Early next year, the city's Department of Transportation will begin experimenting with a Zipcar-style car pooling system, with workers sharing vehicles that will be made available to the general public during nights and weekends. The Times slyly notes that "while the prospect of driving the same car as a high-ranking public servant may scintillate some, officials said their priority was to lower costs and shrink the city’s Sasquatch-size carbon footprint." more ›