How does Car-Sharing improve urban life and the environment?
More space! Each Car-Sharing vehicle replaces 5 to 6 private cars. Therefore it becomes possible to build more green parks instead of more car parks. In this way Car-Sharing helps increase the green space necessary to make cities liveable. Air to breath! Since Car-Sharing customers tend to use other means of transport (public transport, bicycles, taxis, etc), they drive less. A study commissioned by the Swiss Office for Energy Affairs showed that former car owners reduce their energy consumption for transport by 50% when they join a Car-Sharing organisation. This results in a decrease of pollution, energy consumption, noise and traffic accidents.
