# Is this the car of the future?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-the-car-of-the-future/79614>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [May 29, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-the-car-of-the-future/79614 "2013-05-29T19:33:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 7:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-the-car-of-the-future/79614/41 "2013-06-02T07:31:08Z")

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@dagosa " “drop it off at one of the drop off sites"  
How does that work for economical bike commuting if the site is a way from destination…like take a taxi the rest of the way ? ;=)”

Danged if I know. I think they figure commuters will have their own bikes and spandex wear but if you want to go for a lovely spin around town to shop and eat, they’ve got you covered. I don’t live there and don’t work up there anymore so can’t really say how it works. Works much better than the yellow bikes though. Some talk about trying the same thing with little green cars but money is tight.

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-the-car-of-the-future/79614/42 "2013-06-02T16:20:33Z")

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> "drop it off at one of the drop off sites" How does that work for economical bike commuting if the site is a way from destination...like take a taxi the rest of the way ? ;=)

NYC just implemented something like this last month. There’s an annual fee of $95. Here’s a link that explains it. When fully implemented they’ll have OVER 600 pickup/drop off locations.

> **[Bike share rollout set for May after many delays](https://www.nydailynews.com/2013/04/09/bike-share-rollout-set-for-may-after-many-delays/)**
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> The city’s once-wobbly bike-share program will be ready to roll next month. The first phase of the effort to rent bicycles on an hourly, daily, weekly or annual basis will feature 300 station…

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