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Reposted from: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/car-clubs-cash-boost Car clubs are set to receive a £500,000 boost to drive forward their work, Transport Minister Baroness Kramer has announced. As part of a wider visit to Norfolk today (28 July 2014), the minister announced that the Department for Transport will provide the funding to support 2 pilot programmes which will promote […]

In January 2011, 18 pioneering carsharing operators wrote a definition of carsharing and a code of ethics for carsharing operators.  As an explosion of new modes, technologies, awareness and number of users changed the way we think about shared-use mobility, the CSA definition of station-based, round-trip carsharing has stood the test of time very well.

Good Travel Software has developed the world’s first fleet balancing and yield management software for free-floating car sharing that sets the price of a booking according to demand. The software is designed to increase the daily revenue per car and to ensure that the car share customer always has a car available, whenever and wherever

by Sunil Paul The peer economy, driven by the smartphone, is on a path to reinvent our economy, our culture and the way we live and work. The peer economy is the growing business segment of transactions between individuals – one person to another – without a middleman to manage and package it. Think eBay

WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwired) — 06/10/14 — A team of transportation professionals led by the Center for Neighborhood Technology the Transportation Sustainability Research Center of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Transit Center have joined forces to create the Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC), which will be headquartered in

The CarSharing Association welcomes JuiceCar as a member. JuiceCar was founded in May 2013 and is the first carsharing service in Athens, GA.  Starting with 3 electric vehicles located at the Hotel Indigo, JuiceCar plans to expand the number of locations to serve downtown residents, university students, faculty and staff, and anyone else in Athens who desires an

Carplus is currently recruiting an Executive Director. If you are passionate about leading the development of low-carbon shared transport through car clubs and car sharing and can act as an advocate for these growing sectors, we would like to hear from you. Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Full time) Contract: Permanent Salary: £39,000 to £50,000 dependent upon experience

When Car2Go wanted to start operations in Seattle, city administration officials made the sharing of operational data and member survey data a requirement of the pilot project. With this data, transportation planners would be able to understand the dynamics of introducing new mobility into an ecosystem of existing modes. Last week, the Seattle Department of

Community CarShare is looking for a dynamic, self-motivated individual for its Regional Services Coordinator position, based in the co-op’s Kitchener office. This position requires the individual to be comfortable in a challenging, fast-paced work environment, working with minimal supervision. Applicants must be at least 21 years of age and hold a full “G” class Ontario

 New shared-use mobility providers are an extension of the public transit network and may soon qualify for tax benefits as US lawmakers recognize the social and environmental benefits of bikesharing, carsharing and ridesharing programs.   Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is proposing an amendment that would allow New Yorkers to exclude the cost of bikesharing memberships