Carsharing

[Northern Light]

Question for everyone:

London is Ontario's largest City not to have car-sharing (excluding Mississauga, and that will change next month)

Why? And what will it take to change it?

Today 'Community Car Share' operates in K-W and Hamilton; Autoshare and Zipcar in Toronto, and Virtucar in Ottawa. There's even car-sharing in tiny Regina, SK!

While London is certainly a fairly car-centric place, there are quite a few people (as in thousands) who have a driver's license, but for one reason or another do not own a car.

I would think this would do well here, particularly downtown and near the UWO campus.

Thoughts?

For those interested, I think the 2 most likely companies to consider setting up shop here (if no one forms something locally) are Zipcar (as they are big in University towns in the States) and Community Car Share, since they operate in 2 nearby cities.

I'll put contact info (web page) here:

http://communitycarshare.ca/grandriver/

And

http://www.zipcar.com/toronto/find-cars

[mpd618]

Originally Posted by Northern Light

Today 'Community Car Share' operates in K-W and Hamilton;

And as of today, in London as well! The first three cars are at Covent Garden Market, London Convention Centre, and at Mary Campbell Housing Co-op on Talbot St.

[mpd618]

The fourth Community CarShare vehicle in London was added in June at Horton & Ridout.

[manny_santos]

Originally Posted by mpd618

The fourth Community CarShare vehicle in London was added in June at Horton & Ridout.

There's only 4 in London so far?

Heck, even Kingston has more than that.

[mpd618]

Originally Posted by manny_santos

There's only 4 in London so far?

Heck, even Kingston has more than that.

Well, Vrtucar has been in Kingston for close to two years. Community CarShare had zero cars in London just over three months ago, so give it some time. Growth is largely based on demand and for many people, it takes a while to change transportation habits.

(Student CarShare is also in both cities, near the universities.)