News category: car clubs
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Viewpoint
Franck Leveque and Mohamed Mubarak Moosa
Vehicle manufacturers increasingly perceive car sharing as a potential differentiator, an additional revenue stream, and an opportunity to get closer... continue
Vehicle manufacturers increasingly perceive car sharing as a potential differentiator, an additional revenue stream, and an opportunity to get closer... continue
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News Lead Story

Mark Moran
The Olympic Games and a match-day car park used by fans of both Liverpool and Everton were among the winners at the British Parking Awards, which... continue
The Olympic Games and a match-day car park used by fans of both Liverpool and Everton were among the winners at the British Parking Awards, which... continue
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The UK’s first pay-by-the-minute car club has been launched in three London boroughs – Islington, Sutton and Newham. The car2go scheme is... continue
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Business News
Global vehicle hire group Avis Budget has bought car sharing car club Zipcar for nearly $500m (£307m). Zipcar has 767,000 members who pay an... continue
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Parking Policy
A peer-to-peer car club is to be trialled in a Scottish city as part of a Scottish Government-funded programme. Peer-to-peer car clubs involve... continue
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Parking Policy

The success of the Mayor of London’s Barclays bike scheme in London could pave the way across the UK for one-way car clubs based on the same... continue
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Operational
An electric vehicle car club is to be set up in Oxford. Car rental firm Hertz and electric vehicle charging firm Chargemaster have signed a... continue
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Parking Policy
Car Club members generate less than half the carbon dioxide and local air pollutants than both householders who are just joining car clubs and... continue
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Operational

An operator is being sought to run a pay-as-you-go car hire network in the Lake District.
The scheme would be targeted at visitors to the national... continue
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Parking Policy Lead Story

Car clubs make a considerable contribution to improving air quality and reducing carbon emissions in London, according to research published by the... continue
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Developing Community Car Clubs, a conference to be held in Inverness on 20-21 March, examines how well car cubs are suited to small towns and rural... continue
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Operational
Dundee has become the latest city to host a car club. The scheme has been set up by Solar Cities Scotland, social enterprise company Commonwheels and... continue
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Business News
A new venture enabling car owners to rent their vehicles to the general public will be launched next year by high profile businessmen Stelios... continue
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Parking Policy Lead Story
The rising cost of parking permits could stifle the spread of car-sharing schemes in London, warns a report from Carplus, the national car club... continue
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Parking Policy
Car use need not require car ownership, a report produced by the RAC Foundation suggests. Keeping the Nation Moving looks at how the UK will cope... continue
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Case Studies
Patrick McDonnell
“There appears to be a change in how we look at owning a car. For the Post-War generation car ownership was something that most aspired to, but... continue
“There appears to be a change in how we look at owning a car. For the Post-War generation car ownership was something that most aspired to, but... continue
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Viewpoint

Simon Morgan
Not only has the Department for Transport’s (DfT) Traffic Signs Policy Review now resulted in a published set of proposals (Signing the Way),... continue
Not only has the Department for Transport’s (DfT) Traffic Signs Policy Review now resulted in a published set of proposals (Signing the Way),... continue
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Debates

Sacha Billett
Parking spaces are at a premium, with employers, hospitals and city centres find it hard to accommodate the number of cars arriving on a daily basis.... continue
Parking spaces are at a premium, with employers, hospitals and city centres find it hard to accommodate the number of cars arriving on a daily basis.... continue
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People News
Carplus has appointed a new car club development officer for Scotland, Matthew Eastwood.
Based in Edinburgh, he will support the growth of car clubs... continue
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Parking Policy Lead Story

A major overhaul of parking signage is likely to go ahead as part of the overhaul of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD),... continue





