Zipping around
September 3, 2008
Goucher College has teamed up with Zipcars to offer students and others on the college’s Baltimore campus round-the-clock access to two Honda Civic Hybrids.
As a recent Goucher grad, I was proud to see the school continue on the road to going green. When I was a student, our environment group installed a solar panel on campus. Soon after another one was installed.
But when I took a closer look at the press release, I noticed that it costs $35 to join Zipcar, and then an additional $7 per hour or $60 per day to use one of the hybrids. Ouch.
Wouldn’t students be more inclined to ask fellow classmates for free rides, rather then spend an additional $14 for a trip to the supermarket?
In light of the controversy over the University of Baltimore’s parking rate hike, do you really think Goucher students—especially those who purposefully don’t bring cars to school in order to save–will be willing to spend that kind of money?
RICHARD SIMON, Multimedia Reporter
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