Shared Car Use - Car Share Scheme
- Benefits of shared car use:
- Reduced grey fleet mileage, cost and emissions.
- Encourage more sustainable travel behaviour and accelerate modal shifts, especially if used in tandem with active travel.
- It may also help ease parking problems at sites where spaces are limited or expensive.
How does a car-share scheme work?
- Staff sign up to participate in a car-share scheme
- To set it up please follow car-share-guide.pdf
- To maximise car-share scheme employee engagement, be aware of best Practice Guide For Large Employers
Case study: ARUP Solihull office
Minimal parking available caused daily issues with double parking and vehicles blocking emergency services routes.
Arup partnered with LiftShare to introduce a car sharing scheme at the site.
Employees who car share are guaranteed a parking space, with priority parking over single occupancy vehicles.
Vehicles can register with the scheme, and shared trips are recorded. In total, 83% of Arup’s staff signed up for the Liftshare scheme, and 56% have since shared at least one commute.
Arup also introduced a shuttle bus from the local train station. Combined with the car share scheme, this has reduced demand for spaces at the site and resolved the issues with double parking.
Liftshare calculates that over four years, members of the car share scheme have saved 764,000 grey fleet miles. This has reduced costs by an estimated £80,400 and saved approximately 151 tonnes of CO2.