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 City CarShare's 2011 summer EFT special
Local icon Mark Twain is often attributed with the famous sentiment, "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco." And without an archive of Twitter feeds for the literati to research, this clever quote's origins are still up in the frigid air. But we locals know one thing: whoever said it knew what the summer of 2011 feels like.
After ten years of service, we've had the honor of meeting tens of thousands of City CarShare members whose unique warmth and creative energy have become our best guess for why the foggy Bay Area remains a universal hotspot for sharp thinkers and big dreamers. This summer, we'd like to share the Bay Area's inner glow with our regional neighbors by announcing our Find the Sun 2011 special.
Whether you've been waiting for a weekend escape into Santa Cruz Boardwalk bikini weather or perhaps a bucket list item like climbing the Half Dome in Yosemite, put yourself in a smooth green ride and keep more hard-earned green in your wallet. City CarShare's Find the Sun 2011 special lets you take advantage of our affordable Extended Freedom Trip (EFT) prices with an even deeper discount.
From now through August 31, 2011, you'll earn $20 in driving credits when you use 2 or 3 EFT trips per reservation. When you make a reservation, make sure to select the number of EFTs you'd like to apply to the trip and enter FINDTHESUN11 in the promo code field.
And that's not all! You can also earn more driving credits by sharing your EFT trip with other CCS members through our RideShare system and by taking a photo of the trip. Check out our site to learn more about other ways to earn!
What are you waiting for? Book your Find the Sun 2011 EFT Trip, share your ride, and explore this great Bay Area.
Not enough EFTs left this summer? Not a problem. If you get Extended Freedom Trip coupons with your plan, you get to participate in this special!* If you need more EFTs, for this Find the Sun 2011 special, you can purchase additional Extended Freedom Trip coupons for $10 each (SharePlus members pay only $5 each) online while you are making your reservation.
*This promo is not applicable on business, nonprofit, or CommunityShare plans. |
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We ♥ The Bay Area: Ten Years and Growing
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Get your prize on!
Have you thoroughly inspected your City CarShare vehicle lately? Well besides looking for damage to report, there's another great reason for checking your car at the beginning of each reservation-you could find a sweet prize ticket in the glove compartment that will earn you a goodie bag filled with prizes donated by local businesses and organizations who share our love for the Bay Area.
 August marks the seventh month of hidden prizes for our 10th Anniversary We ♥ the Bay Area promotion. To show our appreciation for members who keep us driving change forward, we're hiding Squishy, a plush Pacific octopus, in ten different City CarShare vehicles throughout our fleet each month for ten months.
If you find our Squishy chillin' in the car that you reserved, take him home with you and follow the instructions on the ticket to claim your trove of local prizes.
This month's prizes are:
Beach Blanket Babylon: 2 Rear Cabaret tickets for performances on Sept. 7 - 10
The Walt Disney Family Museum: 2 tickets
Oaklandish: "Caring is Sharing" tote
ODC School and the Rhythm and Dance Program: 4-class card
Mission Pie: coupon good for a slice of pie and a coffee drink
 Beach Blanket Babylon
The ever-changing antics from the talented cast of Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon are as infamous as the never-changing guarantee of sidesplitting laughs for the audience. Packed with hilarious spoofs of pop culture icons and political figures, outrageous headgear, and one show-stopping number after another, the world's longest running musical revue continues to dazzle tourists and locals alike at San Francisco's Club Fugazi, located in the heart of North Beach.
Click here to learn more about Beach Blanket Babylon ...
 The Walt Disney Family Museum
Located in the Presidio of San Francisco, The Walt Disney Family Museum welcomes visitors to a turn-of-the-century building that reveals 40,000 square feet of imagination.
Click here to learn more about The Walt Disney Family Museum ...
 Oaklandish
When it comes to supporting worthy folks fighting for worthy causes, who knew that you could give them the proverbial shirt off your back by bringing home a brand new shirt? The brand behind this altruistic apparel alchemy is Oaklandish, the originators of the now-iconic reflective Oak tree logo that gives East Bay lovers a whole new way to be proud of their roots.
Click here to learn more about Oaklandish ...
 ODC School and the Rhythm and Dance Program
In 1976, sixteen dancers, painters, writers, photographers, and musicians bid farewell to Oberlin College, piled into a big yellow bus, and headed west for their artistic vision and social ideals. This collective of artists settled in San Francisco's Mission district and became the founding members of ODC, a groundbreaking contemporary arts institute that attracts professional dancers and choreographers from around the nation.
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 Newly Launched Pod
Coming up ...
Newly Launched Pods
(end of August, beginning September)
San Francisco: Bayview: 3rd & Armstrong
Relaunched Pod (beginning August)
San Francisco: Bernal Heights: 30th & Mission (7-Eleven/76 Gas Station)
"It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor ..." We know what you are thinking, "Please won't you be my neighbor?" As a local, nonprofit carsharing organization we grow into neighborhoods and communities that embrace carsharing. We are always looking to expand in areas to better serve our members.
Currently we are looking for surface lots and garages in:
· Inner Sunset- near 9th and Irving, Outer Sunset
· Inner and Outer Richmond
· Glen Park
· SOMA/South Beach (right by CalTrain station)
· Alamo Square area
· Oakland- 51st and Telegraph (Temescal area)
· Russian Hill- near Hyde and Union
· Noe Valley- near Dolores and 29th
Leads on open surface parking lots, businesses with extra parking, and/or property managers who are renting out spaces will be helpful and could earn you driving credits. Please e-mail us your suggestions here.
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photo by Adolf Galland
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As a savvy carshare member you pitch in for the occasional re-fueling gas duty as part of the community effort that keeps our unstaffed vehicle sharing system at full throttle. Here are some easy tips to ensure a premium pump experience:
- Give yourself a 15-minute buffer for a potential delays and quick gas station pit stop during your reservation.
- Aim for national gas chains when you need to refill the tank. Though we typically strive to support our local and indie businesses, smaller gas stations may not have systems set up to accept our gas cards. Avoid cash-only chains such as AM/PM, Arco and Flyers.
- You must pay at the pump for the CCS gas card to be accepted.
- Make sure you have the following when you gas up: the gas card (duh!) from the driver's side visor, odometer reading (mileage), CCS zip code 94102 (you'll only need this in rare cases) and your Gas Card ID number.
- Get text message confirmations. Your Gas Card ID number is always included in your reservation confirmation and it is different from your Member ID number. If you don't have your reservation confirmation, and forget your Gas Card ID number, call our general office line.
And in case of those "WTF!?" days:- If the gas card is missing, call the general office line at 415.995.8588. After hours? Leave a message please.
- If the card is not accepted at the pump on the first try, call the office right away. There is a transaction limit on the card and it can lock you out.
- If gas card issues are going to prevent you from completing your reservation on time and you are unable to extend your reservation over the phone, call the emergency line at 415.786.7468 and we'll help you out.
- If the card is not working, please use your own credit card to pay for the refill and be sure to keep your receipt. Send us the receipt via email, fax, or snail mail and we will credit your CCS account for the full amount. Click here to get our contact info.
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When to Call the Emergency Line
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Who you gonna call?
With hundreds of cars and thousands of City CarShare members on the move across the Bay Area, our Member Services team often powers through a hearty serving of "Help-I'm running late!" and "Dude, where is my Pod?" calls before they've even drained that first mug of morning mocha.
Our members are vital partners in our mission to drive smart into the next ten years. Naturally, your safety and satisfaction while you use our cars are our primary goals, especially when there are bumps-literally-in the road. With all the busy lives you lead, we understand that it can be confusing to remember when to call the emergency line and when to call the general office. So here's a handy guide to keep your sharing skills sharp.
1. Double check your reservation times before you arrive at your Pod. Remember that fobbing in early or fobbing out late will both incur a fine. Keep track of all reservation info, including your Member ID, Gas Card ID, Pod location, and reservation dates and times by opting into text notifications on your mobile device. Just log in to make a reservation, click on "Account" to access your account preferences and go to the "Settings" tab, click edit to add your mobile number to "Text Message Address" to activate this feature.
2. Do a quick walk-around of your reserved car before you fob in. If you notice any significant damage, check it against the recorded damages in the Damage Sheet located in the visor pocket. If there are new dents or dings that don't inhibit safe operation of the vehicle, you don't need to call the ER line. Just call our general office line at 415.995.8588. (If the office is closed, leave a message with your Member ID, 4-digit VIN of the car, and a brief description of the damage.)
 Check out our informative City CarShare Safeman video to get key driving tips to be a safe CCS driver and prevent unwanted damages.
3. Any non-emergency calls such as gas tank level reports, billing inquiries, and maintenance requests should be made to our office line, Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. If you call after hours, please leave a detailed message and we'll return with answers as soon as we can.
4. If you simply need to extend or shorten your reservation, call the Reservation Line at 877.363.0710. Alternatively, you can use your smartphone via our Mobile Access site.
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Official Wheels of 2011 Pistahan Festival & Parade
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 Rollling wheels and lumpia
Chow down on a hot, crispy lumpia or cool off with a refreshingly fruity halo-halo while listening to sounds of Filipino-American artists. No, we are not sending you to the Philippines, but we are doing the next best thing. City CarShare is an official sponsor for the 18th Annual Pistahan Parade and Festival on August 13 -14 in Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco.
For the past 16 years, the Pistahan Parade and Festival has been celebrating the rich tapestry of Filipino cuisine, art, music, film, and dance. As the official wheels for the parade, City CarShare is proud to usher the heritage and heroes of the dynamic Filipino community in the Bay Area. |
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We ♥ the Bay Area (continued)
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 Beach Blanket Babylon ...
Beach Blanket Babylon takes the audience on a fast-paced journey around the world with classic heroine Snow White on a not-so-classic search for her Prince Charming. Along the way, she encounters a star-studded line-up of media devils and darlings from Charlie Sheen, Justin Bieber, and Lady Gaga; to Her Majesty the Queen of England and our majesty TV queen Oprah Winfrey; and Michael Jackson, Kanye West and the cast of "Glee."
Intrigued? Visit their site for information on tickets, show dates and times.
The Walt Disney Family Museum ...
Contemporary interactive galleries and state-of-the-art technologies tell the story of the remarkable life and legacy of Walt Disney. Narrated in Walt's own voice and illustrated with early drawings, cartoons, movies, music, listening stations, and more than 200 video screens, the Museum also features a 14 foot model of Disneyland. Founded by The Walt Disney Family Foundation.
Click here to learn more about The Walt Disney Family Museum, hours, parking, public programs and more.
Oaklandish ... The award-winning Oaklandish "roots" logo began as part of a covert street art campaign designed to illuminate the local history and unique cultural legacy of "The Town" often typecast by negativity in the media. After years of public art, the Oaklandish brand of apparel was introduced to help support an ongoing calendar of free public events and to fund the Oaklandish Innovators grant program.
Last year alone, Oaklandish awarded $30,000 to trailblazing nonprofits, business leaders, artists, youth programs, educational institutes and community centers dedicated to building a stronger city through healthier, happier citizens.
Visit their site to learn more about the company's history, view the Oaklandish event calendar and shop the always-open online store.
ODC School and the Rhythm and Dance Program... Through numerous neighborhood activities, dancer health advocacy, work exchange, and apprentice opportunities, and community partnerships, ODC and the Rhythm and Dance Program are committed to serving San Francisco's large professional dance, music, and theater communities.
Regarded as one of the most active centers for dance on the West Coast, ODC is not only home to a world-class performance company; it's also the top pick for neighborhood newcomers eager to dip their toes into tango. To find a Rhythm and Motion class that sparks your interest, buy tickets to a breathtaking performance from this season's ODC corps, or learn how you can volunteer with the organization, click here. Mission Pie ...
Located a block from the 24th Street BART station, Mission Pie's seasonally inspired menu has grown to include fresh-from-the-field salads and vegan breakfast treats, nourishing the soul of the Bay Area community. The generous spirit of Mission Pie's founders extends from their storefront, which features the talent of local artists and artisans, to the family farms where ingredients and inspiration are sourced daily.
Find out more about Mission Pie's dedication to sustainability (or just drool over their current menu) at here. |
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Directory of Member Services
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Our Office:
1182 Market Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94102-4919
Tel: 415-995-8588 Fax: 415-995-8589
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