Rental Car Industry Expansion into Neighborhoods to meet lifestyle and transportation needs
May 18, 2005
ST. LOUIS--May 18, 2005--Despite spending more time in traffic than ever before and all-time-high gas prices, more Americans are renting automobiles in their neighborhoods to meet a variety of lifestyle and transportation needs - a trend that is in the fast lane, according to results of a new national survey released t ... Continue reading
Arlington County Commits to Car-Sharing Program with Zipcar
May 18, 2005
Arlington County's Car-Sharing Pilot Becomes Permanent and Expands to Include New Zipcar Locations ARLINGTON, Va., May 18 -- Zipcar, the nation's largest car- sharing service, today announced that it is expanding its joint "Car-Share Pilot Program" with Arlington County, making it a permanent transportation program. As ... Continue reading
May 18, 2005
ARLINGTON, Va.--May 18, 2005--Flexcar, the nation's oldest provider of car-sharing services, today announced it is increasing the number of its vehicles in Arlington County, Va., as part of a public-private partnership launched a year ago with the County. The program exceeded expectations and has been renewed and expan ... Continue reading
Arrested This Summer: Hot Headed Driving
May 18, 2005
DC, MD and VA Law Enforcement Crack Down on Aggressive Driving; Campaign Kick Off Highlights Dangers of Driving Aggressively in the Summer Months WASHINGTON, May 18 -- With summer being the season of aggressive driving, more than 80 state and local law enforcement agencies from Maryland, Virginia, and the District of C ... Continue reading
Continued Increase in Teen Crash Rates Prompts Group to Host Free Safety/Car Care Educational Clinic
May 18, 2005
Experts Provide Young Women With Essential Driving Tips, Car Care Basics WHAT: Fatality data show that young drivers continue to be over- represented in fatal crashes. For young females, the outlook is even more deadly. In the ten-year span between 1992 and 2002, young women's fatal crash rates escalated by 42 percent. ... Continue reading
Research and Markets: Car Sharing And Car Clubs: Opportunity Or Threat For The Automotive Industry?
May 18, 2005
DUBLIN, Ireland, May 17 -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c17628 ) has announced the addition of Car Sharing And Car Clubs: Opportunity Or Threat For The Automotive Industry? to their offering. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040820/RESEARCH ) In the 21st century the prolif ... Continue reading
AAA Texas: Follow Our Route 66 80th Anniversary Map Research Trip Online
May 17, 2005
IRVING, Texas--May 17, 2005--AAA Texas has created a special web page so members and the public can follow its travel writer and photographer on an 80th anniversary of Route 66 map research trip that will take 22 days to complete. The route's unique roadside eateries, historic motels, trading posts, ghost towns, scenic ... Continue reading
AAA Reports Crude Oil and Gas Prices Down, Inventories Up
May 17, 2005
MINNEAPOLIS, May 17 -- The return of crude oil prices below $50 per barrel (selling at $48 per barrel today) and the building of U.S. gasoline inventories bode well for lower retail pump prices as summer nears. The current national average has dropped more than 8 cents since last month to $2.16 per gallon. This is near ... Continue reading
AAA Reports National Gas Prices Decline as Summer Nears
May 17, 2005
MINNEAPOLIS, May 17 -- The return of crude oil prices below $50 per barrel (selling at $48 per barrel today) and the building of U.S. gasoline inventories bode well for lower retail pump prices as summer nears. The current national average has dropped more than 8 cents since last month to $2.16 per gallon. This is near ... Continue reading
Auto Affordability Improves Slightly in First Quarter 2005, Reports Comerica Bank
May 17, 2005
DETROIT, May 17 -- The purchase of an average- priced new vehicle during the first quarter of 2005 took 24.4 weeks of median family income, before taxes, according to the Auto Affordability Index compiled by Detroit-based Comerica Bank. This is 0.1 week more affordable than the fourth quarter reading of 24.5 weeks but ... Continue reading
May 17, 2005
Myrtle Beach Custom Bike Manufacturer Plans to Show Three 'Hot Bikes' This Year MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., May 17 -- Wicked Choppers(TM) is creating quite a storm in Myrtle Beach, SC where some 300,000 people are expected to attend the annual Myrtle Beach Spring Rally this week (May 13 - 24, 2005). The "Storm," a motorcycle e ... Continue reading
Toyota Recalling Almost 775,000 Trucks, SUVs Because of Steering Problems
May 17, 2005
WASHINGTON May 17, 2005; Ken Thomas writing for the AP reported that Toyota Motor Corp., in one of its largest safety recalls ever, said Tuesday it is recalling more than 750,000 pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles because of problems with the front suspension that could hinder steering. The company said the recal ... Continue reading
Bush Presses Congress for Increased Support of Alternative Fuels
May 17, 2005
Washington May 16, 2005; The AIADA reported that President Bush once again stressed the importance of looking towards alternative fuels Monday during an address at the Virginia BioDiesel Refinery just outside of Richmond, reports the Associated Press. "Our dependence on foreign oil is like a foreign tax on the American ... Continue reading
U.S. Auto Industry Not Dying But Is Being Reborn
May 17, 2005
U.S. Auto Industry “Is Being Reborn” -- Thanks to International Nameplate Automakers According to Dow Jones Newswire president Paul Ingrassia, “The U.S. auto industry isn’t dying. In fact, it is being reborn. This is because the U.S. auto industry is more than just GM, Ford and the Chrysler divi ... Continue reading
New Approach to Identify Teens at Greatest Risk of Death and Injury From Motor Vehicle Crashes
May 17, 2005
Groundbreaking Teen Driving Assessment Tool and Curriculum, Teen-DASH(TM) for Safety, to be Offered Free to School Districts SALT LAKE CITY, May 17 -- DriveSafety, in conjunction with the STAR Lab at Kansas State University, today announced a new resource for teen driver education, a science-based assessment tool and c ... Continue reading
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