Car shares are ways of sharing access to automobiles for a variety of uses. They can be organised informally or among community members, but the contemporary car shares make use of web-based platform technology to grant access to vehicles that are either privately owned or owned by a ride-share service such as Go-get. The City of Sydney, like cities elsewhere, has allocated a portion of available street parking to car share programs in order to ensure equitable access. Car share programs can work to reduce car congestion, carbon emissions, and demand for parking spaces by offering an alternative to private automobile ownership.
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Access
Open to licenced drivers enrolled in ride sharing programs.
Use
Local transport; use in longer distance transit on trips where cargo also needs to be carried.
Benefit
Reduced fossil fuel emissions, reduced congestion.
Care
Ride share coordinating body.
Ownership
Various forms of ownership of different infrastructures/devices are involves (public or private ownership of cars, platform technologies, and parking space). Car sharing provides a way of replacing private ownership of automobiles with shared use. While city dwellers benefit from an improved atmospheric commons, and reduced demand upon public infrastructure, questions remain around both the taxation and regulation of platform-based enterprises.
References
- City of Sydney (2019) Car sharing, https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/live/residents/car-sharing
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