We can add the University of New Mexico to the list that also includes MIT, Columbia, Georgetown, Ohio State, Arizona State University, American University, Harvard University, University of Minnesota, University of Toronto, University of North Carolina and The University of Chicago. What list is this? Universities that have partnered with Zipcar to give members of the campus community alternatives to owning a car.

Zipcar, the big car sharing service (also available in many cities), started its UNM operation last week with five cars - three Honda Civics, a Toyota Sienna Minivan, and a MINI Cooper - that available around campus. The Zipcar model allows people to use the cars for $9 an hour/$66 a day as long as they've paid the $35 membership fee (there is a three month grace period for this fee at UNM).

There's more on Zipcar's university partners here.

Related:

• Zipcar-Flexcar merger update
• Forget car sharing, University of Washington to provide electric bikes
• Zipcar now offers seven vehicles for car sharing at UC Santa Cruz
• Zipcar reservations now possible over cell phones

[Source: Zipcar]