Peter, thanks for sending this link. Some key points: You can understand the price list; the 8 ct/km includes fuel, as they state: no hidden costs. No mention...
Hello Daniel, I like the idea of a second model, different from the one currently used. Does someone apply anything similar ? The only thing similar I heard...
Hi, First, I've just known this forum on carsharing and I think it is really interesting to have advices from different experts on that topic. I am one of the...
Alberto, You can check this link http://www.carmodal.de/carmodal.htm I don't speak German, but I see a picture of a PDA next to a car which I take as a good...
Daniel, another interesting find (new to me). This is a range of mobi. options for members only, in some villages near Berlin, for regional trips, esp. to/from...
Just a thought: by getting carsharing/carlibrary orgs to work in cooperation w/one another (a cooperative of cooperatives), it would greatly facillitate the...
Vincent, A spirit of cooperation should certainly be good for business. Lord knows the pie is big enough! Being an optimist, I believe that car sharing will...
Daniel I have seen no U.S. data that proves carsharing reduces CO2 emissions. The cars sharing cars are newer and better maintained than the average car and...
I think it's far too early to really know for certain what impact it could have. There are so many variables. If total VMT has increased it is because...
Marty, et al., I believe Robert Cervero's latest report on City CarShare members in San Francisco shows an overall slight decrease in VMT. He's finally able to...
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Hi all! My papers say a -20% decrease in VNT in three years of membership. Can't find the references now, but I think they came from Mobility originally. ...
Yes, Cervero's latest study shows that City CarShare members reduced their VMT by about 50% when compared to a control group. The data showed the control...
Subject: Branché - Mobility Reinvented (Urban Transportation Showcase Program ) Hi, In partnership with Communauto, the Agence métropolitaine de transport...
Cervero's 2004 TRB paper shows in its data tables that over the two-year study period, City CarShare members reduced their transportation-related CO2 emissions...
Clayton, I have not seen his paper. Are the data for the members and the control group only for the dense part of San Francisco which has an excellent transit...
Dear carsharing friends! Reduction of CO2 emissions is important and carsharing is surely one measure. (Not to mention all the other benefits.) I'd like to...
Folks, a biz question for you. We're considering the Toyota Prius for our fleet. However, 2 major issues for us; 1. Resale value - as new they seem to have...
Hi, Nic and all, 1. We sell our vehicles after three years of use, so I don't have any resale value on our Prius yet. In Gothenburg, environmentally friendly ...
Nic, I would offer the following from Portland experience with the Prius: ... I'm surprised there's any experience with resale values of the new model ...
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Terrific initiative in France which gives a good overview of the situation, current deployments and prevailing attitudes. It is in French. With all good...
I am looking at "who" does car sharing, and was wondering about the Elderly (~65+) as a market. In Canada, the trend lately has to build fancy new seniors...
Hi, Matt and all, Some thinking about elderly members from me and Majornas Bilkooperativ: 1. No, we have no limit. 2. It will grow, and it could be really...
... In the US, the insurance companies specify that after a particular age (usually between 70-75) seniors are supposed to provide a letter from a physician ...
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Last I heard there was an assisted care facility in Denver that had three cars: a Rav 4 EV, and two CNG cars. I understand that Zipcar's reservation system...
Chinese motorization has violently errupted recent years, I would like to learn a lot from the carsharing mode and to propel its deployment in Chinese cities,...
Hello, I and all the team of I-Car wish to all the Carsharing members a merry Christmas and a happy New Year 2004 that, we hope, will be the year of...
Dear Members and Friends of the TRB Subcommittee on Carsharing & Station Cars: Below is a list of upcoming TRB station car/carsharing-related activities. 1....
Hi Susan, I must have missed earlier posts, as I don't know the context of this one. Apparently it's a conference, but where? Will there be papers available...
Paris, Wednesday, January 07, 2004 Dear Creators and Friends of Carsharing, Susan Shaheen's good note of yesterday announcing next week's TRB session...
Dear Vincent, The Transportation Research Board (TRB) meeting is held annually in January in Washington, D.C. We have hosted carsharing/station car sessions at...
