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Rate Change Work Ahead: Please Read!Sometimes, redundancy is a good thing. While it may be a bother to hear it again and again, we so rarely make rate changes, we want to be sure that the changes coming are no surprise. As a committed member of the only Bay Area nonprofit car sharing service, you receive the most reliable, most environmentally friendly and, still, the most affordable service available. Beginning on November 1st, our driving rates for individual and household accounts will include an increase in hourly rates and a decrease in the mileage fee. In order to keep your total cost as low as possible, weekday rates will be lower than weekend rates. As a member, you should have received a letter or email by now (we sent it to the same address that we send your bill) describing your particular plan's changes. Please contact us if you did not get this message. For standard Share plans, university and employee benefit plan recipients, please check our website for more details at http://www.citycarshare.org/ratesandsavings.do.As a green, nonprofit car share provider, we work hard to keep our prices accessible to you, even in an environment of increasing gas prices, parking costs and insurance premiums. We will continue to provide local, personal service and pricing plans designed to save you money—all while improving the environment and quality of life for Bay Area residents. If you have any questions about our membership policies, please see our handbook. You can download it here and always find an up-to-date version on our log-in page. 
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Building Community by Sharing Land
This month City CarShare is partnering with the San
Francisco Community Land Trust (SFCLT) to share with you an innovative program to boost home
ownership among low income residents. We know that supporting smart growth and housing leads to increased
use of environmentally conscience transportation—including car sharing and public transit. By
supporting affordable housing programs, City CarShare extends its services to more of your neighbors and
the broader community.
The SFCLT is a membership-based organization whose mission is to create permanently affordable, resident-controlled housing for low to moderate-income people in San Francisco through community ownership of the land. The SFCLT takes land off the speculative market and works with diverse voices to preserve working-class communities. SFCLT's program brings together those who lack housing security to form housing cooperatives through which the current residents share ownership of the residential co-op and the SFCLT maintains ownership of the land. The SFCLT depends on its grassroots membership base for input, leadership and financial support. You can be part of the movement by joining SFCLT for only $24 a year. When you join by clicking here as an extra bonus for being active in your community you will also receive a 10% discount on all purchases at Modern Times Books. |
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New Pods: Look Up?That's right. Unfortunately no flying cars have been added to our fleet yet (stay tuned for 2050), but this month we expanded to two new high-rise residential developments. Adding car sharing to urban developments helps reduce the need for parking, making available more space that can be used for housing. It also encourages residents to use public transit, which promotes cleaner air, and ultimately saves residents money by eliminating parking and car ownership costs. Do you know of a new development or apartment building we should add car sharing too? Let us know at memberservices@citycarshare.org.New Pods and Cars
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Saving the Bay - Watch on KQED/KTEH Beginning Thursday
From the Gold Rush to the Golden Gate Bridge, through World's Fairs and World Wars; from Alcatraz and
Angel Island to ferry boats and foghorns, the San Francisco Bay has been central to the identity of one
of the world's leading economic, academic, recreational and cultural regions. As a Bay Area resident
wouldn't you like to know more about how it has morphed into this one of a kind region we call home?
Narrated by Robert Redford, follow the storied history of San Francisco Bay with Saving the Bay, a four-hour documentary series premiering on KQED. Saving the Bay is a co-production of Ron Blatman and KQED/KTEH Public Television. It will air on October 8th and 15th from 8 - 10 p.m. (repeating overnight and Sundays October 11th and 18th noon - 2 p.m.). The series will also run on KTEH four successive Thursday evenings starting October 22nd through November 12th from 9-10 p.m. If you are a Twitter or Facebook friend of City CarShare, some special give-aways will be available for those of you who love the Bay like we do. Sign up if you aren't already a member. And while you're at it, please help us thank the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Bay Area Toll Authority, for co-sponsoring the documentary, along with other various agencies and foundations. For additional information, visit http://www.savingthebay.org/. |
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Cell Phones & Text Message Reservation Confirmations
Did you know that for over two years, City CarShare has offered a service where you can use your smartphone to make reservations, find cars and extend or cancel a trip (citycarshare.org/m)? You can also get your reservation information and gas card driver ID automatically sent via text message. To get started, enroll in text-message alerts for reservation confirmations. Go to the Preferences page of the Account Info section once you log in. Enter your 10-digit cell phone number followed by the '@' sign and your carrier's domain in the text message confirmation box (example: 4159958588@txt.att.net). We have a quick reference guide to most carrier domains: http://www.citycarshare.org/smscellphone.do |
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PARK(ing) to Promote Green Space
As a City CarShare member you get around while making a statement. Together we are improving the
environment and making our communities more livable by taking thousands of cars off the streets and
reducing congestion. By owning fewer cars, you are taking up less space in our Bay Area cities, leaving
more space for urban planners to make smart, money-saving land use decisions.
As urban dwellers, we all need a place to throw down a blanket and soak up the sun. On PARK(ing) Day, held this year on September 18th, the nation saw firsthand what our cities would look like if we swapped out some asphalt with green space. This year City CarShare teamed up with the Neighborhood Parks Council (NPC) to create a coffee lounge/bocce lawn in Linden Alley. A special thanks to Tazi Designs and Zonal for letting us borrow furniture for the day and to Friends of the Urban Forest for loaning us trees. NPC and CCS staff and volunteers had a lot of fun making the case for more green space on PARK(ing) Day. Through bocce, sharing the word and relaxing on our temporary lawn with many people who were simply passing by, we celebrated existing parks and promoted the need for more green space in America's cities. If you would also like to make a case for more livable space, support NPC and City CarShare in our efforts to improve the quality of life in our communities. CCS also supported C.C. Puede's PARK(ing) Day's space in the Mission by donating driving credits for them to use in setting up their space. This great group used their space for a BBQ and to build a clinic where a doctor and nurse volunteered to provide free health care to attendees, which included local day laborers. With 345,000 on street parking spaces available in SF (including spaces with meters), the 37 PARK(ing) Day spaces used in San Francisco represented .01% of the available spaces—and with only 5 PARK(ing) Day spaces used in Oakland, this campaign packed a big message into very little space. For more information about PARK(ing) Day, organized by Rebar, go to http://www.parkingday.org/. |
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What's New? Keep us in the Loop
As we all know, change is inevitable. People move, get hitched and change credit cards or banks. Did you
remember to let us know? You can keep your account information (email address, mailing address, phone
numbers and payment card information) fresh by updating it on our website in just 4 simple steps:
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Market Street, SF Eastbound Closure
Last Tuesday, Sept 29th marked the start of San Francisco's six week pilot program aimed at reducing
eastbound traffic on Market Street. The new program forces private vehicles traveling eastbound to turn
at Eighth Street and Sixth Street or face fines. The street will not be fully closed: eastbound
pedestrians, cyclists, transit, delivery vehicles, and taxis will be able to access Market Street past
Sixth Street towards downtown. Also, there are no restrictions on westbound traffic. The goals of this
pilot program are to free up downtown congestion and promote pedestrian and automotive safety. For more
information, view the map of changes from the MTA.
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East Bay Urban Bicycle Safety Classes
Remember when your mom used to say "Safety First"? Even though it's been decades since you outgrew
your training wheels, you may not know all the tricks and tips to safely navigate Bay Area roads. That's
why we're pleased to let you know about the East Bay Bicycle Coalition's (EBBC)
Free bicycle safety classes throughout Alameda County. Each two-day Traffic Safety 101 class series
consists of a 3.5 hour Classroom Workshop and a 6.5 hour Road Class of on-bike instruction. If your time
is limited, you can always sign up for the Classroom Workshop and complete the Road Class later. The EBBC
encourages you to take both classes to become that bike savvy master of your dreams, and will be giving
out complimentary bike lights upon completion of both classes.
To view class dates and times and to register online click here. |
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RENT and Beach Blanket Babylon Discounts: Cruising to the ClassicsThis month get cozy with some classic shows you can never get enough of. RENT Is Back! The seventh longest-running show in Broadway, RENT has returned to the Bay this month. RENT, the classic musical about love, friendship and community, tells the unforgettable story of a group of young artists learning to survive, falling in love, finding their voices and living for today. The musical, starring original cast members Adam Pascal and Anthony Rap will be playing at the Curran Theatre from Oct 6th- 18th. We also have a free pair of tickets for the Thursday Oct. 8th show for the lucky CCS member who writes on our Facebook wall, what they like best about reserving our cars. For more details about the show, click here. Beach Blanket Babylon Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon, now celebrating its 35th Anniversary, is the world's longest running musical revue. Packed with hilarious spoofs of pop culture and political characters, spectacular costumes, outrageously gigantic hats and one show-stopping  number after another, the show continues to
dazzle audiences at Club Fugazi in North Beach.
As a CCS member, you can save $10 off of any regular priced Rear Cabaret ticket through November 15th, 2009. To take advantage of this special offer, visit beachblanketbabylon.com and enter the code CCS10 in the discount box at the bottom of the 'Step 3' page or call the Box Office at 415-421-4222 and mention 'Theatre Bay Area'. (Tickets are subject to availability and all attendees must be 21+ with valid I.D. except for Sunday performances). Later this month, we will be giving away a free pair of tickets to one of our lucky Twitter followers, so be sure to follow us to get in on the fun. |
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Fall Fests Around the Bay
Here are the upcoming events where we will be Sharing the Love this fall:
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