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Uber and Lyft can be cost effective for short trips where businesses don't have parking. Longer trips to places with free or cheap parking can probably sustain the remaining players, for both daily and hourly rentals.
Haven't looked at either Uber or Lyft. You can get a small to mid-size car from Enterprise for around $33-$35 per day (plus taxes) which comes to about three hours on Hertz on Demand's cheapest weekday rates.
The free fuel offered by car share schemes is a good deal, but gas prices have fallen to <$2/gallon in parts of the NYC/NJ area. Depending upon what one drove and miles driven you might not even need to top off the tank before returning.