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We ♥ the Bay Area and We ♥ our Members May marks the fourth month of our We ♥ the Bay Area 
goodie bag giveaway. In celebration of our 10th
Anniversary Year, we're hiding prize-winning tickets—cheerfully guarded by Squishy—in 10 of our cars every month. It's
our way of saying Thank You for supporting our mission to create a healthier Bay Area through affordable, alternative,
and sustainable modes of transportation. Every month's trove of treasures is sponsored by local businesses—some are even
offering exclusive discounts for City CarShare members during their featured month.
May Goodie Bag Details:
Sponsor Highlights 
RickshawInspired by the enthusiasm, diversity, creativity and culture of the Bay Area's people on-the-go, the brains behind the hand-built bags from Rickshaw believe that being beautiful on the inside isn't a cliche—it's a given. Rickshaw recognizes the passion that people have for life, and their bags celebrate the spirit of living fully. How else are you going to get a half-eaten falafel, your screenplays-in-progress, two camera lenses, your spinning gear and the latest issue of 7x7 onto the Muni without sacrificing your speed or your style? Click here to learn more 
Rainbow Grocery Cooperative Dinosaur kale, quinoa in bulk, the best cheese selection in the city, and a fresh baguette? From the everyday to the eclectic, the Rainbow Grocery Cooperative has your shopping list covered. A Mission favorite since opening its doors in 1975, Rainbow Grocery was awarded San Francisco's 1st Green Retail Business Certification for its dedication to fair labor practices, worker-owned businesses, and fellow collectives. Click here to learn more 
Berkeley Bowl With over thirty varieties of apples in stock at the peak of the season, even shopping for everyday lunchbox staples is a fun adventure at the Berkeley Bowl. Established in 1977, the Berkeley Bowl is an independent, full-service supermarket committed to bringing high-quality groceries at low prices. Click here to learn more 
Citizen BeanWhether you can't face the morning without your French-press fix or favor a post-dinner demitasse of dark roast over dessert, the Bay Area streets are blessed with a crop of artisan coffee roasters on every corner. Leave it to a few local java junkies to bring that state of bean-induced bliss even closer—how about straight from your own kitchen? Citizen Bean is a locally founded company that curates a collection of sustainable and complex coffees from around the country, delivered monthly to subscribers. Click here to learn more |
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Member PerkFor the month of May, Rickshaw is offering 10% off any purchase for City CarShare members who flash their fobs in store. |
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Cinco de Mayo Mixer
If the 9-to-5 routine is making you loco, then it's time to take cinco and regroup. On Thursday, May 5, City CarShare
and the Neighborhood Parks Council (NPC) encourage you to wave adios to the workweek blues and join us
for a fundraising fiesta on Cinco de Mayo at the Hayes Valley hotspot, Rebel Bar, 1760 Market St.
between McCoppin & Octavia in San Francisco.
From 6-9 p.m., members and their friends are invited to mingle while City CarShare and NPC staffers mix it up as guest bartenders. Proceeds from tips go to support both organizations' programs, so bring your amigos. As part of City CarShare's 10 Anniversary Year, the Cinco de Mayo Mixer will feature scrumptious all-natural cupcakes to snack on while you catch up with old friends and meet new ones. All City CarShare members will also receive one complimentary drink ticket. Let us know you're coming and spread the invite here. |
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Lower Driving Rates and the Best Insurance Coverage You Can Get? You Betcha!You don't need a caveman, a gecko, or the fictional former president from 24 to tell you that City CarShare's car insurance is the best in the industry. In fact, at up to $1 million per incident, you'd be hard pressed to find any spokesperson (anamorphic or not) who could provide you with better coverage.Let's be direct. Insurance is critical and City CarShare believes that you, our members, require more than just coverage. You also need protection. That's why we provide a premium level of comprehensive insurance that is included in your driving costs. When you share a CCS vehicle, you are automatically covered for damage, bodily injury, and property damage. As we all know, accidents are awful (there is just no way to spin it) but if something bad happens on the road, you (and your passengers) are protected. We even cover uninsured or underinsured motorists. Generally, if you have an accident, you are responsible for a $500 deductible (an amount typically lower than most personal policy deductibles). However, most members can opt for a $50 deductable by choosing Buck to Deduct on any given trip. Use it when you are going into uncharted territory or when you just want to be extra cautious. You can also make Buck to Deduct the default setting for all your trips. Just log in and select Account, then the Settings tab to set your preference. Details about Buck to Deduct can be found here. Whether your deductible is $500 or $50, please share safely out there. |
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Member Perk
CCS members who purchase a 12 month subscription from Citizen Bean coffee before May 31 receive a 10% savings and their choice of a special priced French Press welcome kit or 3 months free shipping. Promo code: City CarShare10. |
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Keep Sharing - RideShare UpdateIn February 2011, City CarShare's new RideShare pilot program opened the passenger side door to sharing the love in a neighborly way. RideShare is a members-only trip sharing hub that expands your transit options to include all the routes and destinations where your fellow City CarShare members live, work, and play.Whether you are looking for a ride or want to share your reservation, the process is easy. Click here for more details. Congratulations to Mary K. for winning $100 to spend at Rainbow Grocery. Mary was among the first 100 drivers to post on RideShare. In addition to the raffle, the first 50 members who posted a ride to share earned a sweet $10 driving credit. |
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A Dose of Real Culture: FACT/SF
Whether art imitates life or life imitates art, they are one in the same for the exhilarating production from the
fiercely talented dancers of local nonprofit powerhouse, FACT/SF.
Inspiring audiences since 2008, FACT/SF is the creative vision of founder and resident Artistic Director Charles
Slender. Slender's quirky and colorful theatrical visions blend the traditions of postmodern performance and
contemporary ballet, seasoned with a liberal dose of the raw and unexpected.
This month, FACT/SF is set to thrill with its Home Season 3.0. From May 20-22, Slender's corps-de-wow will be taking part in the SF International Arts Festival with performances of The Consumption Series. If you're tired of the reality TV routine, FACT/SF is your best bet for a dose of real culture...and your ticket to a taste of true talent might just be on the house! City CarShare is proud to see art thrive in our community, and we have 8 tickets for The Consumption Series to give away to our members! Stay tuned to our Log in Page and Facebook page for ways to win. |
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Prize Alert! For your chance to win a ticket to the FACT/SF show we want to know what school mascot Charles Slender sports on his well-worn rehearsal duds. Hint: Slender won the Chancellor's Eisner Award for "highest achievement in the creative arts" during his undergraduate years. Visit www.factsf.org to learn more about the company. Email your answer to marketing@citycarshare.org by May 9 to earn a chance to win. |
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Gas Fuel Level Policy: Survey Says, No Change!Whether you're a gas tank-half-empty realist or a gas tank-half-full optimist, your City CarShare membership shows your dedication to sharing resources.We count on our members to keep our unstaffed fleet primed for sharing. And that means making sure the next member has gas in the tank before they roll out of the Pod. Currently, City CarShare requires members to fill up the tank before they return the vehicle if the gas gauge falls below half a tank during their reservation. Returning a car to its pod with less than half a tank of gas is not only an inconvenience to the next member, but also incurs a penalty fee of $25 for you. While having to stop at the pump during your trip may seem like a hassle, our fuel-efficient fleet and quarter-hour trip extension option (less than $2 per 15 minutes) work in your favor. Because fines are always a hot issue for any service, we've recently considered changing our Gas Refill Policy 
guidelines to satisfy our growing membership. To gather your valuable input, we conducted a poll in April
to see how members felt about the current minimum ½ tank policy and to gauge preferences for an ideal refill policy.
The results show that most of you—a solid 70%—are content with the current policy of refilling at ½ tank. Only twenty percent of those who took the poll favor bringing the refill level down to ¼ tank. Given the large majority of members who want to stick with our current policy, we have decided to keep the Gas Refill policy at ½ tank. Thanks everyone for weighing in and congrats to Jill W. who won $10 in credit for participating. |
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Bike to Work DayEvery day across the Bay, thousands of men and women get dressed for their thousands of unique jobs with one common love for commute couture—nothing says earth-friendly fashion like a snazzy helmet and reflective ankle straps. Just as the fog rolls over the city, bike riders are rolling out the door to show the world they are committed to reducing their carbon footprint and improving their health by biking to work.If you've ever shared the road with a bike rider in the midst of a rainstorm or admired a biker from across the aisle of a BART car (wow, nice quads!), you'll want to mark your calendar for the 17th Annual Bike to Work Day on May 12, 2011. When it comes to the Bay Area's two-wheeling workforce, you really can't beat 'em—so here's your chance to join 'em! 
If biking to work is already a part of your daily routine, Bike to Work Day is a celebration of your commitment to
nurturing a healthier community through living green. City CarShare is proud to be a part of the sustainable
transportation strategy for many Bay Area bikers whether they're at work or play. We feel great hearing stories from our
biking enthusiast membership about times when City CarShare spared them from the hassle, high costs, and heartache of
not owning a car in a way that encourages them to keep biking. Explore more ways to push those pedals at
http://www.youcanbikethere.com/.
On Thursday May 12, City CarShare staffers will join members from both the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) and the East Bay Bicycle Coalition (EBBC) to host some of their 100+ Energizer Stations throughout San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda. All nine Bay Area counties are participating in the celebration and you'll find every Energizer Station stocked with hot fair-trade coffee, breakfast goodies, bike maps, information on biking advocacy, and a hearty round of applause. |
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More about our We ♥ the Bay Area sponsorsRickshaw, continuedRickshaw thinks it's weirdly cool the way people grow attached to their favorite bags, so they encourage customers to express themselves through their bags by choosing from a rainbow of colors and materials. Both in-store and online, you can choose from a range of posh performance tweeds, rugged nylons and vibrant waterproof sailcloth. Find the cut and fabric that speak to you at www.rickshawbags.com. The Rickshaw team shares a strong set of humanistic, environmental and social values that guide the way they conduct every aspect of business. The company's name derives from three Japanese characters meaning "human powered vehicle"—delightfully apropos for a company making bags for bicycle enthusiasts, and our metaphor for the strength of the human spirit. Rainbow Grocery Cooperative, continued As an independent, local, and worker-owned grocery store, Rainbow provides goods from local organic farmers, bakers, dairies, and other businesses whenever possible. They strive to provide affordable groceries for all while minimizing their ecological footprint. Berkeley Bowl, continued The Berkeley Bowl team sources seasonal produce from local farmers whenever possible, and bulk bins are filled with everything from tri-color fettuccini to semolina flour (when the urge for hand-made pasta strikes you). A true neighborhood gem, the Berkeley Bowl has collected so many fans over the years that one building just can't hold them all! In the summer of 2009, foodies everywhere had their fondest wish granted when Berkeley Bowl West opened across town with a spacious underground parking garage to boot. Whether you shop at "the Bowl" each week or have yet to roam its well-stocked aisles, City CarShare gives the market two Red Thumb potatoes up! Citizen Bean, continued Their fresh picks (always shipped within days of roasting) are available to Citizen Bean members as coffee roaster of-the-month subscriptions. Dedicated to small batch roasters, sustainable farming and social responsibility, Citizen Bean is a perfect We ♥ the Bay Area sponsor. Citizen Bean's unique concept and delicious coffees have earned accolades from both the experts (editors at Martha Stewart Living call it "the most banging coffee-of-the-month-club" around) and the public subscriptions are available for three, six, and twelve-month periods, all backed by Citizen Bean's 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Learn more about the company and how to sign up at www.citizenbean.com. Thanks for Sharing! |
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