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| Car sharing can mean: 1. Individuals sharing journeys in one vehicle – called car sharing or lift sharing in the UK and ride-sharing or carpooling in the US. 2. Short-term car rental – called car clubs in the UK and carsharing in the US. I say tomato…….. | |
General information |
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| BBC | commuter swap: woman in Devon gives up her car and tries car sharing for a week |
| Car Sharing Association | global carsharing resource site |
| Elon University | not driving alone: commuting in the 21st century |
| New York Times | carsharing (i.e. car clubs in the UK): ownership by the hour |
| Ridesharing in North America: Past, Present & Future | academic paper from the University of California, Berkeley |
| Slugging | car sharing / hitch-hiking hybrid to allow drivers to drive in fast lanes reserved for multi-occupancy vehicles |
| Sustrans | info on car clubs and car sharing |
| Time Magazine | what’s car sharing (car clubs in the UK) really like? |
| Treehugger | what is car sharing (car clubs in the UK) and how does it work? |
| Wikipedia | entry for carpooling – (car sharing or lift sharing in the UK) |
| Wikipedia | entry for carsharing – (car clubs in the UK) |
| Wikipedia | entry for peer-to-peer carsharing – (individuals making their vehicles available for short-term rental) |
| William Clay Ford Jr | chairman of Ford says: ‘if you live in a city, you don’t need to own a car’ (!) |
| The World Carshare Consortium | supporting carshare schemes internationally |
Dynamic or real-time car sharing(using your mobile – actually, it’s high-tech hitch-hiking) |
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| Dilbert | Scott Adams, the author of the Dilbert cartoons, blogs about his ‘new idea’ – dynamic car sharing |
| Dilbert | and another blog when he realised it wasn’t a new idea |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | real-time rideshare research group |
| Oliphant & Amey | dynamic ridesharing: carpooling meets the information age |
| Washington Post | article about apps that can be used to find lift shares at short notice; passengers and drivers can receive ratings |
| Wikipedia | entry for real-time ridesharing |
Local UK car share schemes(individuals organising with each other to share journeys) |
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| Search for ‘car share’ and your local town, county or region. Here are a few examples: | |
| Kent Connected | car sharing in Kent |
| London Liftshare | car sharing in London |
| West Yorkshire Car Share | car sharing in West Yorks |
| Traffic Scotland | list of local car share schemes in Scotland |
National & global car share schemes(individuals organising with each other to share journeys) |
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| Compartir | car sharing around the world, plus forum |
| Football Carshare | share lifts to follow your team |
| Liftshare | UK ride-sharing |
| Student Carshare | to and from campus or home for the holidays |
