Zipcar signs on as official sponsor for Divvy
Participating in this sponsorship deal:
About Sponsor:
Zipcar is an American membership-based car sharing company providing automobile reservations to its members, billable by the hour or day. Zipcar was founded in 2000 by Cambridge, Massachusetts residents Antje Danielson and Robin Chase, and is now led by Scott Griffith, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. As of December 2010, the company offers a fleet of over 8,000 vehicles in urban areas throughout 28 North American states and provinces, as well as in the United Kingdom, and has over 560,000 members which the company refers to as "Zipsters". Zipcar offers more than 30 makes and models of self-service vehicles by the hour or day. Zipcar has major operations in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, London, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Washington D.C. and Vancouver. The company also has presence on over 230 college campuses.
About Property:
Divvy is a bicycle sharing system that launched in Chicago on June 28, 2013 initially with 750 bikes at 75 stations spanning from the Loop north to Fullerton Ave, west to Damen Ave, and south to 23rd St. The system is planned to grow to 4,000 bicycles at 400 stations by Spring 2014. Stations are planned to be installed as far north as Touhy Ave. , as far west as Central Park Ave. , and as far south as 63rd St. .Alta Bicycle Share was selected to develop and operate the publicly funded bike share system.