Downtown Ann Arbor go!Passes up, Zipcars waiting in wings

More people are coming and going from downtown Ann Arbor thanks to the go!Pass from the getDowntown program, which is also close to landing a fleet of Zipcars.So far this year, getDowntown has sold 5,350 go!Passes. That’s about 400 more than it sold by this time last year. Those passes are also being used more often, accounting for 41,253 rides on Ann Arbor Transportation Authority buses in September. That’s up from 32,701 in September, 2007.”It’s a pretty significant increase,” says Nancy Shore, program director of getDowntown.She also is optimistic about downtown Ann Arbor landing its first Zipcar fleet sometime in the near future. The city expects to have a handful of Zipcars ready within 4-6 weeks after Zipcar gives approval.”We are just waiting for Zipcar to say yay or nay,” Shore says.The University of Michigan Zipcar fleet might be next in line after downtown’s fleet is approved. Shore says the fleet on U-M’s campus is in high demand and could be ripe for an expansion.Source: Nancy Shore, program director of getDowntownWriter: Jon Zemke