City carsfail
The “Witkar” system of “pick-up-here,” “leave-it-there” city cars introduced in Amsterdam about two years ago has proved a failure. Motorists have shown a preference for using their own cars, in spite of congestion and parking problems, rather than the electric runabouts. One complaint is that the runabouts, at 6c a minute rental, are too expensive. Initially, it was hoped that several hundred of the plastic bubble-cars would be in use by now: in fact, the total on Amsterdam’s roads has stayed at only 35.
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34147, 7 May 1976, Page 10
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