Officials hope Zipcars can ease congestion

 

You could be renting a Mini Cooper by the hour in Champaign-Urbana by October.

The University of Illinois, the cities of Champaign and Urbana and the twin cities' Mass Transit District are working out the last details of an agreement with Zipcars, which rents a wide variety of vehicles by the hour in cities like Washington, D.C.

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