It's been exactly one week since I signed over the title on my car. The next day I boarded a plane for Sacramento, California, where I have been since. So while I can say that the first week has been incredibly easy to be without a car, it hasn't really been a fair start.
I have had a chance to use Zipcar a couple of times. Once here and I also checked out a car to take a quick side trip with my team to Davis, home of my alma mater UC Davis, and a city considered to be one of the most bicycle-friendly in the U.S. I have found it to be incredibly easy to use.
I think the hardest element is transportation to/from the airport. Every city I travel to allows easy (and cost-effective) access via transit to the airport, except all three airports in this region. In Sacramento, it cost $2 to ride from the airport to downtown -- a 20-mile trip. Even in Los Angeles, I can take an express bus for $7. It costs exponentially more locally as our only option is a car service--a true monopoly at work. I would love to be among the catalysts to get that changed.
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