continued to read with interest Dr Suzuki’s environmental concerns. In his new book, Suzuki’s Green Guide , he has a list of 12 guiding principles of sustainable consunmption. We have adapted them slightly below but they are a good ...
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Mileage tax fairer than petrol tax April 15th, 2009 Sometimes you could be forgiven for thinking all Cityhop blogs did was read other people’s sites and sift good and useful information for your reads! Terrapass , one of Cityhop’s favourite sites for good ideas on being more sustainable recently had a blog on a milage tax - a system of charging per kilometre instead of a tax on petrol at the pump as a way to fund transportation infrastructure. Oregon (a very progressive state -eg. they limit parking at arenas to encourage public transport use) recently conducted a successful experiment with a milage tax. ...
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4 good reasons to car share April 5th, 2009 Join Cityhop car share and you have 24 hour a day access to brand new reliable cars to drive whereever you need to. At Cityhop, you won’t have to wait in line or fill out forms to get a car ( except for when you join up on line). You just need to phone (for a small surcharge) or go-on line once you have become a member and book your car for when and where you need it. Then just turn up at the allocated time and swipe your cityhop card over the box on the ...
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Can you live well without a car? May 22, 2009 Cityhop recently came across a great book on Amazon called How to live well without a car. What we liked about it is that the author doesn’t focus on the environmental benefits but on the incredible money savings from getting rid of the car. Author, Chris Balish points out if you live on a good public transport route then spending money on car ownership is throwing money into a sewer. He points out the additional benefits from using public transport, the fact that it usually means a form of exercise - walking to and ...
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