Car and ride sharing are part of a small but growing segment of American transportation, as people particularly in urban areas turn to them for cost and convenience reasons. The RAND Corp. estimates that the pool of Americans that car share will jump from a quarter of a percent to 4.5 percent.
Last week, Lyft received $ 60 million in a Series C funding round, making it one of the most well-funded ride-sharing startups around. Meanwhile, one of the original car-sharing services, ZipCar, was bought by Avis at the beginning of this year; it went public in 2011. For this chart, we looked at some of the more well-established car-sharing services—as well as their taxi counterparts—to see how much money they’ve raised and how far they’ve traveled.
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