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https://www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Portland-Getaround.png792476What a difference a few months make! At the end of July, we gave Vancouver, BC the gold medal in our "Northwest Car Sharing Olympics." Vancouver edged out Portland in our rankings, largely because Vancouver had three mature car sharing services with a variety of pricing and membership models. Portland also had three services; but its peer-to-peer car sharing service, Getaround, was just getting off the ground, with only about 70 cars available for short-term rental at the time we looked. Fast forward just two and a half months, and Getaround's car availability has nearly quintupled. The service currently offers 328 cars in greater Portland, including both the city and the suburbs.