GSA is actively pursuing car-sharing initiatives to help federal agencies reduce costs, improve efficiencies, and optimize vehicle use.
The agency manages some 200,000 vehicles and it issued a request for information seeking innovative ideas from commercial vendors that could help the federal government incorporate car sharing government-wide and reduce the federal fleet over time.
GSA said it would also launch a car sharing pilot program in Washington, DC, Boston, New York City and Chicago to immediately explore best practices and test how the government can effectively integrate low-cost alternative transportation services.
Both the RFI and the pilot program will measure the effectiveness, cost savings, and overall benefits of car sharing for the federal workforce, GSA said, adding that demand could be high in the face of budget constraints government-wide.
