Bringing Carsharing to Your Community
The document by CityCar Share is a neatly organized, comprehensive guide to launching a carsharing program.
The areas covered include:
- Core care sharing concepts
- Business planning
- Financial Planning
- Human resources
- How to build partnerships
- Outreach and marketing
- Operations
- Threats to success
- Checklist
The report is comprehensive in scope. It provides detailed information in a well organized way, making it accessible to stakeholders with varying degrees of sophistication.
Sustainability officers might find the following sections particularly relevant:
- Government Funding (pg 27)
- Request for Proposal (pg 29)
- Partnership with Government Agencies (pg 37)
- Business Stages (pg 44)
- Securing Parking (pg 50)
- Threats to Success (pg 55, Chapter 8)
- Government Fleets (pg 60)
- Checklist (pg 62)
Carsharing encourages and supports walkable communities and transit. It shares the cost of car ownership and maintenance across many users. Carshare vehicles are typically energy efficient, keeping CO2 emissions to a minimum.
