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For central city residents, subcompacts like the Honda City Car have the potential to satisfy most of their daily requirements. However, they are not suitable for the occasional long trip, heavy load or extra passenger. One way out of the impasse would be a vastly expanded and greatly more accessible system of renting and leasing vehicles, either through conventional private rental firms or through neighborhood cooperative similar to those in Sweden.

This paper appeared in Transportation Research Circular No. 264, Mini and Microautomobile Forum: Overview and Potential Problems. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

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1983-9

Transportation Research Circular

Digital/other

Cooperatives; Foreign automobiles; Heat loss; Leasing; Rental cars; Subcompact automobiles; Urban areas; Utilization

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety

TRIS, TRB

Dec 30 1983 12:00AM

• DESIGN NOTES FOR A SAFER HALF MEGAGRAM AUTOMOBILE (DISCUSSION)
• ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS (DISCUSSION)
• LAWS, STANDARDS AND LIABILITY (DISCUSSION)
• MINI AND MICROAUTOMOBILE FORUM: OVERVIEW AND POTENTIAL PROBLEMS: FOREWARD
• MINI AND MICROAUTOMOBILE FORUM: OVERVIEW AND POTENTIAL PROBLEMS; PART 1: MARKET AND USE CONSIDERATIONS--INTRODUCTION
• MINI AND MICROAUTOMOBILE FORUM: OVERVIEW AND POTENTIAL PROBLEMS; PART 2: MINI-MICRO PROBLEMS--INTRODUCTION
• OPERATOR AND SAFETY PROBLEMS (DISCUSSION)
• POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THE MICROVEHICLE ON ROADWAY FACILITIES (DISCUSSION)
• THE MARKET POTENTIAL FOR MICRO-MINI CARS IN THE UNITED STATES (DISCUSSION)