Jackson Heights Life

Why can't neighbors share a car? I have a car that sits in my garage way more than gets driven. It's old and I limit its use to zipping around the neighborhood.

Thoughts?

There will be a carshare program in Jackson Heights. Read about it here. https://ny.curbed.com/2017/8/16/16158288/nyc-dot-street-parking-carshare-pilot-program-launch

DOT is accepting feedback about where the cars should be parked. Here is the feedback map:
http://nycdotfeedbackportals.nyc/nycdot-carshare-pilot/feedback-map-jackson-heights



Edited to say: I didn't realize this topic had already been posted, so I just merged it into the original thread.

There will be a carshare program in Jackson Heights. Read about it here. https://ny.curbed.com/2017/8/16/16158288/nyc-dot-street-parking-carshare-pilot-program-launch

DOT is accepting feedback about where the cars should be parked. Here is the feedback map:
http://nycdotfeedbackportals.nyc/nycdot-carshare-pilot/feedback-map-jackson-heights



Edited to say: I didn't realize this topic had already been posted, so I just merged it into the original thread.

Glad to see this happening. I believe we're at a tipping point as a city, societally, and technologically that requires alternative methods of transportation that serve a cleaner and less congested future. Fewer people aren't moving to NYC; quite the opposite. We have to put the systems (and behaviors) in place to serve the future.

A carshare is a great idea.

Is the original post about car share or bike share?
I support both. We go to LGA to rent cars about once every three months. Its affordable and easy enough, but we often end up paying for an extra day when we only need a few extra hours. I remember in the car share proposal that cars would be parked in the neighborhood and parking spots would be allocated exclusively for those cars.

As for bike share..here are some trips I'd make regularly. I own and ride a bike but there are days when a one way bike trip is better. Such as going to drink/have dinner. Biking there, train home is better.

Trips up and down Queens Blvd, to shopping and appointments
Downtown Flushing
Any library
School meetings
LIC YMCA.
Groceries in Astoria
Bookshop in Astoria
Bagel shops in Astoria
Good bars in Astoria (we need some Astoria businesses here)
Glendale, Maspeth, Ridgewood
Sunnyside, woodside- lots of old school, small town businesses that are worth the trip.
Greenpoint
Trader Joes on Metropolitan
And most important----- As a connection and backup to the E,F,G,M,R trains that often have delays.
If one were able to use a metrocard to hop on a Citibike, we'd see expansion and an increase in ridership like never before. (or like the transit strike of 2005).

In theory I'd love to have Citibike in JH but given the way people drive in this neighborhood, I'm sure they're going to be very hostile to cyclists. Also, I would imagine that the docks would have to be a bit far from the train.

There's also Car2go which is a car share with only tiny cars. Not super practical for family. I would think that having a car share would reduce the need to own a car for many people (as long as there are enough to go around which I imagine would take awhile to calibrate).

Back in May of 2017 my car finally died.  For a few weeks I got by with Uber & Zipcar.  Ultimately we decided to buy a car, mostly because we already had a fantastic parking spot right down the block.  I think we would embrace a bike share for a trip to Astoria -on a nice day..  I was not happy with the Zipcar experience, you cannot be spontaneous, and traffic really impacts the clock ticking..