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Car2go’s failure was a blip; a growing number of us are turning to shared transport

Chas Ball, Carplus
13 June 2014
Chas Ball is chief executive of Carplus, which promotes accessible and low carbon alternatives to traditional car use.
Chas Ball is chief executive of Carplus, which promotes accessible and low carbon alternatives to traditional car use.

 

The steady expansion of car clubs (and new forms of flexible car sharing) has not reached all parts of Britain – but it is increasingly accepted as part of the sustainable transport mix. If the future of cities is about green and ‘smart’ mobility, the role of shared transport, acting as a complement to public transport, is now broadly accepted in much of Western Europe and North America. 

The recent announcement by car2go of its departure from the UK was in many ways a...

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