Zipcar first brought two of its vehicles to Trinity in 2008. The company currently has a footprint in Hartford through its partnership with Trinity College. The city hasn't had any recent discussions with Zipcar, according to a city official.
Zipcars are parked in designated spots where riders can access them and reserve trips via a mobile app. Property manager Laurie Wadell said Spectra has been advocating for Zipcar to bring service downtown for more than three years. Spectra offered Zipcar use of two parking spaces each at its boutique apartments on Constitution Plaza and its under-construction apartments on Pearl Street. Other attendees included Jacqueline Marciano and Laurie Wadell of Spectra Terryl Mitchell Smith of the Capital Region Development Authority and Jennifer Cassidy of Business for Downtown Hartford. 17 meeting confirmed that two Zipcar officials were there and did a walking tour of downtown Hartford, which Cherolis brokered. The Boston-based company currently does offer car sharing at nearby Trinity College's campus. “Existing residents are already a bright market for a car-share type opportunity and … those who are moving here into these redeveloped buildings downtown, and are students going to school at UConn, I think that's their other … possible market.”Ī Zipcar official said in an email that the company has no specific plans regarding downtown Hartford service. “In Hartford, I've been lobbying and seeing (Zipcar) as a need and an amenity for quite some time,” said Anthony Cherolis, program manager at the Center for Latino Progress, who oversees the Hartford nonprofit's Transport Hartford Academy, which aims to create an active group of informed residents who will shape future transportation developments in the region.
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