Is BIG better?June 20th, 2009 Auckland is getting ready for a Super City but does it mean we will have a super city. Does big really mean more efficient and  better? Is big greener? Yes -in terms of the number of petrol stations they have for the number of people, but keep reading! Of course cities would be a lot more green, Cityhop would like to see council’s give individuals an incentive to drive less. Perhaps a congestion charge will do this? Anyway car ... Read Full Story

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 ... Read Full Story

More green ideas - share your gardenMay 22, 2009 Cityhop loves good green ideas. Recently we came across this idea in Canada that we wanted to share.Cityfarmer helps people find a patch of garden to grow their own vegetables. Sadly it’s in Canada not New Zealand but perhaps transition towns might think it’s a good idea and get it started?Grow your own veggies, herbs, flowers, and soft fruit. This site is for people who have a garden and want to share it with someone, or if yo... Read Full Story

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 Septemb... Read Full Story

12 principles of sustainable consumptionMay 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... Read Full Story

Three brand-new cars are regularly being swiped in downtown Wellington, and the authorities are encouraging it. The capital's first car-sharing scheme was launched yesterday.Based on similar schemes overseas, it is aimed at lowering transport emissions by getting private cars off the road.Cityhop has three Mitsubishi i-cars in the city that are available to members.Joining the scheme costs $75. Members use a swipe card to get into the pint-sized cars - parked at specific locations in the ... Read Full Story

Helen Skelton doesn’t worry about soaring petrol prices. The inner-city resident hasn’t owned a car for eight years and has no plans to buy one.But she has signed up to Cityhop, a car share scheme running in Auckland city for the past eight months."We thought about getting a car but there’s the extra cost of parking and that sort of thing," she says."But it’s good to be able to grab a car whenever you want to."Ms Skelton and her partner hire a car t... Read Full Story

Tuesday, 8 May 2009, 9:32 amPress Release: Cityhop Businesses embrace sharing Cityhop, NZ’s first car share is over 18 months old and since it launched in August 2007 many dozens of individuals and businesses have joined up to take advantage of sharing a car. “Car share is accepted as one the “missing links” in any urban transportation system especially for a fast-growing urban centre faced with increasingly clogged arteries,” says Victoria Carter, form... Read Full Story

Toyota's Prius is a half-electric car and cracked the top ten cars sold in America this summer. It's a hybrid, so it has both an electric motor and a gas engine. At low speeds, the electric motor provides all the power, you're not using any gas. When you need more power, the gas engine kicks in as well, and then when you're slowing down and braking, the power from the wheels is reclaimed and stored in the battery. All told, the Prius gets 45 to 50 miles per gallon of gas, but ... Read Full Story

Cityhop twitterer special offerMay 8, 2009 Cityhop is a twitterer! Follow us on www.twitter.com/cityhoppaHave a look, we ‘ve put a special offer for our kiwis - every 10th kiwi who follows and joins Cityhop, NZ’s first car share company using eco-friendly cars in convenient and handy Auckland and Wellington car parks gets a FREE membership!If you want to save money, be eco-friendly and sustainable, join car share. You’ll see money savings, you’ll ge fitter, car share m... Read Full Story