London's Drive to Work Day

Well since Street Car, which was pay as you drive, was taken over by Zipcar, which you need to pay an annual fee for, there needs to be a decent car hire scheme which doesn't make you feel you need to drive to get your money's worth

That's not true, there was a fee before. It was the same amount too.

I think Zipcar is a decent car hire scheme, if you shop around you can get joining deals with free credit - I think I had to pay the £59.50 but got £40 of free credit. I don't feel at all that I need to drive to get my value for money - £59 a year compared to the cost of owning a car is nothing and is well worth paying for my very occasional use.

I think Zipcar is part of the solution, not part of the problem.

I suspect this 'Drive to Work Day' won't get enough support for it to make a difference, given that a lot of people who cycle (such as me) do so partly because we don't own a car, hiring a Zipcar all day would be really expensive and I can't park at work anyway.

Ironically if it doesn't achieve anything it risks being part of the problem, as more people drive around for no reason, depleting the earth's resources and adding to traffic in the process.

Perhaps the cyclists who do own cars should consider selling them and joining Zipcar?