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Gear Up and Get Down!: CCS/Sports Basement Holiday Shopping Party
Save 15% on your holiday shopping ... and enter to win $50 in driving credits. Come down to our basement, The Sports
Basement, again this year for a ton of fun and great savings!
No, literally ... we want you to get down! Unless you prefer fleece. Or maybe a wool/alpaca blend? Whatever your style, City CarShare invites you and all your friends to make your "gotta-get-gear" fantasies come true at our annual Sports Basement holiday shopping party on Thursday, December 9 from 6-8 p.m. Everything you purchase will be yours for a sweet 15% off of Sports Basement's already affordable prices. In addition, 5% of all party-goers' purchases will go to City CarShare to support our community services and, due to popular demand, outfit one of our vehicles with a shiny new ski/snowboard rack. Just remember to sign in when you arrive and tell them at check out that you're a City CarShare fan. And as always, it's not just shop 'til to you drop. We'll have plenty of beer, soft drinks, tasty nibbles and - best of all - friendly City CarShare staff to tell your Aunt Nancy (yep, you can bring friends and family) everything she ever wanted to know about car sharing. And that's not all! We'll have a raffle with prizes that include a Sports Basement gift certificate and driving credits, And if you bring a friend to sign up, you will both get to share $50 in driving credits ($25 in credits, each.) We love our local Sports Basement (we'll be at the Bryant location) and know you will too. Join us on December 9 and ring in the holidays with City CarShare. 
Sports BasementShare the word! Use this handy evite to tell your friends about this December 9 event. |
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eFleet - Plug n' Play: User-Friendly Electric VehiclesThe 2001 debut of our eco-friendly fleet made it easy and affordable for Bay Area city-dwellers to turn "green living" from a media buzzword into a way to get around. Nearly a decade later, our new eFleet initiative is leading the way for the Bay Area to take a bigger step towards a smaller carbon footprint.
In 2011, we'll be adding Electric Vehicles (EV) and more Plug-in Electric Hybrids (PHEV) to locations throughout San
Francisco and the East Bay. Due in part to a Climate Innovation Grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission,
well make it easy for you to experience zero-emission electric vehicles, backed by the reliability and convenience of a
City CarShare membership.
City Carshare will utilize eFleet's primary stage budget of $2.5 million to introduce new vehicles and to build and
maintain a charging station infrastructure that will host our electric vehicles, as well as provide station access to
the public. As part of regional efforts to establish the Bay Area as the electric vehicle capital of the nation, City
CarShare will be working with local governments, other organizations, and businesses to ensure that you, our
forward-thinking members, can experience exceptional convenience and low cost access to this new, innovative technology.
The first two years of eFleet will see an estimated savings of 12,000 tons of CO2 emissions. And thousands of gallons of gasoline will be saved and an estimated 20,000 new carbon-free trips will be taken. Besides the MTC, organizations supporting City CarShare's eFleet program include the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), Bay Area Climate Collaborative, the Cities of Berkeley and San Francisco, and the University of California San Francisco, among others. Electrified transportation creates much-needed local jobs. It also improves our national security by reducing our dangerous reliance on foreign oil. |
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Enter Stage Right: The Berkeley Rep ExperienceBy now, you've probably figured out that City CarShare loves to sponsor, support, and promote local arts groups. As part of the Bay Area's vibrant aesthetic, we love giving away free tickets to remind you to get out there and experience the Bay Area!
Eager to check out the Berkeley Rep, but don't want to fly solo? Lucky you ... we're giving away 5
pairs of tickets! Send an e-mail to marketing@citycarshare.org listing two music venues within a ten minute drive of
Berkeley Rep. The first five members to hit "send" will win two tickets to see Lemony Snicket's The Composer is Dead on Saturday, December 4.
Curtain at 7 p.m. sharp.
In Lemony Snicket's The Composer is Dead, the actor is mute, the director is crying, the dancer is lazy—and the composer is dead! This holiday season brings a deliciously silly world premiere from beloved Bay Area artists Lemony Snicket, Nathaniel Stookey and Geoff Hoyle with classic clowning and plenty of puppets from the pioneering marionette group Phantom Limb Company. If the Berkeley Rep is new to you, Lemony Snicket's The Composer is Dead is a great introduction. Since its inception in 1968, our community partner and organization member Berkeley Rep has blossomed from half a storefront to a pair of stages that see over 180,000 audience members every year. As a fellow non-profit, the theatre also embraces the task of giving back to both the local community as well as the extended community of theatre nationwide. Want to check out Berkeley Repertory Theatre's thrilling upcoming show? How about saving 20%? Simply use the code WHEELS when you purchase your tickets online. This offer is available for the following dates: December 4: 2pm and 8pmLemony Snicket's The Composer is Dead, running November 26, 2010 through January 15, 2011. |
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Green Screen: 8th Annual SF International South Asian Film Festival
City CarShare is giving away 5 pairs of tickets
to I Hate Luv Storys, a sexy, romantic Bollywood film, at the Castro Theater on Saturday, November 6 at 9:30 p.m.
E-mail marketing@citycarshare.org with your favorite Bollywood movie or actor to win tickets by 9 p.m. tonight, November 5!
When 10,000 roaring gladiators (or blue creatures, or flying monkeys, or space troopers) swarm across the screen for epic cinematic showdowns, we give an enthusiastic round of applause to the skilled wizards behind wonderful world of CGI. Unfortunately, the devastating battle that South Asian countries are currently facing against environmental degradation, air pollution and climate change is no special effect. In an effort to bring awareness to the reality of environmental conflict in South Asia, the brilliant minds behind 3rd i Films, a local media arts non-profit, held their first Green Eye film festival last year. The goal was to foster a living dialogue, encourage action, and help people make local and global changes in their everyday practices. This year marks the film group's 8th Annual SF International South Asian Film Festival and the organizers are sharing our fuel-efficient and affordable cars as a way to get around while staying on mission. 
From November 3-7, the 8th Annual SFIASFF will showcase the best independent media from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Tibet, Sri Lanka, UK and USA. Join an audience of over 5,000 film buffs from all corners of the Bay Area to show the world that there is an "i" in team. For more information on 3rd i Films' unique mission and the history of the film festival, visit www.thirdi.org/festival/. |
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Pod Watch November
Newly Launched Pods in San Francisco
City CarShare strives to maintain the optimal balance between increasing vehicle density to serve our current membership and expanding into neighborhoods that can sustain new Pods. If you would like to offer parking or make suggestions for new Pods or vehicle types, please contact us at memberservices@citycarshare.org. |
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Thanksgiving is Coming up: Remember to reserve in advance for holiday/weekend tripsYou finally did it. You scored those impossible dinner reservations at her favorite restaurant; booked a room at that charming little B & B you saw on The Travel Channel; mapped out the hiking route that will put you at the top of the trail two minutes before sunset; and even bought new packing cubes so that your crisp white shirt isn't doing time under your muddy sneakers. You are The Mini-Vacation Master. Bravo!
But wait, did you forget something? How are you going to get there? It's time to hop online to reserve a City CarShare for the weekend. We'll always have cars available but don't forget to reserve early to get the pod and car of your choice. Other tips for all: Save a tree and say no when prompted to print a receipt at the gas pump. Have fun and, as always, drive safely! |
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Go Giants!!!!
City CarShare would like to join the region-wide celebration and congratulate the San Francisco Giants on a World Series victory,
one that has been long overdue. This is the Giant's first World Series win since relocating to San Francisco in
1958 and we couldn't be more proud. The photo on the right shows what the day-long celebration looked like from our
offices at 8th and Market.
Tell us about your favorite SF Giants experience, story or moment via Twitter or Facebook by November 15 and we'll enter you into our Love Being Local contest. You could win driving credits, free tickets, and more. |
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Reservation Tip: Daylight Saving Time Ends November 7
Remember to roll back your clocks this Sunday, November 7 for the end of Daylight Saving Time. Because of this roll
back, we ask that you pay attention to any reservations that take place during late Saturday night.
If you have a reservation that spans 2 a.m. (Saturday night/Sunday morning), you need to know that our system will "fall back" at this time. So, if you reserve a car from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. on November 7, you'll have the car for 3 hours, not 2 hours. Therefore, you'll be charged for 3 hours instead of 2 hours. This also applies to Extended Freedom Trips during this time, so a reservation starting at noon on Saturday and ending at noon on Sunday will be charged as a 25 hour reservation. To sum it up, you will be charged for the time you have the car and this may be longer than the time you read off a clock. |
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Summer Get Away 2010 Winner!
Congratulations to Susan A., our member who won the 2010 Summer Get Away draw! From July to October, we offered members
credits for sending in receipts showing their support of Bay Area businesses while sharing our cars on many adventures.
We also have a grand prize for those who participated. Susan, our grand-prize winner, won a free year of membership and
$250 will be donated in her name to a local nonprofit that she chooses from a list of our partners. Thanks everyone for
participating in Summer Get Away 2010 and for supporting the Bay Area while having fun.
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