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The Joy of Car Share

sophie — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:04:44 +0000

This video about car sharing was the winner of the Liftshare member video competition - enjoy!

See yours2share for more information about car sharing, car shared ownership and lift sharing.

Car sharing and car clubs

sophie — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:50:09 +0000

I’ve blogged before about shared ownership of cars and car clubs, but saw these articles on shareable.net: How to share a car, part 1 and How to share a car part 2. The articles are written by Janelle Orsi the author of a new book The Sharing Solution. The first part broadly covers car clubs, in the UK these are operated by companies like Zipcar, Connect by Hertz and CityCarClub. The second part covers informal car clubs, where a small group (say two to six) private individuals own a car. I’m pleases that , wrote these articles cover this, because I think this is a great way forward, particularly for rural and small town commnities where the major car clubs are unlikely to operate, and where there are often severe transport issues. However few people appear to even cosider owning a car with people who live nearby. Part 2 also covers carpooling or liftsharing: in the UK the major operator is Liftshare.

Another great source of information about car sharing is Carplus and this recent report by Frost and Sullivan on the sustainable potential of carsharing is worth a read.

yours2share has some great guidance on car clubs and car sharing and here are the current car sharing listings

Car clubs

admin — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:36:23 +0000

I’ve added a new page to yours2share explaining the various types of car clubs and all the associated terminology: fractional ownership, joint ownership, shared ownership, car share, liftshare etc etc.

I’m glad that the major managed car clubs such as City Car Club are starting to become more mainstream. But I’m keen to ensure people also know that they can set up their own informal car club. This is particularly appropriate for people who live in rural areas and villages and towns where the managed car clubs are not ecomonic. The baked bean club is a great example of an informal car club operating in Hastings.

Informal car clubs are also appropriate for people who want to share a less mainstream car: a convertible or classic car. Often these kinds of informal car club have only two or three owners.