Sharing Engines...

摘要

Philadelphia, seat of the American Revolution, undertook a revolutionary way to cut costs when the city's government dumped more than 700 cars from its nonemergency fleet and started : renting from Zipcar. Under an entrenched system common in many local governments, cars had been assigned to j individual employees, who came to view them as their personal wheels. The vehicles often sat idle during the day, even when other workers on city business needed a ride, then went home at night and on weekends.