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The benefits of car clubs are as follows:
  • Fewer miles driven - Car clubs result in a reduction in car miles driven, with members walking or cycling more, using public transport more often or simply re-arranging how they make journeys and traveling less. Reducing miles driven in turn reduces exhaust emissions and the dangerous pollutants they cause.
  • Fewer cars on the road - Car club users typically give up owning a first or second car on joining; others defer purchasing one due to using the car club instead. The result being that each car club car might replace about six private cars.
  • More efficient cars - A shift to newer, more carbon efficient and better maintained cars of car club fleets means that car club vehicles are normally more carbon efficient than the average private car. People joining car clubs often give up a polluting ’old banger’, thereby further reducing emissions.
  • Improving parking - Fewer cars on the road leads to decreased pressure on parking, which in turn leads to greater acceptance of controlled parking zones.
  • Reducing road accidents - Taking cars off the road will similarly reduce the number of accidents and deaths on the roads.
  • Tackling inactivity and obesity - These problems are strongly linked to car dependency. Car clubs and car sharing help break the car habit and so contribute to more active lifestyles.
  • Creating livable communities - Noisy busy roads littered with cars divide communities and foster social exclusion. Giving space back to people from the car improves social cohesion and makes for vibrant communities.
  • Social impact - Making cars less dominant in neighbourhoods improves quality of life and health and brings communities closer together.


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