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Topic: Car sharing

	Car sharing : An Overview
		Its purpose is to identify car sharing organisations in other countries and to examine the preconditions required to establish and run a car sharing organisation (CSO) in order to examine Australian conditions as a basis on which to encourage local initiatives.
		Car sharing is one of a number of mobility strategies, which solves some car ownership problems and problems associated with high car-reliance.
		Most car sharing organisations (CSOs) start as small, local, not-for-profit operations supported by public funds and largely run by people with a commitment to enabling their clients to reduce car use and avoid the high.xed costs of private cars.
	www.greenhouse.gov.au /tdm/publications/carsharing.html (554 words)

	Car sharing clubs cut auto costs
		Car sharing, a concept that's been around in the U.S. since the late '90s, is gaining in popularity in major cities where it's expensive to own a car or traffic is bad enough to make people rethink their transportation options.
		According to the Car Sharing Network (www.carsharing.net), just under three dozen cities in the U.S. and Canada currently offer some form of car sharing to at least some degree; Boston has the largest network with about 4,200 members sharing 131 vehicles.
		The city started car sharing in April 2004 because it was faced with a budget deficit; departments were told by the managing director to "think outside the box," Fox said.
	www.bankrate.com /brm/news/auto/20041227a1.asp (952 words)

	York - car sharing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Car sharing is ideal for regular, rush-hour journeys such as commuting to work or taking children to school.
		To find a car share in York all you need to do is visit carshareyork.com and register your details along with the journeys you would like to share.
		The Carshare York website is part of the car sharing scheme that has been developed by liftshare.com on behalf of City of York Council, the University of York, York NHS Trust and York St John College.
	www.york.gov.uk /roads/carsharing/index.html (220 words)

	What is Car Sharing
		Car Sharing is also known as liftsharing or ridesharing (not to be confused with car clubs – a form of local short-term hire).
		The two can be complementary: car club vehicles could be used for shared trips, and to facilitate this a car club could join as a corporate member of a rideshare scheme, allowing members to arrange shared journeys through the car share website.
		In addition, a car club vehicle could be used to take commuters to and from the nearest transport hub in a rural area, and be free for use by other club members during the day and evening.
	www.carplus.org.uk /carsharing/what-is.html (500 words)

	Case studies - Car sharing
		These examples of existing car share projects can be divided into closed and open, this is defined by whether the scheme is open for any member of the public to access and join or if it is restricted to certain people such as employees of one company.
		Car sharing is one option that could help reduce the amount of school-related traffic on the road each morning by encouraging parents to team up to provide lifts for each other’s children.
		Car sharing is particularly important in rural and other areas with poor public transport provision and a good sense of community.
	www.carplus.org.uk /carsharing/case-studies.html (566 words)

	Car Sharing
		Car sharing is simply when two or more people travelling in the same direction share a lift.
		Car sharing is usually one of the major components of a Travel Plan, because it is relatively easy to set up, and for most people is the most attractive alternative to driving alone.
		Car sharing is one of the easiest and most effective measures to implement if you are trying to adopt a full Travel Plan for your organisation.
	www.travelplans.org.uk /03acarsharing.htm (748 words)

	Torontoist: The Car Sharing Shootout: Autoshare vs. Zipcar
		Car sharing comes with a lot of information to process for the new member, and the websites of both companies can be a task to decode.
		Car sharing is a no-brainer if a few friends are pitching-in for a lift across the city, and I've found the convenience of self-serve reservation and pick-up to be vastly superior to reserving a rental car.
		Car sharing is more of a co-op model, where you pay and have to be approved to be a member and then depend on other members to keep the service running efficiently.
	www.torontoist.com /archives/2006/09/the_car_sharing.php (5851 words)

	Green Benefits : I-GO Car Sharing
		Car sharing is the only program that has succeeded in reducing car ownership by such a significant amount.
		Car sharing participants can gain access vehicles parked within easy walking distance of their homes virtually whenever they want it, enjoying almost all of the convenience of owning a car, but paying only for the amount that they actually use it.
		While the personal savings and environmental benefits of car sharing are well documented and advertised, the personal health benefits of the increasingly popular travel option, in the form of increased levels of walking, have been less fully explored.
	www.igocars.org /green_benefits (836 words)

	Friends of the Earth: Living: Poundsavers: Car sharing
		The Rusty Vehicle Sharing Group in Leicester began in 1976 with a group of neighbours sharing a rusty vehicle.
		When you own a car, the majority of your costs are fixed and petrol costs form a low percentage of your overall car costs.
		Therefore, especially with the car parked outside the door, it is temptating to use the car for journeys that could be made by public transport, walking or cycling.
	www.foe.co.uk /living/poundsavers/car_sharing.html (698 words)

	Car Sharing
		Car sharing is when two or more people travel together instead of in separate cars.
		Car sharing can provide a real solution where there is a lack of public transport in rural areas.
		Registration is free and the scheme can be used to find car share partners for regular commuting trips as well as for occasional leisure journeys such as to football matches or clubs.
	www.devon.gov.uk /car_sharing.htm (189 words)

	Resource: Car Sharing
		Car sharing provides member-users or members-owners in urban areas with access to a varied, geographically distributed fleet of well-maintained vehicles (generally newer, more fuel-efficient and less polluting) at minimal cost.
		Car sharing costs are generally less than each individual owning a car or especially compared to individuals owning a second car.
		Car sharing can be organized through co-operative ownership, non-profit organizations, professional services, short-term rentals, or private, neighborhood agreements.
	www.nextstep.state.mn.us /res_detail.cfm?id=234 (640 words)

	Resources - Car Share Wear and Tear - 06 October 2005
		Most car share schemes are now commercial operations with only a few clubs and co-operatives surviving in small communities and university campuses.
		Car share companies and clubs do not, and cannot, sustain their fleets by providing vehicles for commuters.
		In much the same way as several European car makers have for decades offered special deals on long-term leases to overseas visitors, one of the first to join the car share movement was Volkswagen whose iconic 'beetle' is also a popular share car with the surf set in California.
	www.brisinst.org.au /resources/murray_jacqui_car_share.html (1295 words)

	Car Sharing
		Car sharing may have begun as an idealistic movement, but these days it is maturing into a sophisticated, for-profit business in Europe, complete with mergers, stock sales and “smart” technology.
		Not for nothing is the biggest-circulation magazine in Germany a car magazine, and one of the most paralyzing traffic jams in Berlin history was caused, in 1989, by drivers demonstrating against an attempt to impose a speed limit.
		Their customers booked the cars by calling up the answering machine and playing back the whole tape, listening to everybody else’s reservation messages until they found a time when a car would be free.
	www.sustainable-city.org /articles/sharing.htm (2302 words)

	Ann Arbor Community Car Coop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Ann Arbor Community Car Coop is a group of Ann Arbor residents and University of Michigan students working to bring car sharing to Ann Arbor, Michigan.
		Car sharing can even be done informally by a small group of friends who want to pool resources.
		It doesn't work for people who commute to work by car, or live places without public transportation, or who take lots of long trips, or have situations in which they absolutely must have a car with no advance warning.
	www.a2c3.org (359 words)

	Carsharing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Carsharing is a system where a fleet of cars (or other vehicles) is jointly-owned by the users in distinction from car rental or cars in private ownership.
		Car Sharing is used in the UK to refer to ride sharing.
		Carpooling or ride-sharing is shared use of a car (with the exception of the United Kingdom), in particular for commuting to work, often by people who each have a car but travel together to save costs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Car_sharing (2236 words)

	Drivers.com: Car sharing: an idea whose time has come
		Instead of individuals buying their own cars, and probably using them less than one hour a day on average, a large number of people share a small number of cars that are reserved for them and used individually as required.
		When the car is returned, a swipe of the smart card across the windshield locks the door and transmits journey data that is used for monthly billing.
		The convenience of car sharing in this part of the world is such that it's now possible to take the train from Zurich in Switzerland to Berlin and have a shared car waiting at a Berlin station.
	www.drivers.com /article/251 (1013 words)

	Should you share a car? - MSN Money (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		And all the costs of operating the car -- gas, insurance, registration, maintenance, carwashes, you name it -- are included in the $10 hourly fee he pays in addition to a $40 annual fee.
		Every shared vehicle replaces at least five and as many as 15 private vehicles, according to a recent report by the National Academies of Sciences.
		Car sharing seems to work best, at least as a commercial venture, in congested areas with good public transit, says John Williams, a Flexcar spokesman.
	articles.moneycentral.msn.com /SavingandDebt/SaveonaCar/ShouldYouShareACar.aspx (1167 words)

	Revving up car sharing - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		Car sharing is a rental service that parks vehicles in convenient locations throughout a city.
		Zipcar and Flexcar, the two biggest car shares in the United States, are looking at the city as a potential market.
		The country's other prominent car share -- Seattle-based Flexcar, which is in six metropolitan markets -- also is looking to expand to new cities, and has had a few "fact-finding" discussions with representatives from Pittsburgh, said John Williams, a spokesman for the company.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/trib/pittsburgh/s_425622.html (894 words)

	Car Sharing
		First introduced in Switzerland in 1987, car sharing offers urban dwellers the occasional use of a car without having to own one – an option that is particularly attractive for those who don’t depend on their car for getting to work every day.
		As car sharing becomes more attractive – reinforcing the idea that people don’t have to own a car – walkable neighborhoods entice even more residents to move in.
		Car sharing is changing the way businesses manage transportation, too.
	www.smartergrowth.net /issues/transportation/carsharing (636 words)

	Car Sharing Programs: Interesting Thing of the Day
		I have been aware of the concept of car sharing for years, but I must confess that it took a while for me to warm to the idea of participating personally.
		I had owned a car almost since I was old enough to drive, and the notion of not having my own car—and the freedom it provided—was hard to accept.
		The cars are kept at lots all over the city, and in about 30 seconds I can use a Web site or automated phone system to make a reservation for a few hours or even a few days.
	itotd.com /articles/329/car-sharing-programs (1660 words)

	Car Sharing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Car sharing not only potentially saves money but also helps ease congestion, enabling better usage of road space and reducing the impact of road traffic on our environment
		Car Sharing can result in a number of important benefits, above all as an effective way of reducing peak hour congestion.
		Car Sharing reduces the demand for parking spaces and can ease the stress caused by driving and offer an opportunity to socialise too.
	www.bournemouth.gov.uk /Residents/roads/transport/Car_Sharing.asp (434 words)

	Michael Williams -- Master of None: Car Sharing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Car sharing is intended to reduce that idle time, reduce the number of cars per capita, and thereby reduce the cost of car use for suitable travelers.
		Such a commercial operation is not a great option for suburbanites who don't have mass transit available and a high enough population density to make car sharing profitable, but non-profit cooperatives like Dancing Rabbit might be viable alternatives for friendly neighborhoods.
		Car Sharing is basically the same as renting from Avis, except that in a couple of clicks you can reserve and then you just pick up the car without any paper work.
	www.mwilliams.info /archives/007236.php (1049 words)

	Car-Sharing: Will it go Anywhere?
		The reason that car-sharing can have that effect is that, for most car owners, about 85% of the cost of ownership, estimated in 1995 by the Canadian Automobile Association as $7,700 annually for a sub-compact over the first four years of 20,000 km/yr use, are fairly fixed and independent of the level of use.
		Transform the city-wide organization into a second-tier sub-lessor of sets of cars to employers (for business travel and rental to employees on evenings and weekends), to landlords and housing coops (to take advantage of the common parking and the existing superintendent staff), or even to clusters of neighbours, who will share less formally.
		Car Access for the Disadvantaged could be offered by setting up a charity to which people would donate still serviceable cars or their time to drive, so that the poor and the disabled would get both transportation access and a chance to help others.
	www.islandnet.com /~rajames/ite/Sept96_CarShare.html (885 words)

	USATODAY.com - Tired of costs, hassles, some city dwellers try car-sharing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Car ownership costs there are high, public transportation is popular, and consumer interest in environmentally friendly business is strong.
		Customers typically rent cars and trucks for a few hours, rather than a full day, for trips to grocery stores or the suburbs when subways or buses aren't an option.
		Cars are parked in lots scattered among neighborhoods, often near subway stations or college campuses.
	www.usatoday.com /money/autos/2005-09-14-car-sharing_x.htm (1184 words)

	Car Sharing: CarSharing Programs; CarShare Network; Car Share North America, Car Sharing Canada
		Car share programs are in place in many European cities, serving more than 150,000 members.
		Car sharing is less expensive because you can rent by the hour, you have reserved parking locations, there are no line-ups or papers to fill out and no pick-up or drop-off constraints.
		If the car is already booked, members either have to take an alternate car, or wait until the car they usually drive is available.
	eartheasy.com /live_car_sharing.htm (1072 words)

	Berlin: STATTAUTO - Germany largest car-sharing company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In the 1980s research underlined that in Berlin a private car is used only 57 minutes per day and that on average 1.3 persons travel by private car compared to 1.4 persons on the national level.
		Shared cars are mainly use in leisure time and for transport of goods.
		A shared car from STATTAUTO is driven approximately 30,000 km per year compared to the national 14,500 km per year with private cars.
	www.p2pays.org /ref/24/23433.htm (2361 words)

	Sharing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sharing figures prominently in gift economies, but also can play a significant role in market economies, for example in car sharing.
		The issue of handling shared resources figures prominently in computer science: for example time-sharing is an approach to interactive computing in which a single computer is used to provide apparently simultaneous interactive general-purpose computing to multiple users by sharing processor time.
		Sharing is a key feature in the developing field of free software and open source software, with implications for economics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sharing (265 words)

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