Syracuse University

Syracuse University and Zipcar, the world's largest provider of cars on demand by
the hour or day, today announced a joint partnership to provide Zipcars on campus
to University faculty, staff and students as an environmentally friendly alternative to
keeping a car on campus. The partnership continues SU's commitment to invest in
sustainable solutions on campus and marks Zipcar's entry into Syracuse, bringing its
operations to more than 50 cities, including London and 28 North American states
and provinces.

Two self-service Zipcars-a Honda Civic and a Toyota Matrix-are available on
campus for use 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The cars will be located in the
Quad 3/Arch lot and are available to all SU and SUNY College of Environmental
Science and Forestry employees and students ages 18 and older, with gas,
maintenance, insurance and reserved parking included in low hourly and daily rates.

Zipcar was selected as SU's car sharing partner based on its superior technology and
operations, membership experience, and track record of providing peer universities
with a proven, cost effective and environmentally friendly transportation solution.

For students who cannot or do not want to bring a privately owned car to school,
Zipcar provides the freedom to travel off campus to attend interviews, run errands or
take a weekend trip with classmates. Zipcar also eliminates hundreds of dollars in
monthly transportation costs, saving members an average of $600 per month or
$7,200 per year when compared with car ownership-money that can be put toward
other, more relevant, education-related expenses.

Students, faculty and staff will be able to join Zipcar for $35 and will gain access to
SU's Zipcars for $9 per hour or $65 per day.

The addition of Zipcars on campus is the latest in a series of transportation initiatives
launched at SU that are based in the concepts of sustainability and designed to help
relieve the personal burden felt by many due to fuel and commuting costs, while also
reducing the amount of greenhouse gas emissions released through daily campus
travel. Other initiatives and programs include:

• the One-Seat Rides Program, which encourages University employees to park
  their cars and ride a Centro bus directly to campus;
  
• the Centro Fare Deal program/Guaranteed Ride Home Service, which allows
  SU employees to purchase pre-tax bus passes and offers a Guaranteed Ride
  Home Service, which provides a ride to one location from any SU location in
  the event of an emergency, working late or in the event that all the regularly
  scheduled buses have stopped running;
  
• the new carpool parking program, which is an option for University permit
  parking that provides parking for two or more University employees who
  commute to work together; and
  
• the SU Ride Share program, which allows University community members to
  register with Parking and Transit Services and match themselves with people
  from the same area, sharing the driving responsibilities.
  Among the dozens of colleges that have partnered with Zipcar to reduce traffic, noise
  and parking demands are American University, Columbia University, Georgetown
  University, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The
  University of Chicago, the University of Minnesota, the University of North Carolina
  and the University of Toronto.
  

Zipcar is the world's leading car-sharing service with 225,000 members and 5,500
vehicles in urban areas and college campuses throughout 28 North American states
and provinces as well as in London, England. As a leader in urban transportation,
Zipcar offers more than 30 makes and models of self-service vehicles by the hour or
day to savvy city residents and businesses looking for an alternative to the high costs
and hassles of owning a car in the city. For more information, visit Zipcar.com.

Those interested in learning more about Zipcar at SU can visit http://zipcar.com/su
for more information about membership and hourly rates.