Contact Zipcar, let them know! Their main request is for the City and Yale to offer them more parking space.

Have these cars been moved, or are they just always taken? The spaces are cordoned off because the entire lot is being used for food carts (according to the vendors, for the next 3 weeks).

I would love to see more food carts! A whole parking lot full sounds like a great idea!

Hopefully the cars have just been moved. You should ask Paul Hammer. I’ll email this issue to him.

The cars have not been moved. They are parked right there in their usual spots when not taken, but they seem to be taken most of the time. The food carts are occupying only one end of the parking lot.

The cars are still parked here. There just are not enough for you to have a good chance at seeing them.

every weekend recently, whenever i try to get a vehicle for errands, even for just one hour, they are all taken.

please contact zipcar and tell them to expand!

I hear that new cars were added at the Whitney Avenue lot. Can more cars be added at Ingalls Rink too?

I'm sure that zipcar can determine how many people are unable to reserve a car (because all requests go through their website), and they will add cars when demand warrants it. That does not necessarily mean that they will spend $15-20,000 on a new car when supply falls a few hours (@ $8-10/hour) short of peak/weekend demand for a particular location. There are 3 cars in the Ingalls Rink lot the vast majority of the time on weekdays, and several more in the Whitney lot.

New cars have been added at 360 State Street, and I think more will be added at Union Station in the near future. That's good news.

More cars are still needed around East Rock/Prospect Hill and the central part of Downtown, though. I agree that Zipcar can monitor demand, but if demand is also dropping because people don't think that cars are ever available at convenient times, it may not be the most reliable indicator.

Has this gotten better? Can we close this?

yes, ben! many cars & new locations have been added!

Thanks for fixing this issue!